September
Week 1: Thursday, September 22: Introduction. Is this course right for you? Homework: 250 words on why this course and what you hope to get out of the class?
Week 2: Tuesday, September 27: Discussion about handwriting. Homework: What do you want to research? What do you need to research? What does research mean to you? — DUE Tuesday, October 4. Reading TBA.
Text processing
Week 2: Thursday September 29: NO CLASS
October – Project begins
Week 3: Tuesday October 4 Discuss project ideas. Talk about proposal that’s due on Thursday.
Week 3: Thursday October 6 Project proposal is due via either handwriting or as a printed out text file. For homework, make accounts on 750words.com, Mendeley.com and download at least one additional word processor (I will provide a list). Read the guides for 750words, Mendeley, and additional word processor.
Research software
Week 4: Tuesday October 11 Questions on Mendeley. Research/write.Introduce requirements for first five pages.
Online writing platforms
Week 4: Thursday October 13 Questions on 750words.com. Research/write. Introduce GoogleDocs. Post to research blog for homework.
Word processing beyond Office
Week 5: Tuesday October 18 Questions on additional word processor. Tonight: create a docs.google.com account and transfer your work there.
Conferences with the instructor
Week 5: Thursday October 20 Conferences. Five pages are due BEFORE conferences.
Week 6: Tuesday October 25 Conferences.
Week 6: Thursday October Conferences.
November
Week 7: Tuesday November 1 Conferences.
Week 7: Thursday November 3 Google docs. Ten pages are due today/tonight.
Multimodality
Week 8: Tuesday November 8 In-class peer review. Bring copies of your work to class. Homework: write a summary of peer suggestions for your research blog.
Week 8: Thursday November 10 Class discussion of a specific paper.
Week 9: Tuesday November 15 Revised project abstract are due today.
Future composing
Week 9: Thursday November 17 Fifteen pages are due today.
Week 10: Tuesday November 22 Sign up for final presentations.
Week 10: Thursday November 24: NO CLASS THANKSGIVING
Week 11: Tuesday November 29 Final presentations
December
Week 11: Thursday December 1 Final presentations. Final manuscript due today.