Week 1 - Jan 7 - 13

By Monday, January 7, at midnight

• If you have not done so already, read Welcome to English 420Y, Business Writing (Distance Learning).
• Complete Getting Started 1: Registering on the Site
• Review carefully the Course Description, paying particular attention to all requirements. It is important that you become very familiar with the course policies so you can understand what is expected of you in this class. It might be best if you read through the course description twice; ignorance of the course policies will not be an excuse for failure to properly complete an assignment. Please do not fall behind on the first day. This course will proceed at a quick pace, so don't wait a few days to get going!
• Read Learning to Navigate the Site. Then explore the class website. Make sure that you login; some class website features are not available to guests. It'll be easier as we move forward if you take the time now to explore. Get familiar with where things are located, which links take you further into the class website and which take you outside to other resources.
• Read through the rest of this page so that you know when assignments are due the rest of the week.

By Wednesday, January 9, at midnight

• Now that you have had a chance to read the course description and explore the class website, email your instructor with a note letting him or her know that you have finished registering for the course. Your email should include a subject line, a greeting, a short message, and your real (full) name. It is important that you complete this task so that you know how to get in touch with your instructor.
• Complete Getting Started 2: Logging in for the First Time and Getting Started 3: Editing Your Account for the First Time
• Review How to Post to Your Individual Weblog and then "How to Post Comments and Replies"
• The instructor will create a post on the course home page inviting everyone to introduce themselves. Post a comment to that post in which you

  describe where you are from
  give your course of study and year
  talk about your career goals
  tell what you would like to get out of this course
  share at least one thing personal about yourself (a hobby, your favorite sport, a favorite activity, etc.

• Reminder: As you work on assignments for this course, always read ahead a few days to give yourself time to ask questions about future assignments.

By Friday, January 11 at midnight

• You should have purchased the course textbook by today: The Thomson Handbook (Comprehensive Edition), by David Blakesley and Jeffrey L. Hoogeveen. Boston: Thomson/Wadsworth, 2007. This book is available at local bookstores and may also be purchased online (e.g., through Amazon, here). The publisher's website offers discounts to Purdue students, and here you can buy the hardcover or paperback versions, or an electronic version of the textbook. The e-version is less expensive, but note that you will not be able to resell this since it is electronic access only. See I-chapters for further information on discounts and e-versions. Be sure to scroll down to ENGL 420, and do NOT purchase the Brief Edition of the Handbook.

Reading

• Familiarize yourself with the content and structure of The Thomson Handbook. Scan the frontmatter (including the the table of contents) and the backmatter (the "Glossary of Web Terms" and the "Glossary of Usage") so that you know what the book contains.

Check out Week 2. No later than today, you should read through the course calendar for the following week. Make sure that you understand all of the assignments. If you have any questions, contact the instructor.

Week 2 - Jan 14 - 20

By Monday, January 14 at midnight

Employment Project

• Read the Employment Project description. You can ask questions about the project by adding a new comment to the assignment. Try to answer your own question before posting it too hastily.

Reading

• "Writing for Business and the Workplace" (TH, 217-220; TH is the abbreviation for The Thomson Handbook and will be used henceforth)
• Read the sample job ad and student response in The Thomson Handbook (p. 223-24).

By Wednesday, January 16 at midnight.

Peer Review

No peer review this week. We will begin peer reviews with the Job Ad Analysis in Week 3 , and continue with peer reviews throughout the semester.

Reading

• To support your understanding of this first major project, look ahead through Chapter 12 in The Thomson Handbook, "Writing for Business and the Workplace" (220-238). We will return to individual sections throughout the Employment and subsequent projects.
• Read Gareth's Tips on Sucks-Less Writing

Reading Response

• Post a reading response. Suggested Prompts: How might writing for the workplace differ from writing in college? Describe some of the important ways that writing functions in the workplace or other professional contexts. How do Gareth's tips help you understand these differences? Why do you think writing is such an important component of effective business practice? Since this is your first time, you'll want to follow the tutorial for using the class site software, How to Post to Your Individual Weblog. Use the tag "Reading Response" in the category field.

By Friday, January 18 at midnight

Employment Project

• Step 1: Skills Inventory, Job Description and Job Ad Analysis . Start this step by completing the Job Search Activity 12-1 (p. 221) in The Thomson Handbook. In a blog post, respond to each of the questions with a few sentences or a list.
• Begin research to find two job ads in your area of interest. Internships are good possibilities for some people. Review the Job Search Resources at the Professional Writing website and the Purdue Center for Career Opportunities.

Reading

• "Networking with Others on the Web" (TH, Chapter 28 , pages 621-40).

Continue posting comments and replies using Principles for Comments and Replies. Please follow the guidelines for effective blog responding as discussed in this chapter. You need five (5) for this week. For reference on how to do this, review How to Post Comments and Replies. Your posts should adhere to the guidelines for networking in online forums listed in the Project Checklist (TH, page 627).

Check out Week 3 . No later than today, you should read through the course calendar for the following week. Make sure that you understand all of the assignments. If you have any questions, contact the instructor.

Week 3 - January 21 - 27

Monday, January 21 is Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No assignments due

By Wednesday, January 23 at midnight

Activity

Using the resources listed on page 222 of The Thomson Handbook ("Using Print, Campus and Internet Resources"), find two job ads, produce an exact copy of each, then select one that you would apply for. Put the ads in a blog post (use cut-and-paste; provide a URL also if the ad has complex components that don't copy well). Then complete the Job Ad Analysis form (see attachment at the bottom of this page). In a new blog post (tag=job ad analysis) that you title Job Ad Analysis, attach your completed job ad analysis form by clicking on "file attachments" just above the "submit" button, browse to find your file, then click on "attach." Be sure to hit submit and check to see if your form appears on our site.

Reading

• "Reading and Writing Email Effectively" (TH, Chapter 27, 603-20)
• "Boss's Angry Email Sends Shares Plunging"
• "A Stinging Office Memo Boomerangs" (if you get the free account at the New York Times)

Reading Response

Post a reading response by Wednesday at midnight. Suggested Prompts: You might also describe one instance when you sent an email message that worked wonders or that proved to be a huge mistake. What happened? Why? Which of the "Ten Habits of Successful Emailers" seemed to be missing? How does emailing differ from text messaging, and why do you think email is used more frequently in business and industry for project management? How might Gareth's tips apply to emailing?

By Friday, January 25 at midnight

Peer Review

Write two responses to job ads and analyses posted to your peers' blogs. Respond only to posts that have no or at most one response. What aspects of the job seem most important to you? Which criteria will be hardest to meet? Does it sound like a good job to you?

Continue posting comments and replies using Principles for Comments and Replies. You need five (5) for this week, by Sunday night at midnight. The two peer reviews due on Friday do not count toward this total, so you still need to post 5 other comments/replies about the reading responses or you could also post short comments to other students' job ads in addition to the peer reviews.

Check out Week 4 . No later than today, you should read through the course calendar for the following week. Make sure that you understand all of the assignments. If you have any questions, contact the instructor.

Week 4 - Jan 28 - Feb 3

By Monday, January 28 at midnight

Reading

• Read about the rhetorical concept of kairos ("the right or opportune time to speak or write") in Kairos and the Cover Letter, which includes some exaggerated approaches that you should avoid in your cover letters.
• Read "Preparing the Cover Letter" and "Parts of the Cover Letter" (TH, pp. 224-225).

Reading Response

• In a blog post, write a short cover letter that exaggerates an approach (or approaches), as discussed in the readings for Monday. Then write a few sentences about why this approach likely wouldn't work very well.

By Wednesday, January 30 at midnight

• Step 1 of the Employment Project should now be completed. Your weblog should contain your job search activity/inventory, your two jobs ads, and your job ad analysis.

Do some research into the potential employer organizations you've chosen. Consider the following: Who is your primary audience? the people you want to influence most directly? Consider age, gender economic class region, ethnicity, education level, and so on. Which of these traits is most important in this writing situation? Do you have a second audience, and if so, whom does include?(adapted from TH pg 20)

Reading Response

• In a blog post, write a short profile of the intended audience for your employment documents.

By Friday, February 1 at midnight

Step 2 of the Employment Project: Post a draft of your job application letter to your blog by today. Your letter should be attached to a blog post that includes a cover note that follows guidelines for Eliciting Good Response and the PDF version of the letter. (Read these directions for converting your documents to PDF format if you have any questions about the process.) Use the tag "Job Application letter." Review the sample in The Thomson Handbook, p 225. Your letter should be context-specific and should contain the required five parts (heading, greeting, opening, persuasion, closing) in the format shown.

Continue posting comments and replies using Principles for Comments and Replies. You need five (5) for this week.

Check out Week 5 . No later than today, you should read through the course calendar for the following week. Make sure that you understand all of the assignments. If you have any questions, email the instructor.

Week 5 - Feb 4 - 10

By Monday, February 4 at midnight

Peer Review

As cover letter drafts are posted, complete your Peer Review of Job Application Letters using these directions. You will need to complete two reviews by midnight tonight.

By Wednesday, February 6 at midnight

Employment Project

Step 3: Drafts of resume due. Your printable resume (one or more pages in length, depending upon the type of job and the depth of your experience) should adapt features drawn from the samples discussed in class or available for review at the Online Writing Lab. It's critical that you shape your resume to the specific job or internship you have chosen to apply for (that it's suited to the context), so be sure to include only the relevant aspects of your professional experience. As in the Job Application Letter, your writing needs to be error-free, concise, and presented in an easily readable format. Your resume draft should be posted to your blog as a PDF attachment to a blog message that explains the nature of the attachment and invites peer feedback. Read these directions for converting your documents to PDF format if you have any questions about the process. You should also review the principles, guidelines, and resume samples in The Thomson Handbook (Chapter 12, pages 226-232). Pay special attention to the Project Checklist "Evaluating Your Resume's Content" and "Evaluating Your Resume's Design" on pages 228-229. Ask yourself these questions as you prepare your final draft.

By Friday, February 8 at midnight

Peer Review

As resume drafts are posted, complete your Peer Review of Resumes using these directions. You will need to complete two reviews by midnight tonight.

Continue posting comments and replies using Principles for Comments and Replies. You need five (5) for this week. Peer reviews do not count toward your total, so you may want to post brief comments to other students giving them some advice on their drafts.

Check out Week 6. No later than today, you should read through the course calendar for the following week. Make sure that you understand all of the assignments. If you have any questions, email the instructor.

Week 6 - Feb 11 - 17

By Monday, February 11 at midnight

No assignments due - work on revising your employment documents and drafting your Project Assessment Document (see the guidelines under Employment Project), as the entire Employment Project will be due on Wednesday night (steps 1-4).

By Wednesday, February 13 at midnight

Employment Project Due

• Step 4: Project Assessment Document due: Create a two-page overview and analysis of your deliverables and the process you used to complete them. Your Project Assessment Document should answer most of the questions listed, each of which is tied to the major goals of the assignment. See the Employment Project handout for the full details of what's required.
• By tonight at midnight, you should post to your blog a cover note for your final drafts of your Employment Project, steps 1-4. Collate all four steps together into a SINGLE pdf file and post in a single blog named "lastname-empproj1-4."
  The file should contain:
  • Job Ad
  • Job Ad Analysis
  • Cover Letter
  • Resume
  • Project Assessment Document
• Read these directions for converting your documents to PDF format if you have any questions about the process.

By Friday, February 15 at midnight

Read the Project 2: White Paper description.

Read Writing Effective White Papers in TH p. 235-236

Post a reading response in which you discuss the white paper and your thoughts about Project 2.

Formation of project groups. Your instructor will place each of you into a group for Project 2. Each group will receive an email from the instructor identifying the members' full names and usernames and providing some instructions about how to get started. You should reply ASAP to everyone in that email with a quick introduction as the first step in getting to know your group. You should consider sharing alternate email, phone number, AOL instant messenger ID's, and any other contact information you feel is relevant for collaborating and communicating in Project 2. From this point on, the group is responsible for keeping in contact with each other and communicating as necessary to complete the project.
• As a group, decide on a short, snazzy name for your group for project 2.
• Begin discussing the topic options for project 2 (see the project 2 description for more information).
• Instead of meeting in the chatbox, I would like each team to discuss the project, and send me a final, decisive email by Wednesday night at midnight next week. This email should include the team name and your topic choice for the white paper project.
• If your group has any questions about the topic choice or the project in general, feel free to email me at any point, and cc all group members (unless the questions is of a personal nature).

Continue posting comments and replies using Principles for Comments and Replies. You need five (5) for this week. Again, peer reviews will not count toward this total, so be sure to post 5 other brief comments to your peers' resume drafts or to the blogs due on Friday night.

Week 7- Feb 18 - 24

By Monday, February 18 by midnight:

White Paper Project

Review the Project 2 overview prior to discussing the project with other group members. Begin to get organized by discussing--via email, IM, or chatbox--the requirements of the project.

Read "How to Write White Papers," by Stelzner Consulting. To read the full document, you'll need to request that they email it to you (for free).

Read three white papers: Effective Marketing Using White Papers, Creating White Papers That Drive Sales, and either Integrating Financial Education into School Curricula (PDF) or Iraq: Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) (PDF)

Post an intial reading response to this prompt: What's the main difference between white papers that report on a subject and ones that sells a product or a policy? Is the distinction always clear? What are the ethical issue involved in using the white paper genre to argue a policy or sell a product?

By Wednesday, February 20 by midnight:

Each group will

Email the instructor with your team name and your decision for the topic of your white paper.

Each group member will

Read Forming: Structure, Group Maintenance Roles and Task Roles in the Guide to Group Work and Collaborative Writing.

Post a reading response in answer to the following prompt: discuss your previous experiences working in groups. Have they been mainly positive or negative? What led to these results - individual members, the work involved, and/or the processes followed by the group? And also, what have you learned from the reading that you can apply to the group projects this semester?

By Friday, February 22 by midnight:

Each group member will

Post a reading response to this prompt: How has your knowledge of white papers improved and changed over the past few days?? How can you apply this knowledge to your group and your topic?

Your individual project log should be completed and posted in your blog by tonight. See the Project Log Guidelines. For the remainder of this project, logs will be due every Friday night.

Each group will

Begin researching their white paper topic in preparation for the proposal that is due on Monday night at midnight.

Continue posting comments and replies using Principles for Comments and Replies. You need five (5) for this week.

Check out Week 8. No later than today, you should read through the course calendar for the following week. If you have any questions, contact the instructor.

Week 8 - Feb 25 - March 2

By Monday, February 25 at midnight:

Group Assignment:

White Paper Proposal Due.

Develop an original white paper topic on electronic communication in the workplace.

Research some on the topic and prepare a 250-300 word description of the topic as a proposal. This is a team proposal, so everyone should play a specific role. Post your proposal as a story to the class website home page. Include with the proposal the usernames of all group members and the title of your project.

Each individual will

Review your group members' blog posts on Project 2. Post a comment in reply to at least one blog post for each of your group members. These comments count toward your five required weekly comments & replies.

By Wednesday, February 27 at midnight

Each group will

Begin research on the group's white paper project.

Decide whether you will use the "Divide and Conquer" or "Shared Documents" approach to your creation and revision of your white paper. Each member of the group should have specific tasks assigned with specific deadlines. Exchange emails with group members to finalize the tasks and deadlines.

Each individual will

Read The Bioteaming Manifesto. Select the "Download This" icon to view the text. Requires Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat to view.

Post a reading response to your weblog in which you discuss how you will apply what you have learned for collaboration in general and collaboration in virtual environments.

By Friday, February 29 at midnight

Each group will

Settle on final division of work on the white paper project and the schedule for completion of the white paper draft. Add a new comment to your story post from Friday with the assignment of these tasks and deadlines.

Each individual will

Read about new conceptions of the Internet and electronic communication in Steven Johnson's article, "Web 2.0 Arrives."

Read "Web 2.0: A New Wave of Innovation for Teaching and Learning?" by Bryan Alexander to get further ideas about new technologies for communication in professional contexts.

Post a reading response that discusses some interesting new possibilities for communication that you have gleaned from Johnson's and Alexander's articles.

Your individual project log should be completed and posted in your blog by tonight. See the Project Log Guidelines.

Continue posting comments and replies using Principles for Comments and Replies. You need five (5) for this week.

Check out Week 9. No later than today, you should read through the course calendar for the following week. If you have any questions, contact the instructor.

Week 9 - March 3 - 9

By Monday, March 3 at midnight:

Each individual should

Read Annotated Bibliographies at Purdue's OWL.

Post to your weblog at least four (4) sources useful for your group's white paper. Be sure to use sources not yet reported by your group members. You must include all citation information in MLA format; double-check URLs to make sure they work. Include an annotation for each of no less than 150 words in which you note the key concepts from the source. You might also address the credibility of the source and rank (and justify) its overall usefulness for the paper. While the minimum word count is 150 words, you could certainly write much more and take effective notes to share with your group members.

By Wednesday, March 5 at midnight:

Each individual should:

Post to your weblog at least four (4) more sources useful for your group's white paper. Be sure to use sources not yet reported by your group members. You must include all citation information in MLA format; double-check URLs to make sure they work. Include an annotation for each of no less than 150 words in which you note the key concepts from the source. You might also address the credibility of the source and rank (and justify) its overall usefulness for the paper. While the minimum word count is 150 words, you could certainly write much more and take effective notes to share with your group members.

By Friday, March 7 at midnight:

Each individual should:

Review the sources of EVERY other group member. The review should consist of reading the sources and then responding to the group member's blog post of annotations by posting a comment. In your response, engage with the information provided by the group member and provide any other useful, additional notes for the source. These comments count toward your five weekly comments/replies.

Keep in mind that the annotated bibliography is due the day we return from spring break - Monday, March 17th. Therefore you may wish to start working on compiling it as a group in advance so that you can check for errors, inconsistencies, etc. immediately upon returning from break.

Read all sections (1-4) in "Evaluating Sources of Information" at Purdue's OWL.

By Sunday, March 9 at midnight:

Complete the Mid-Semester Posting Checklist Sheet (see link at the bottom of the page; this document was emailed to you earlier in the semester also). Name your file "lastname-mid-reading-response.doc." Email your completed document to your instructor.

Your individual project log should be completed and posted in your blog by tonight. See the Project Log Guidelines.

Continue posting comments and replies using Principles for Comments and Replies. You need five (5) for this week.

Check out Week 10. No later than today, you should read through the course calendar for the following week. If you have any questions, contact the instructor.

Week 10 - March 10-16

Spring Break! No assignments due this week.

Week 11 - March 17-23

By Monday, March 17th at midnight:

Annotated Bibliography Due. One group member should post it as a story to the course webpage, making sure to select "Project 2 Annotated Bibliography" as the proper category.

Begin working together with your group to write your White Paper. You will want to divide this text up into sections, and have each member of your group read/peer review at least one other section. It is very easy to miss grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors, and these will count against you in this project. This text must be grammar, punctuation, and spelling error free.

By Wednesday, March 19th at midnight:

It is important that you have group time to draft and revise this first draft of your project,
therefore there are no reading assignments or blog posts due tonight. Just be sure that you
continue working with your group to complete the white paper draft that is due on Friday.

By Friday, March 21st at midnight:

White Paper Draft Due, 3,000-4,500 words (see project 2 description). One group member should go to "create content" - "story" and choose "White Paper First Draft" to submit the white paper
as a draft in the appropriate category.

See the Revision and Peer Review Guidelines for further information. Your group will have until Wednesday night of next week to complete the revisions and turn in the final white paper draft.

Your individual project log should be completed and posted in your blog by tonight. See the
Project Log Guidelines.

Continue posting comments and replies using Principles for Comments and Replies. You need
five (5) for this week (consider posting comments on other groups' bibliographies and drafts).

Check out Week 11. No later than today, you should read through the course calendar for the following week. If you have any questions, contact the instructor.

Week 12 - March 24-30

By Monday, March 24th at midnight:

Each group member should:

Complete a peer review of a different group's draft. See the Revision and Peer Review
Guidelines for instructions and prompts for peer review. There are 4 groups of 4-5 people
each, so each group member should complete a peer review of one other group's draft (the one
group with five will have one overlap, which is fine). Assign these in advance by looking through the Project 2 Proposals posted in that category two weeks ago.

Continue working on your own group's revisions.

By Wednesday, March 26th at midnight:

White Paper Final Draft Due. See Revision Guidelines for instructions on revising your rough draft. When you group is satisfied with the rough draft, follow the same instructions as last Friday
(create content-story) and choose "White Paper Final Version" to submit your white paper in the
appropriate category.

Complete the Peer Collaboration Evaluation Form (see attachment at the bottom
of the page) and email it to your instructor by Friday, March 28th at midnight. Do NOT post
this to the course website; it is a confidential form. You can start working on the form early,
but do not submit it to the instructor until after your group has posted the final version of
your white paper. Failure to submit this form will result in a significant reduction of your
project 2 grade.

Your final individual project log for project 2 should be completed and posted in your
blog by tonight. See the Project Log Guidelines.

By Friday, March 28th at midnight:

Your peer evaluation form for project 2 is due by midnight tonight.

Read about Project 3: Service Learning

You will receive an email from the instructor assigning you to group for project 3 by
Thursday. Your group will be given the organization's contact information.

"Reply all" to this message and begin communicating as a group about the assignment and
group work/organization. Feel free to share instant messaging user ID's or any other contact
information you wish.

Each group should begin researching the assigned agency immediately.

Establish an 'identity' (name) for your group.

Choose a contact person for your group, who checks email regularly and can forward any and all client communication to the other members of the group.

No project 3 log due this week. Please include the information from this week in your log
that is due at the end of next week.

Continue posting comments and replies using Principles for Comments and Replies. You need five (5) for this week.

Check out Week 13. No later than today, you should read through the course calendar for the following week. If you have any questions, contact the instructor.

Week 13 - March 31 - April 6

Please Note: For the remainder of Project 3, groups will need to complete tasks by the end of the week
(Sunday evening at the latest); the work will not be broken down by Monday, Wednesday, or
Friday night's assignments. Therefore, it is vital that you keep working on things
througout the week and do not leave these steps until the last minute. Late work will not be
accepted for this project.

By Sunday, April 6th at midnight:

Each group should:

Make contact with your assigned agency right away (by Monday at the latest, but feel free to contact them earlier). Make sure you use proper email etiquette in your email, and check your spelling, grammar, etc. before you post this email. Copy (CC) this email to your instructor and all group members.Remember
to CC the instructor on ALL emails to the client going forward as well.

While waiting to hear back, work on the individual tasks listed below the group section.

Once you hear back from your agency representative (client), reflect on and organize
the desired document needs as a group.

Communicating as a group:
**Schedule meeting times with group members.
**Schedule weekly progress memos (to client and to instructor) and dates to deliver
these reports.
**Develop tentative plans for other project work.
**Continue researching your client, including what services the organization provides for the
community. Your Client Research Memo will be due on XX.

Each group should email your instructor a memo (in proper memo format - see TH p.232)
detailing what you accomplished this week as a group. This is due Sunday, April 6th, by
midnight (one per group).

Each group should send the client a Client Memo also by Sunday night, remembering to
CC the instructor. Please do not use the exact same memo for the client that you send the
instructor - consider your audience and make content decisions accordingly.

Each individual should:

Refer to your textbook for the following readings:
**Refresh your memory about sending professional emails by skimming TH, Chapter 27, 603-17.
**Planning Writing Projects (TH, p. 17-29).

Read the Faber article (attached). It will seem completely unrelated at first, but don't
worry, it will start making sense soon!

Once you read the article and textbook readings, post a reading response to your blog in
which you discuss project 3 in general and what you have learned from the above readings, making
sure to at least touch upon some of the textbook information and Faber. (300 words minimum).
Also please add any thoughts, concerns, and/or questions you have about the project. (See bottom
of page.)

Individual project logs should be completed and posted by Sunday night.

Continue posting comments and replies - five (5) are due this week. This is your last
week for posting comments and replies, so feel free to celebrate!

By Sunday, April 6th, at the latest, you should look over the assignments and due
dates for next week, and email your instructor with any questions.

Week 14 - April 7-13

Please note: Check-in sheet with comments for weeks 10-13 is due this week
on Wednesday, April 9th by midnight (see attachment at the bottom of this page). No comments are
required for the remainder of the semester unless otherwise specified on the calendar.

Each group should:

Gather all required information from the client, including possible samples they may have,
information about the client you may need, etc.

If possible, meet with the client personally to discuss the project. If this is not possible,
be sure you have a sense of their exact needs and requirements for the project by early this
week so that you can create a draft of your proposal.

Read p. 15 in your textbook on community problems and the proposal. Your group proposal
should, in part, indicate how your project will help with a problem within the community and/or
within the organization itself.

Email a draft of your client proposal to the instructor by Tuesday night, April
8th, at midnight.

After receiving feedback on your proposal from the instructor by Wednesday, revise the
proposal and send it to the client by Sunday night (CC the instructor).

Complete a brief Client Research Memo and email it to the instructor by Sunday night, April 13th, at
midnight.This memo should be in proper memo format and include all of the information
you discovered about your client, information you received from them and that you researched on
your own via the internet, newspapers, community information, etc.

Begin working on the project draft(s). Note that a first, but strong, draft of your
material is due to the instructor on Tuesday, April 15th.

Instructor and client memos due by Sunday night.

Each individual should:

Read the following in your textbook: chapters 24 and 25, p. 557-588, on Using Visuals to
Inform and Persuade and Graphic Design/Desktop Publishing.

Post a reading response to your individual weblog by Sunday night in which you discuss the
readings and how they apply specifically to the project your group is working on currently.

Individual project logs need to be posted to your weblogs by Sunday night.

Read over Week 15's assignments and email your instructor with any questions.

Week 15 - April 14-20

Continue working on project drafts.

Send project draft(s) as an attachment to instructor for feedback by Tuesday, April 15th by
midnight. This should be a strong draft of the project.

After receiving feedback from the instructor by Wednesday, strongly revise your documents and
send them to your client by Thursday night, April 17th, at midnight. In the
email to your client, ask if they can please provide feedback for your group by Monday evening
(in a very respectful way, of course!). Also be sure to mention that the final version
is due the following Thursday. This will give your group three days to make
revisions based on the client's suggestions and opinions. Be sure to CC your instructor on this
email.

Revise your documents per feedback you get from your client (and possibly your
instructor).

Client and Instructor memos due by Sunday night.

Individual project logs should be posted by Sunday night.

By Sunday night, you should look over the assignments and due dates for next week and email
the instructor with any questions.

Continue to edit, revise, and edit!

Week 16 - April 21-27

Continue to edit, and revise one last time.

Have your group approve every document. Do not consider your documents finished until you receive 'quality control' inspection from all of your group members.

Deliver documents to your client and to your instructor for a final grade.

Final Documents-Due Thursday, April 24th, by midnight:

Revised, edited, and 'quality-controlled' documents are completed and sent to your client
and your instructor. These documents fulfill the group's Proposal (for word-count and/or
visual elements) as previously accepted by the client and the instructor.

Final individual project log is completed and posted to the course webpage.

All documents must be completed and submitted by Thursday, April 24th or they will not be
accepted. There will be no exceptions to this criteria.

Peer Evaluation Report (see attachment below) is completed and emailed to
your instructor by Friday, April 25th by midnight.You may complete this early if your
group finishes early, but you must not submit this form until your group delivers their final
documents to both client and instructor.

No Instructor or Client memos are due this week.

Congratulations - you made it through the course!