Syllabus and Course Info Take-Home Quiz

What are the major projects? In a bulleted list, provide links to the project descriptions for each of them.

The four major projects are:

How will your final grade be calculated?

Our final grade will be calculated through factors such as class preparation, attendance, completion of in-class work, studying for class, visiting you during office hours to discuss our progress, and other factors. We will receive points for our major projects, which can be lost depending on previously-mentioned factors. All major projects must be completed, but our final letter grades depend on preparation and attendance as well.

What is the “submission form” and how do you use it? Embed the form below your answer (hint: Google “embed Google form” to find out how).

The submission form is an online form used to submit any work used to earn points in the course, such as reflections and drafts of final projects. The form is used by filling out one’s name, email address, category of the work being submitted, and a link to the work in question. An obvious example of its use is that it will be used to submit this quiz.

Embed the course calendar and weekly overview below this question.

Where on the course website can you find an overview of what’s due and the readings for each unit?

You can find these by using the calendar, which shows you which readings are due by the week and provides a general overview for all three units.

What is the best way to see an overview of what’s due each week?

The best way to see this is with the weekly overview, which provides a list of what will be due each week.

What is the attendance policy?

Points are earned by coming to class. Students gain an average of 20 points for class, and half of these are gained simply by attending class. Arriving late will lead to a loss of 5-10 points. No more than 4 class meetings can be missed.

What are the two ways you can lose points?

You can lose points by missing class meetings or arriving late.

What are my office hours, and how do you make an appointment to see me outside of  class?

9-11AM on Tuesdays and Thursdays, at 25 Park Place #2434. Appointments can be made by contacting you at rwharton3@gsu.edu.

How do you earn participation credit? Provide a link to the instructions/guidelines for participation.

Participation credit is earned by engaging with you, my peers, and the material consistently. Credit is awarded based on participation in class and out of it. Credit can also be taken away for failing to participate or engage with the material. Participation is based on factors including but not limited to attendance, class preparation, study group organization, individual office hour visits, and blog post exemplifying practice of course concepts.

Link to Instructions

How many points can you earn by participating in or organizing a study group session?

Up to 25 points can be earned for involvement in a study group session.

How can you be assured of earning an “A” in this course?

You can be assured of earning an “A” if you complete all of its major projects, miss no more than four class meetings, and accrue 2,180 points in total.

What are the minimum requirements for earning a passing grade of “C”?

The minimum requirements for earning a passing grade are completing all of the course’s major projects, missing only four class meetings, and receiving at least 1,330 points.

What do you do if you’re not sure how to document your participation in order to earn points?

Let you know by writing up our work as a blog post and submitting the link to this point through the submission form, in order to discuss the work with you and receive feedback.

What are the Unit 1 readings and what online tool are you using to annotate them for Reading Annotations 1&2?

The Unit 1 readings are “Wicked Problems in Technical Communication” by C Wickman, “A Pedagogy of Multiliteracies: Designing Social Futures” by The New London Group, “Records as Genre” by Catherine F. Schryer, “The Future of Technical Communication” by Michael J Albers, “Guest Editors’ Introduction: Rationalizing an Rhetoricizing Content Management” by George Pullman and Baotong Gu, and “Beyond a Narrow Conception of Usability Testing” by Patricia Sullivan. We will be using Hypothes.is to annotate two of them.

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