Fall 2021 Technical Writing - RWS 3359

In Fall 2021 I taught an online asynchronous seven-week technical writing class for advanced undergraduate students.

Syllabus

Course Calendar

Student Webtext Instructions

For an early assignment sequence in this course, students investigated and critiqued a set of instructions or tutorial for a task that was new to them to better consider new user experiences when engaging with technical writing. From there they drafted a set of instructions for a common task of their choice that they knew how to complete well. Students then revised and adapted their instructions into dynamic webtexts using the software Twine. The following links direct you to students' final webtexts for the course. To complete the assignment sequence, students were asked to choose three classmates' webtext instructions and provide user feedback to them.


Cup of Coffee Instructions

DB3

How to bodyweight squat

How to Clean and Polish Leather Shoes

How to Cut a Bell Pepper

How to Make a Bed

How to Make a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich

How to make Spaghetti

How to perform a hamstring stretch

How to Screen Mirror Mobile Device

How to (un)block someone on Instagram in iOS system (iPhone)

How to Wash your Car

Instruction (in Twine)

Making pour over coffee with chemex

The Perfect Lemonade

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Week 3 Discussion Post- How to make a Origami Paper Crane