1. Course intro
2. Intro to technology theories
3. Setting up your web account
4. HTML basics
5. Intro to Web Analysis project

1. Reading presentation and discussion
2. History of digital literacy
3. Digital rhetoric: introduction
4. Sample website analysis

1. Selfe, Cynthia and Gail E. Hawisher. (2002). A historical look at electronic literacy: Implications for the education of technical communicators. Journal of Business and Technical Communication, (16) 3, 231-276.
2. Moran, Charles. (2003). Computers and composition 1983-2002: What we have hoped for. Computers and Composition, (20) 4, 343-358.
3. Eyman, Douglas. (2015). Digital rhetoric: theory, method, and practice. Ann Arbor, MI: Michigan University Press. (Introduction, pp. 1-11)

Tutorials

1. Go over the following sections in W3School HTML tutorial: Introduction, Editors, Basics, Elements, Attributes, Headings, Paragraphs, Colors, Links, and Images

1. Setting up your web account
2. Constructing your first page

1. Reading presentation
2. Defining digital rhetoric
3. HTML: tables, lists, quotations, comments
4. Portfolio homepage design
5. Intro to Research Paper project

1. Eyman, Douglas. (2015). Digital rhetoric: theory, method, and practice. Ann Arbor, MI: Michigan University Press. (Chapter 1. Defining and Locating Digital Rhetoric, pp. 12-60)
2. Zappen, James. (2005). Toward An Integrated Theory of Digital Rhetoric. Technical Communication Quarterly 14, 3, pp. 319-325.

Tutorials

1. Go over the following sections in W3School HTML tutorial: Tables, Lists, Quotations, and Comments

1. Reading presentation
2. Digital rhetoric: theory
3. CSS: Basic syntax
4. Research paper: topic selection
5. Portfolio: teaching philosophy

1. Eyman, Douglas. (2015). Digital rhetoric: theory, method, and practice. Ann Arbor, MI: Michigan University Press. (Chapter 2. Digital Rhetoric: Theory, pp. 61-92)

Tutorials

1. Go over the following sections in W3School CSS tutorial: Home, Introduction, Basics, and How to.

1. Topic  for your research paper
2. Website Analysis

1. Reading presentation
2. Digital rhetoric: method
3. CSS: Color, Background, Borders, and Margins
4. Research paper: organization
5. Portfolio: teaching (assignments, syllabi, student evaluation, etc.)

1. Eyman, Douglas. (2015). Digital rhetoric: theory, method, and practice. Ann Arbor, MI: Michigan University Press. (Chapter 3. Digital Rhetoric: Method, pp. 93-111).

Tutorials

1. Go over the following sections in W3School CSS tutorial: Color, Background, Borders, and Margins.

1. Reading presentation
2. Digital rhetoric: practice
3. CSS: Navigation Bar, Website Layout
4. Portfolio: research (statement, papers, publications)

1. Eyman, Douglas. (2015). Digital rhetoric: theory, method, and practice. Ann Arbor, MI: Michigan University Press. (Chapter 4. Digital Rhetoric: Practice, pp. 112-136)

Tutorials

1. Go over the following sections in W3School CSS tutorial: Navigation Bar, Website Layout.

1. Reading presentation
2. Digital rhetoric: delivery
3. CSS: Rounded Corners, Backgrounds, Gradients, Columns
4. Portfolio: sample works (for industry jobs)

1. Porter, James. (2009). Recovering Delivery for Digital Rhetoric. Computers and Composition 26, pp. 207-224. 

Tutorials

1. Go over the following sections in W3School CSS tutorial: Rounded Corners, Backgrounds, Gradients, Columns.

1. Reading presentation
2. Digital rhetoric: media and message
3. Portfolio: professional profile

1. Haddock, Geoffrey, Colin Foad, Victoria Saul, Will Brown, & Rose Thompson. (2020). The Medium Can Influence the Message: Print Based versus Digital Reading Influences How People Process Different Types of Information. British Journal of Psychology, (111), 443-459
2. Mateus, Samuel. (2021). Welcome to Media Rhetoric–Where Human Persuasion and Technological Means Collide. Southern Communication Journal, (86) 2, 165-174.

1. Reading presentation
2. Digital rhetoric: digital publishing
3. Portfolio: format design

1. Eyman, Douglas, & Cheryl Ball. (2014). Composing for Digital Publication: Rhetoric, Design, Code. Composition Studies 42, 1, pp. 114-117. 
2. Hawisher, Gail, & Cynthia Selfe. (2014). Evolving Digital Publishing Opportunities across Composition Studies. Composition Studies, (42) 1, 107-113.
3. C. R.A.P. Principles of Graphic Design
4. The Principle of Proximity in Web Design
5. Basic Alignment Principle in Graphic Design

1. Research paper

1. Reading presentation
2. Digital rhetoric: content management
3. Portfolio: format design

1. Clark, Dave. (2008). Content management and separation of presentation and content. Technical Communication Quarterly, 17(1), 35-60.
2. Pullman, George, & Gu, Baotong. (2009). Introduction: Mapping out the Parameters of Content Management. In George Pullman & Baotong Gu (Eds.), Content management: Bridging the gap between theory and practice, (pp. 1-12). Amityville, NY: Baywood Press.
3. The Use of Repetition in Design
4. Using Contrast in Graphic Design and Page Layout
5. Principles of Design: Contrast

1. Reading presentation
2. Information architecture
3. Portfolio: in-class work

1. Altexsoft. How to Create Information Architecture for Web Design. https://www.altexsoft.com/blog/uxdesign/how-to-create-information-architecture-for-web-design/. Accessed on August 23, 2021. 

1. Reading presentation
2. Layout
3. Portfolio: editing

1. Babich, Nick. (2019). Top Website Layouts That Never Grow Old. https://xd.adobe.com/ideas/principles/web-design/11-website-layouts-that-made-content-shine-in-2019/.

1. Reading presentation
2. Affordance
3. Cohesion

1. Tubik. (2018). UX Design Glossary: How to Use Affordances in User Interfaces. https://uxplanet.org/ux-design-glossary-how-to-use-affordances-in-user-interfaces-393c8e9686e4.

1. Portfolio first draft

1. Thanksgiving Break–No Classes

1. Course wrap-up

1. Portfolio final draft