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Category Archives: Sample Assignments
Design analysis: Too many clicks to edit widgets on D2L
(Originally posted on the blog for my section of WRTG 3035: Technical Communication and Design.) Here’s another entry into our collection of design successes and failures. As the “designer” in …
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Instructions project assignment for technical communication
This is an archived version of an Instructions Project assignment I used for WRTG 3035 in Fall 2011. To view their final projects, browse the Final Instructions Projects category on …
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Sample audio essay assignment
For a description of an audio essay assignment I’ve used in WRTG 1150 and WRTG 2090, see this post on my own blog: Audio Essay Assignment. I’m providing a link …
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Annotated article assignment
In order to help my WRTG 3020 students develop stronger reading and rhetorical awareness skills, I’ve developed an assignment that asks them to choose a scholarly article and then use …
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Sample digital narrative assignment
To see an early version of a digital narrative assignment I used in my WRTG 3020 on the rhetoric of gender and sexuality, view this page: WRTG 3020 Digital Personal …
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Assignment for comparative analysis of digital tools
If you’re looking for an assignment that asks students to practice comparative analysis and rhetorical awareness while also learning how to compose in a wiki environment, you might consider trying …
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Assignment to edit an existing wikiHow article
This is an archived version of an assignment I used in WRTG 2090 that asked students to edit an existing article on wikiHow.com, as part of the process of becoming …
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Activity: Share a digital literacy tip for students
This is an archived version of an activity that asks students to share a digital literacy tip with their classmates, which I used in WRTG 2090 in Spring 2011. SHARE …
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Assignment: contribute an article to wikiHow
This is an archived version of an assignment I’ve used in WRTG 1150 and WRTG 2090 that asks students to write an instructions article for the collaboratively edited site, wikiHow.com …
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Audio essay assignment for lower-division classes
Below is an audio essay assignment I used in a WRTG 1150 and WRTG 2090 (Writing for Digital Media) class. If I assign an audio-only project again, I will revise …
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Assignment for Comparative Analysis of Digital Tools
Below is a brief version of an assignment I’ve used in WRTG 1150 and WRTG 2090. I have a long version somewhere, which I’ll post if/when I find it. Topics …
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Pop Culture Research Project Assignment
I used this assignment for my Spring 2011 sections of WRTG 3020. You can find some of the projects produced for this assignment in the Research Projects category on my …
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Digital literacy narratives by first-year writing students in Fall 2010
I don’t often teach WRTG 1150, but the last time I did (in Fall 2010), we focused on digital literacy as a topic and a practice. Students composed digital literacy …
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Digital Personal Narrative Assignment
NOTE: I used the assignment below for my Fall 2010 sections of WRTG 3020. This is an archived version of the assignment, which I’ve since transformed into a Digital Storytelling …
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