ENG 381, Spring 2007

This web site accompanies ENG 381, Technical Communication, as taught by Bradley Dilger at Western Illinois University.

News

• 4/09: I have posted the schedule of project presentations.
• 3/29: Two good usability testing resources: Practical Usability Testing and Usability testing. And here are some instructions to test.
• 3/27: A web site from class today: the paramedic method.
• 3/20: Two web sites from class today: Lunsfords' common errors, and the UC-Boulder copyeditors' marks.
• 3/02: I have corrected the due date for the instrctions draft (now 3/20).
• 2/28: If you want to turn in the proposal for your instructions on Friday, March 2, that is fine.
• 2/23: Here are the speaking notes from my 2/20 presentation.
• 2/16: I have finalized the instructions assignment.
• 2/16: For those of you not in class Thursday 2/15, please be prepared next week to present a brief idea of your instructions project. We will hit Ch. 26 of Lannon Tuesday 2/20. Contact me if you have questions.
• 2/09: Here are two excellent examples of information visualization.
• 2/08: I have started the instructions assignment. Please review it this weekend for discussion Tuesday 2/13 (with Ch. 23 of Lannon).
• 2/06: In class today I mentioned Whitney Quesenbery’s five part definition of usability. Make it thine own. You might find some of the other content on Quesenbery’s site interesting as well.
• 2/01: Against all odds, I have drafted the project assignment. Expect changes after our discussion next week.
• 1/30: This venerable handout, Decomposition; the outline, supplements Lannon’s Chapter 12 well.
• 1/22: Here are some of my own job market docs. I can share more with individuals upon request.
• 1/19: I updated the job market materials handout to fix my silly language and to add the alternative forms (vitae). I also corrected two errors in the syllabus.
• 1/15: I have posted the original syllabus.

Handouts

Handouts use PDF format, readable by a program such as Adobe Reader.

• Assignments
  • Job market materials assignment (1/19)
  • Instructions (3/02)
  • Semester project (2/08)
• Decomposition; the outline(1/30)
• Updated & corrected syllabus (2/18)
• Original syllabus (1/17)