#22227
Visual Texts and Technologies: Situating the Visual in Technoculture
In Western culture, we now understand that visual representations influence our thinking, but we don’t always fully comprehend the extent of that influence, nor do we understand precisely how that influence is exercised. In this course, we will gain a fuller understanding of the influence of the visual on meaning, by thinking with, about, and through the visual.
Kitalong, Karla Saari. University of Central Florida. Academic>Courses>Visual Rhetoric
#14841
TC 437 is a project-oriented course in website design. Implementation is not emphasized. Students receive a grounding in rhetoric, hypertext theory, user interface design, graphic design, and project management as these apply to the Web. Students also study the societal and ethical contexts of the Web and Internet.
Farkas, David K. University of Washington-Seattle (2003). Academic>Courses>Undergraduate>Web Design
#31971
Web Design is an incredibly fun skill to learn - combining the latest toys of technology with the creativity of design! On top of that, learning web design is unique in that we can learn directly from current professionals who publish their techniques for all to read on their own Web-logs!
#20376
Web Spinning: Developing Information Architecture and Content for the Web
This course will help you understand the process for developing the architecture and writing the content for informational websites. Proceeding from a rhetorical standpoint that emphasizes audience, purpose, and context, you will investigate and apply recent audience research, proven usability principles, and traditional design guidelines to critique as well as to design effective websites.
Lippincott, Gail. University of North Texas (2003). Academic>Courses>Information Design>Web Design
#14903
World Lecture Hall: English/Writing/Rhetoric
WLH contains links to course materials for university-level courses. Some, though not all, of these courses are offered entirely over the Internet. Some, though not all, offer college credit through distance learning. All are courses offered at accredited colleges and universities around the world, and all course materials reachable through WLH are free and publicly available.
#14569
World Wide Web Publishing of Technical Information
This course will prepare students to: * identify and discuss principles of design and information architecture that apply to web pages and web sites * evaluate the design and architecture of existing web sites and recommend appropriate revisions * design different types of pages and sites * test the usability of pages and sites * use appropriate software to implement effective and ethical decisions regarding the design and architecture of sites
Dragga, Sam. Texas Tech University (1999). Academic>Courses>Web Design>Writing
#26547
Writing and Designing for the Web (573G)
This class focuses on effective writing and design for online environments--with particular emphasis on the Web. While grounded in relevant theory, this course has a workshop format, with an emphasis on hands-on, collaborative learning.
Krause, Tim. Metropolitan State University (2005). Academic>Courses>Web Design>Visual Rhetoric
#26900
Writing at Work: Business Writing
This course is designed for upper division students in a business field who will write in their future employment. Successful employees know how to communicate clearly and effectively, changing writing style and content for varying audiences and purposes. This class will focus on the difficult task of meeting readers' needs while simultaneously representing your best interests and those of your employer. To meet that end, the assignments will cover a variety of tasks produced under different circumstances, some done quickly during class and some polished and perfected over time. Students completing the semester's work should see a visible improvement in their writing, especially in terms of clarity and precision.
Smith, Sue. University of Arizona (2005). Academic>Courses>Business Communication
#20879
Writing for the Computer Industry 
Applies principles of effective professional writing to the planning, production, and evaluation of computer user manuals and other writing tasks.
Agena, Kate. Purdue University (2003). Academic>Courses>Writing>Technical Writing
#31818
The purpose of this course is to introduce you to several new writing genres that are based on "Web 2.0" technology, which include mostly database-driven websites such as blogs, wikis, and virtual environments. These sites are designed to facilitate collaboration and discussion, rather than the one-to-many model of the typical website in which readers do not participate beyond reading or viewing material. Although many of these technologies are used for entertainment, they are also finding their way into professional settings. For instance, a game such as Second Life might be adapted for use in the workplace, allowing employees at distant locations to occupy the same virtual space and model behaviors or objects that would be impractical in physical space.
Barton, Matt. MattBarton.net (2008). Academic>Courses>Web Design>Writing
#14342
This course is designed to help you accomplish the following goals: To give you practice understanding, analyzing, and responding to writing situations. To help you recognize, learn and use persuasive strategies. To help you construct rhetorically effective arguments. To write to multiple audiences, recognizing and anticipating their differing needs. To recognize and use effectively different standard genres. To learn about and incorporate document design into your writing process.
L'Eplattenier, Barbara. University of Arkansas-Little Rock (2002). Academic>Courses>Writing>Persuasive Design
#26552
This course focuses on media, techniques, and formats of writing that are used in professional environments. Students explore the assumptions that govern writing in their fields and practice the writing skills and styles applicable to communicating effectively.
Carter, Kellie Rae. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2003). Academic>Courses>Writing>Business Communication
#19710
Writing for the World Wide Web
Through course readings, class discussion, and web projects, you'll learn to apply rhetorical principles of audience analysis, invention, organization, style, and design to hypermedia authoring; to use hypertext markup language as a presentation tool for publishing on the World Wide Web; to plan and manage web projects; to develop independent learning and problem-solving skills.
Payne, Don. Iowa State University (2002). Academic>Courses>Web Design>Writing
#15042
Writing for the World Wide Web
Course goals: to analyze specific audiences and rhetorical situations in the design of large-scale Web sites; to apply the principles of information architecture to the creation of intuitive navigation systems and a seamless user experience; to learn how hypertext markup language (HTML) renders Web pages and supports the use of graphics, video, and other media; and to learn the basics of visual design and production as they relate to Web photographs and graphic images.
Honeycutt, Lee. Iowa State University (2002). Academic>Courses>Web Design>Writing
#21876
Writing for the World-Wide Web
Teaches how to apply the principles of information architecture to the creation of intuitive navigation systems and a seamless user experience.
Sauer, Geoffrey. Iowa State University (2004). Academic>Courses>Web Design>Writing
#20347
Writing for the World-Wide Web
Teaches how to apply the principles of information architecture to the creation of intuitive navigation systems and a seamless user experience.
Sauer, Geoffrey. Iowa State University (2003). Academic>Courses>Web Design>Writing
#20281
Writing for the World-Wide Web
As a student in this course you will have the opportunity to learn to write for the World Wide Web and use appropriate hardware and software.
Tesdell, Lee S. Minnesota State University, Mankato (2003). Academic>Courses>Web Design>Writing
#25570
Writing in the Professional World
This is the homepage for Steven D. Krause's Winter 2005 section of English 323: Writing in the Professional World.
Krause, Steven D. Eastern Michigan University (2005). Academic>Courses>Business Communication
#31817
This course is designed to familiarize you with the type of writing you'll encounter and produce as a college-educated professional. You'll learn how to write clearly, confidently, and effectively for an international audience. You'll also learn how to compose great resumes, emails, proposals, and Power Point presentations. You'll learn productive strategies for working in groups. Finally, you'll get to work with powerful, yet easy-to-use software.
Barton, Matt. MattBarton.net (2008). Academic>Courses>Business Communication>Writing
#14341
Professional writers are primarily concerned with the effective delivery of information to specific audiences, whether through a paper medium (such as a brochure or memo) or an electronic medium (such as a web site). A wide variety of factors impact this delivery: an understanding of audience (both multiple and widely differing), the organization of information, readability, the ability to navigate a document, ease of use, placement and use of visuals/graphics, text, etc. This course will teach you to think about the overall design of a web site, about how audiences use and read web pages, about effective writing styles for the web, and about a host of other issues that address the delivery of information.
L'Eplattenier, Barbara. University of Arkansas-Little Rock (2002). Academic>Courses>Rhetoric
#25579
Writing Research Theory and Practice
This course has two related goals. First, the course is an introduction to some of the theoretical and practical approaches to research taken by scholars in composition and rhetoric. Second, the course is designed to help prepare students to write a project proposal which will in turn help them as they begin work on their MA thesis or writing project.
Krause, Steven D. Eastern Michigan University (2005). Academic>Courses>Research
#22346
Writing to Inform, Convince, and Persuade
This course introduces the writing process and the types of academic writing you may be expected to complete in your college career such as research papers, argumentative papers, and literature reviews. The course is designed to help you develop a clear thesis in a written paper and support that thesis with appropriate sources. Time will be spent discussing rhetorical elements in writing such as audience, purpose, and argumentative structure. In addition, you will practice steps in the writing process such as invention, research, organization, drafting, revision, and editing. Your assignments will report, synthesize, and draw conclusions regarding the significance of what you read. Assignments may include 1) summary or abstract; 2) rhetorical analysis; (3) short thesis paper; (4) prospectus; (5) evaluation or review of literature; (6) research paper. Some courses are taught in a computer classroom and some in a traditional classroom.
Ratliff, Clancy. University of Minnesota (2003). Academic>Courses>Writing>Rhetoric
#32147
Introduction to Professional Writing Research
English 203 serves as an introduction to research approaches and methods useful for professional writers. The course will focus on developing ideas to guide research; collecting print and online information; interviewing, surveying, and conducting observations; and evaluating, summarizing, analyzing, and reporting research. Perhaps most important, the course will focus on developing your writing skills so that you might not only engage in but also produce quality professional research.
Bay, Jennifer. Purdue University (2008). Academic>Courses>Research>Business Communication
#32148
Introduction to Professional Writing
English 306 introduces you to the rhetorical principles and theoretical concepts that you will need as a professional writer. These principles and concepts will help you analyze and respond effectively to a variety of workplace writing scenarios. While the course will address some practical skills such as how to write memos, emails, and reports, we will focus most of our attention on theories of rhetoric, language, and information. We will learn how information operates in organizations, theories about information architecture, as well as rhetorical concepts that will allow you to effectively assess and approach any writing situation you might encounter. Additionally, the course will introduce you to the strategies and skills necessary for using various communication technologies in workplace contexts.
Bay, Jennifer. Purdue University (2007). Academic>Courses>Business Communication>Technical Writing
#32149
The class English 396D: Digital Rhetorics and Writing covers contemporary digital writing practices and rhetorical theories about those practices. This space is a metasite intended to aggregate class content.
Bay, Jennifer. Purdue University (2008). Academic>Courses>Writing>Online
