The Course Schedule

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The Schedule is a Work in Progress and subject to changes:))

Date Topics Reading Due

Week 1 September 5

Introduction to the Course

Social media and technology survey

Introduction to autobiographicalwriting

Introduction to blogs

Entry #1: Self

Week 2 September 12

Presentation JW: UnderstandingStyle Novakovich

Draft workshop autobiography

Sign up for presentations

Copyright laws and privacy

JW Lesson #1Understanding Style

Rough draftautobiographical

writing

Sign up forpresentations

Week 3 September 19 JW Lesson #2 COMPLETE Roughdraft



Presentation JW: Correctness

Draft workshop autobiography

Writing for social media

Correctness

JADE OR QUIZ

autobiographicalwriting

Week 4 September 26

Presentation WS: What is design?

Introduction to the Job Application

Analyze examples of resumes: what

works?

Resume writing

Writing cover letters and memos

Complete the planning worksheet

WS: What is design?

BEN OR QUIZ

Autobiographical

writing due

Entry #2: Work

Week 5 October 4

Presentation JW: Actions

Draft workshop resume, coverletters and memo

Composing a visual resume

Write a storyboard for your visualresume

JW Lesson #3 Actions

YUAN YUAN OR QUIZ

First complete draftof resumes, coverletters and memodue

Week 6 October 11

Presentation: WS Step away fromthe computer

Workshop visual resume

Designing web space

WS: Step away from the

computer

GABRIEL OR QUIZ

JOB APPLICATION

PROJECT DUE

Storyboard of VisualResume due



Week 7 October 18

Presentation: JW Characters

Introduce Montrealites

Writing informal proposal letters

Write a proposal describing whatyou would like to do as editor of asection of the website. Describe

your purpose, audience and goals.

JW Lesson #4 Characters

JOSEPH OR QUIZ

VISUAL RESUME

DUE

Week 8 October 25

Presentation WS I need to design

this today

Introduction to the Profile Project

Complete planning workshop forprofile and interview projects

WS: I need to design thistoday

MANUELA OR QUIZ

Montrealites Editorproposal letter due

Entry #3: People

Week 9 November 1

Presentation Lesson #5: Cohesion

and Coherence

Workshop profile

Lecture interviewing

JW Lesson #5 Cohesionand Coherence

MARIA OR QUIZ

Draft of profile due

Week 10 November 8

Writing an interview

Workshop profile and interview

question drafts

Write your editor's bio forMontrealites

Social media buttons

WS: Layout sins

AARON OR QUIZ

2nd draft of profiledue

1st draft of interview

questions

Week 11 November 15 JW Lesson #6 Emphasis

NATASHA OR QUIZ

Profile due

1st draft of interview



JW Lesson #6 Emphasis

Workshop interview

Publishing on Montrealites

due

Week 12 November 22

Presentation Mini art school

GRAMMAR REVIEW

YOU-CENTERED WRITING

STRATEGIES

WS: mini art schoolDEVON OR QUIZ

Interview due

Week 13 November 29

SOCIAL MEDIA WORKSHOP

GUEST SPEAKER POSSIBLE

MAKE-UP DAY FOR

MISSED

PRESENTATIONS ½

CREDIT FOR WORK

EXTRA CREDIT FOR

APPROVED

PRESENTATIONS

Social media

midterm write-up

project due

Week 14 January 8

Presentation JW Concision

Writing instructions for the web

Planning worksheet

JW: Lesson #7 Concision

BIANCA OR QUIZ

Entry #4: Topic

What do you do

best?

Week 15 January 16

Presentation JW: Shape

Instruction set draft workshop

JW Lesson # 8 Shape

KEVIN OR QUIZ

Entry #5: TopicEtiquette

1st draft of

instruction set due

Week 16 January 23

Presentation JW Elegance

Instruction set draft workshop

Introduction to writing feature

JW Lesson #9 Elegance

SAMANTHA OR QUIZ

Entry #6: TopicEthics

2nd draft of

instruction set due



article

Week 17 January 30

Presentation WS: Layout

Draft workshop feature article

Social media workshop

WS: Layout

ERICA OR QUIZ

1st draft of featurearticle due

Week 18 February 6

Presentation WS: Type

Draft workshop feature article

Introduction to writing reviews

WS: Type

MELANIE OR QUIZ

WMW: Chapter 1:Interactivity and theWriter

Entry #7: TopicFaves

2nd draft of Featurearticle due

Week 19 February 13

Presentation WS: Color Basics

Draft workshop review

WS: Color Basics

TARA OR QUIZ

WMW: Chapter 5: Script

and Proposal Formatting

WMW Chapter 8:Informational Multimediaand Web Architecture

Feature Article due

1st draft of reviewdue

Week 20 February 27

Presentation WS: Adding visual

appeal

Draft workshop review

Writing for the web

WS: Adding visual appeal

HALA OR QUIZ

WMW: Chapters 3, 4, & 6

2nd draft review due

Week 21 March 6

Presentation Lesson #11 JWGlobal coherence

Lesson #11 JW Globalcoherence

KRISTINE OR QUIZ

Entry #8: TopicStories



Introduction to Interactive Web

Project

Planning worksheet

Creating a storyboard

WMW: Chapters 17 Howto Write NonnarrativeInformational Multimedia

WMW: Chapter18 Interactive Multimedia

Narrative and LinearNarrative

Review due

Draft workshopconcept map and

storyboard

Week 22 March 13

Presentation JW Ethics of style

Designing web space

Workshop interactive web project

Portfolio workshop

Lesson #12 JW Ethics of

Style

LORENE OR QUIZ

Entry #9 Design

First piece of interactive projectdue--introductoryentry.

Week 23 March 20

Presentation WS: Infographics


Portfolio workshop

WS: Infographics

RUBY OR QUIZ

Second piece of interactivemultimedia projectdue

(article, review,interview, profile)

Week 24 March 27

Presentation: WS: Storyboarding


Writing for the web

Portfolio workshop

WS: Storyboarding

JOLENE OR QUIZ

Third piece of interactivemultimedia project

due

(article, review,interview, profile)

Week 25 April 3

Presentation: WS: Multimedia

components


Looking at analytics

WS: MultimediaComponents

Fourth piece of interactivemultimedia projectdue

(article, review,

interview, profile)

Draft of portfolio



due

Week 26 April 10

Presentation: WS Designing for the

web

Workshop Portfolios


Social media and Montrealites

editor workshop

WS: Designing for the web

KAREN OR QUIZ

Fifth piece of interactivemultimedia projectdue

(article, review,

interview, profile)

Draft of social mediaproject andMontrealites Editorproject due

Week 27

Eating Crow Competition

Entry #10: Finalthoughts

Interactive web

project, Social Media,and Portfolio

Projects due

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