Technology for Professional Writers

This course is a variation of Utah State University's twice-annual Technology and the Writer Course. The Technology and the Writer course is based on research done in the 1990s to determine which writing professions demanded the best salaries and were most likely to survive overseas outsourcing.

Hailey, David E. Utah State University (2005). Academic>Courses>Technology>Technical Writing

Theory and Practice of Technical Communication

The aim, or purpose, of this course is to prepare you for a variety of job-related writing tasks. Success in technical writing, however, requires that you first know for whom you are writing and why. Consequently, this course will stress audience awareness and purpose in written communication. The course will also help you select the appropriate materials for a writing assignment and arrange the material in a logical and appropriate sequence. Additionally, you will learn to evaluate your products (and those of others) before submitting them for approval. In other words, you will develop your writing processes, much as you are developing other problem-solving tools necessary for success in your career. You will learn to anticipate the needs of your audience, to select materials and their arrangement to best meet those needs, to prepare the final product, and to analyze and revise until you achieve professional-quality work ready for submission to your audience.

Applen, J.D. University of Central Florida. Academic>Courses>Undergraduate>Technical Writing

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

Writing for the Web

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

Writing For the Workplace

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

Writing for the World of Work

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

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

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

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

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

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

Writing in the Professions

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

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

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

Digital Rhetorics and Writing

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

Multimedia Writing

English 419 introduces students to the fundamental rhetorical theories, principles, and practices of multimedia design, implementation, and publishing. The main objective for the course is for students to understand critical theories of multimedia and the new media technologies that create and publish multimedia content, with a particular emphasis on visual rhetoric and usability. Since multimedia is, by nature, interactive, we will cover the rhetorical nature of interactivity, the relationship of the audience—or users—to interactivity, and the discovery of innovative methods for successfully interacting with others through multimedia. Students will explore these theories through projects that require creative engagements with a variety of technologies and users.

Bay, Jennifer. Purdue University (2003). Academic>Courses>Multimedia>Writing

Business Writing

English 420 teaches students the rhetorical principles and writing practices necessary for producing effective business letters, memos, reports, and collaborative projects in professional contexts. The curriculum is informed by current research in rhetoric and professional writing and is guided by the needs and practices of business, industry, and society at large, as well as by the expectations of Purdue students and programs. All sections of English 420 are offered in networked computer classrooms to ensure that students taking the course are prepared for the writing environment of the 21st-century workplace. The course teaches the rhetorical principles that help students shape their business writing ethically, for multiple audiences, in a variety of professional situations.

Bay, Jennifer. Purdue University (2006). Academic>Courses>Business Communication>Writing

Theories of Rhetoric and Composition

English 470 will explore some of the major theories of rhetoric and writing which shape the ways that we use language in social, educational, political, and professional situations. We will examine various definitions of rhetoric, key rhetorical concepts and debates, theories of writing, the impact of new technologies on rhetoric and writing, and philosophical questions, among others. Our trajectory for the course can be mapped across several different heuristics. We can say that we will begin with oral traditions of rhetoric, move to written traditions, and then to electric or online instantiations of rhetoric. Another way to think about the structure of the course is philosophically: we start with ancient concepts of language and thought, then move to modernist conceptions, and finish with postmodern ideas about the place of rhetoric in the world. While we won't be able to cover every historical period and every rhetorical concept, you should leave the class with an understanding of what rhetoric is, when, where, and how it can be deployed, and why rhetoric is important. The ultimate goal of the course is for students to understand rhetoric as a productive art that offers transformative possibilities.

Bay, Jennifer. Purdue University (2004). Academic>Courses>Writing>Rhetoric

Multimedia Writing Workshop

The last decade has seen an explosion in digital media in numerous outlets of contemporary culture. During English 289.22 Multimedia Writing Workshop we will explore various media, genres, and technologies we use everyday. We will examine the communication, creative expression, interactivity and design of multimedia composition for the purposes of persuading, negotiating, contesting, and creating narratives as well as individual and community identities. In other words, we will ask: How does this multimedia text tell a story? What elements help tell the story? In what ways does it reflect who I am or want to be? In what ways is it trying to persuade me to socially identify? We will interrogate our cultural practices as they relate to the cultural and technological underpinnings of our use of media such as blogs, podcasts,wikis, text messages, chats, MySpace, Facebook, film, videogames, etc. to tell stories and convey our identities.

Fitzgerald, Devon. Illinois State University (2008). Academic>Courses>Multimedia>Writing

Introduction to Technical Writing

This section will focus on both the creation and production of technical writing, particularly concentrating on how using a specific medium to convey information frames how the information is received by the intended audience(s).

Fitzgerald, Devon. Illinois State University (2007). Academic>Courses>Writing>Technical Writing

Introduction to Professional Writing

English 206 introduces theoretical and practical aspects of professional writing. Class activities highlight rhetorical analysis, diverse research methods, collaboration, and document design. Through participation in the course, you will explore opportunities and resources in the field and identify priorities for your own professional development.

Turnley, Melinda. DePaul University (2007). Academic>Courses>Business Communication>Writing

Computers and Composition

Writing always has included technical components. In fact, writing itself can be considered a technology. Relatively recent developments in computers and digital media, however, have reshaped our understandings of relationships between technology and writing. This course will explore the cultural, institutional, professional, and pedagogical implications of such shifts. Our explorations will draw upon theories of technology as well discussions from the field of computers and composition.

Turnley, Melinda. DePaul University (2007). Academic>Courses>Writing>Technology

Literacy, Technology, and Society

This course will ask you to explore the ways that literacy, technology, and humanity interact. You will look at the ways that each of these entities affects the others. The course will begin with a historical look at human technological literacy, but the majority of the course will focus on present literacy and technology.

Whipple, Bob, Jr. Creighton University (2005). Academic>Courses>Technology>Writing

Principles of Technical Writing

Technical writing is nonfiction writing meant to make the complex simple. It informs, instructs, and persuades. And it can take many forms -- manuals, references, instructions, correspondence, reports, and proposals, among others. Whatever form is used, technical writing's focus is to ensure that readers can make informed choices, understand complex information, and follow complex procedures. In this class, technical writing is treated rhetorically: We will build on lessons of rhetorical analysis, organization, and style learned in previous classes, but we will apply those lessons to concrete real-world problems.

Spinuzzi, Clay. University of Texas (2009). Academic>Courses>Writing>Technical Writing