Heuristic for The Infographic Project

The Heuristic for The Infographic Project is an exercise in Professional Writing, an undergraduate writing course. An heuristic is an invention exercise, a thought exercise. The heuristic below is a tool you can use to develop your infographic for The Infographic Project. The questions below to help you tell your story. This heuristic is helpful ...

Peer Review of Infographics

Peer Review of Infographics is an exercise for The Infographic Project, a module in Professional Writing, an undergraduate writing course. Peer Review of Infographics provides structured questions you can consider when reviewing peers’ texts, including Responsiveness to the Assignment Story Design Visuals [ Course Syllabus | Schedule | The Infographic Project | Design ] Student ...

Video Pitch for an Infographic

The Video Pitch is an exercise for The Infographic Project, a module in Professional Writing, an undergraduate writing course. Your goal is to produce a 60-second video presentation that introduces your idea and rhetorical situation for an infographic in accordance with the assignment guidelines for The Infographic Project. Key Words: Pitch; Rhetorical Context. [ Course ...

Heuristic Exercise for The Document Makeover

Note: This is an ungraded exercise for The Document Makeover, the first major project for Professional Writing, an undergraduate course on workplace writing. This exercise is graded on a point scale: 1 – 5, with 1 being the lowest score and 5 being the highest. Considering the questions below will help you plan document revisions ...

Empirical Research Exercise

Empirical research is original research that you do yourself, such as interviews, surveys, questionnaires, site visits, usability studies, field observations, etc. Empirical Research Exercise is an exercise for Project 2, Consulting Simulation, Professional Writing, an undergraduate course on workplace writing. This is the second week your team has focused on research. Last week your team ...

Textual Research Summaries Exercise*

Assignment Guidelines ContextThe Textual Research Summaries Exercise is an exercise for Project 2, Consulting Simulation in Professional Writing, an undergraduate course on workplace writing. This is the 2nd week your team looked for additional Now that your research proposal has been approved, your team will have two weeks to complete your research. This week your ...

Problem Definition Assignment

The Problem Definition Assignment is the first discussion post for the Consulting Simulation, an eight-week long collaborative project in Professional Writing, an undergraduate course in workplace writing. Note: This assignment is not graded! A Problem Definition is a genre of writing that can also function as a mode of discourse Assignment Guidelines Context Review the ...

Pitch Assignment

Note: This is the second exercise in the Consultancy Simulation, the second project in Professional Writing. This exercise is graded on a point scale: 1 – 5, with 1 being the lowest score and 5 the highest. Assignment Guidelines The Pitch assignment has one deliverable. Choose from one the following options: an informal 1 page ...

Project Completion Memo (Document Makeover)

The Project Completion Memo is the final assignment for The Document Makeover, the first module of Professional Writing, an undergraduate course on workplace writing. The Project Completion Memo is a memo written by you to your instructor. The aim of the memo is to share with your instructor what you’ve learned about redesign, revision, and ...

Professional Writing Guidelines for the Document Makeover

The Professional Writing Guidelines below are suggestions for redesigning, revising, reorganizing, and editing a document. These suggestions would work pretty well for any effort at revision, yet they are especially intended to serve as a revision heuristic The Document Makeover, the third exercise in Professional Writing (Syllabus), an undergraduate writing course. Assignment Guidelines Revise, redesign, ...