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.