Overview: which project is this one again?

Officially, the final project for ENGL 421 asks you to work in teams to produce one or more written documents, such as a manual, usability report, or set of procedures, for an actual company, non-profit group, or campus organization.

Unofficially, you are free to work on a wide range of topics as long as your topic (1) involves group work; (2) involves technical writing, professional writing, or writing related to your major or minor; (3) interests you. Below and here are some initial ideas.

Examples: what have students done in the past?

• Instruction cards for the local Habitat for Humanity chapter
• An updated crisis communication manual for the airport
• A marketing campaign for a small business (brochures, business cards, advertisements, webpages)
• A proposal for the owner of Levee Plaza

What are the groups this semester?

Timeline: what's due when?

introduce project; initial individual brainstorming
review and add to list of clients and topics; also see fun list
noon on Tues, April 1: list of project preferences to be emailed to Suzanne
Wednesday, April 2: initial planning meetings; tasklist, timeline, and Gantt chart due
Friday, April 11: group's proposal due to me (and client, if you have one)
Wednesday, April 9; Friday, April 18 : progress reports/ project logs due (as blog posts)
Wed, April 23: present project 3 to class
Friday, April 25 (and earlier as desired): project drafts due for class feedback

Project 3 will be due Wed, April 30 (Wed of finals week)