Quiz Three Review

I offer twenty-two questions this week over the three chapters and

discuss each of the questions in this video, reinforcing material from the video that introduced the week's work.

I will leave the quiz up through Monday night to give everyone a chance to do a good job.

Go well and stay warm, Bill

Hello Week Three

Greetings for Week Three.

Here you will find a brief introduction to this week during which I offer some discussion of the chapters and of the writing assignments.

I hope that your week gets off to a good start.
Bill

Week Two Quiz Review

Week Two Greetings

Hello Everyone and Welcome to Week Two:

You have a considerable amount of work to do this week in the reading department--four chapters, but very interesting material--so pace yourself.

And get to the two threads right away, for the reading should generate good discussion. This time and for the remainder of the term, you will respond at least three times to each of the two threads.

Thank you in advance for a strong effort on the threads; as a couple of you noted to me, the first week of classes passes in a haze and quickly. As a result, the thread for Week One will remain open until midnight Monday, as the weekly announcement indicates. So feel free to continue a bit more the discussions.

The reading covers a good range of material, from Collaboration to Organizational Strategies, so read carefully.

Here is the new video (that you might want to watch over two sittings, for I talk about all four chapters (48 minutes):

Read the writing assignment carefully. If you have questions, e-mail me right away--remember, too, that the video comes from last year, and I taught the class in the second eight-week period the last two years the class have been offered:

Quiz for Week One Review

Greetings Everyone,

Here you will find a short video that helps you with this week's quiz--remember that I made this quiz last year at around the identical time but in different circumstances, so do not feel confused.You have until midnight Sunday, Jan. 18,  to complete this first quiz--note that the video says otherwise, but you must for the federal government complete a graded assignment.  If you work on the threads but cannot for some reason take the quiz, contact me. 

You will find the quizzes linked in the the weekly assignment folder which contain, in addition, the reading and writing assignments as well as assignment links.

The first post for the term of the blog--just scroll down or use the archive, clicking on the appropriate link--also includes useful links to the class syllabus and other areas of interest for the class.
Listen to this video before you take the quiz, which consists of twenty multiple-choice and true-false questions.

You must complete the quiz in one sitting. In addition, you will respond to one question at a time and cannot go back to a previously-answered question.

If you encounter problems, e-mail me. Reading the assigned chapters and listening to the video, in which I discuss all the questions, should result in a good grade.

Do a good job, Bill

Peru Cemetery

Week One Greetings

Hello Everyone and Welcome to Technical Communication for Spring 2016

As the following video from last term indicates, I will post a video each week to introduce the material and to talk with you in general about the course and our progress.  I will often update videos.


This class now counts for General Studies requirements for Technology and Its Applications.




I will add as necessary at the beginning of Week One an additional video for your viewing to fill you in on changes and to add to the commentary from the previous recording.

The old video talks about the Eighth Edition, but we use the Eleventh Edition, and I will keep you up to date on changes.

I will soon look over this edition.  I mention a Kindle version in the video for the then tenth edition; I use an e-version for the text.

Here, too, I will create some links that you will find helpful; the blog archives everything, so you can come here to find the links published as well on the class web page .

You will find the following links useful to link as favorites:

1. Class Syllabus
2. Netiquette
3. Technical Communication Site
4. Weekly Assignments
5. Bill's Peru State College Web Page
6. Bill's Personal Web Page
7. Writing for Publication Web Page

If you think of any other useful sites for the class, just let me know.

Each week, you should check first of all the Weekly Announcement on Blackboard and then give the Weekly Assignments a look; then click to the blog to watch the weekly video(s).

Now, as I have suggested in more than one place, circumstances required me to rewrite completely this course a couple years ago; I continue to revise this term (Spring 2016) because we use a new edition, so please contact me right away when you find any errors or contradictions--or confusions. You will not hurt my feelings.  

The company has begun to issue new editions each year, but not all that much changes from edition to edition--pagination can, however, be an issue.

Mostly, however, you will not have a problem figuring things out.  I give you a choice of writing topic this week, either the Case Study from Edition 9 or Edition 10 and 11.  Use your imagination.

Because this class now fulfills requirements for Technology and Its Application, we will experiment with a variety of on-line programs, from Twitter to Blogs.   


If you have any questions, contact me.

To add to some confusion with dates, this class used to get offered the second eight weeks, so do not worry about the dates mentioned in some of the videos.



If and when I add a new video, you will find the video on this page.

As a general rule, written assignments, quizzes, and discussion threads must be completed by midnight Sunday of the week assigned:  For this week, I will leave the threads open until midnight Monday, so complete your written  work by midnight, January 18.

But remember that you must post on the discussion thread or take the quiz before Sunday, January 17, or you will get dropped from the class.




NEW (2015) WELCOME TO THE CLASS





I try to respond quickly to e-mail communications.

Again, welcome to Technical Communication, an exciting and informative course on which I look forward to working with you.

Good luck with the semester's beginning. And make sure, too, to give the older video your attention, for the video contains useful information, so relax and view both videos before you get going.

And give the old video your attention.