![[ENGL 419]
PROJECT 1 SCHEDULE
Website Analysis
Please note that the schedule is subject to change – if that happens, I’ll send
an email and cross out the original before I add the changed info. Unless
otherwise noted, all readings and assignments can be found on our course
BbLearn site under Project 1. Reading summaries are due before class
(except where noted).
Class Date In Class Work Due
M 8/21 Total eclipse! Class cancelled.
W 8/23 Intro to course.
Findability; the
rhetoric of Web
writing vs. print
writing.
Bio + inventory of skills and goals for
course.
Read Morville and prepare to discuss
“findability.”
F 8/25 No physical class
(Jodie away).
Read Jenkins and complete the Reading
Summary by end-of-day Friday.
M 8/28 Spreadability and
how search engines
drive content
production.
Reading
presentations begin.
Read Chapters 2-3 in McCoy, So You
Think You Can Write?, complete
Reading Summary.
**Prepare to discuss one thing you’ve
shared online recently (or that has
been shared with you), and what made
it shareable.
W 8/30 Users as the
centerpiece of
Read:
-Chapters 1-2 in Ginny Redish, Letting](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/419project1schedule-170821224216/85/ENGL-419-Project-1-Schedule-1-320.jpg)
ENGL 419 Project 1 Schedule
- 1. [ENGL 419] PROJECT 1 SCHEDULE Website Analysis Please note that the schedule is subject to change – if that happens, I’ll send an email and cross out the original before I add the changed info. Unless otherwise noted, all readings and assignments can be found on our course BbLearn site under Project 1. Reading summaries are due before class (except where noted). Class Date In Class Work Due M 8/21 Total eclipse! Class cancelled. W 8/23 Intro to course. Findability; the rhetoric of Web writing vs. print writing. Bio + inventory of skills and goals for course. Read Morville and prepare to discuss “findability.” F 8/25 No physical class (Jodie away). Read Jenkins and complete the Reading Summary by end-of-day Friday. M 8/28 Spreadability and how search engines drive content production. Reading presentations begin. Read Chapters 2-3 in McCoy, So You Think You Can Write?, complete Reading Summary. **Prepare to discuss one thing you’ve shared online recently (or that has been shared with you), and what made it shareable. W 8/30 Users as the centerpiece of Read: -Chapters 1-2 in Ginny Redish, Letting
- 2. design. Ethically designing for users. Introduce Project 1: Website Analysis. Go of the Words -Wachter-Boetter, “Everybody Hurts: Content for Kindness” Complete Reading Summaries for both. F 9/01 Content strategy and information architecture. Read -Covert, “The Pain with No Name” -Aalen, “The Core Model: Designing Inside Out for Better Results” Complete Reading Summaries for both. M 9/04 Labor Day – no class W 9/06 Design and the “scent of information.” Read Chapters 3-6 in Ginny Redish, Letting Go of the Words, complete Reading Summaries (Ch 3, Chs 4-6). F 9/08 Read Chapters 7-10 in Ginny Redish, Letting Go of the Words, complete Reading Summaries M 9/11 Draft workshop, Website Analysis. Complete draft of Website Analysis and bring to class.*** W 9/13 Website Analysis due. ***Draft workshops are mandatory – if you miss it, or come without a complete draft, you will lose points.