ENG 131 December 3

We finished going over APA style, and groups met to work on their projects.

ENG 131 November 26

We talked about and practiced copyediting. We also started discussing APA documentation.

ENG 131 November 19

We covered progress reports and technical instructions.

ALL CLASSES: Office Hours on Thurs., Nov. 22

I will not be holding office hours on Thanksgiving.

ENG 131 November 12

We discussed and wrote definitions, and groups had time to work on their projects.

ENG 131 November 5

We talked about formal reports and went over the group assignment. I also reviewed students' cover letters and resumes.

ENG 131 October 29

I demonstrated how to create charts in Excel, and we talked about style templates and how to create them.

ENG 131 October 22

We covered page layout and design, and I reviewed resumes and cover letters for those who wanted me to.

ENG 131 October 15

The groups presented the results of the research project. We also did peer reviews of resumes and cover letters. Bring your revised resume and cover letter to class next week if you want me to go over it with you.

ENG 131 October 8

Groups for the research project met during classe. Group presentations will be next week. Instructions for the job-application materials assignment were handed out. Drafts are due next Monday. (Bring two copies.)

ENG 131 October 1

We watched a video about writing resumes and cover letters. Then the groups for the research project had time to work on their evaluation criteria. See the new handout for the research project and the instructions for Online Assignment #5 in the course website.

ENG 131 September 24

We took time at the beginning of class to do peer reviews of the memo and letter for the correspondence assignment. The final versions, along with any drafts, are due next Monday (Oct. 1). We also talked about research and divided into groups for the research project. See the handout I uploaded for that project and the instructions in the course website for Online Assignment #4.

ENG 131 September 17

We discussed ethics in the workplace, wrote codes of ethics for the class, and went over the format for business letters and memos. I also handed out the correspondence assignment.

ENG 131 August 27

In class today we went over the syllabus, introduced ourselves, and completed a brief information sheet. We also discussed what technical writing is, and what good technical writing is. Complete Online Assignment #1 by midnight on Sun., Sept. 9.

ENG 131 April 30

We completed evaluations and a survey, discussed and wrote press releases, and reviewed drafts of the groups' formal reports.

ENG 090 April 25 and 26

We discussed what narrative is, went over the requirements for the narrative essay, and started working on the essay.

ENG 131 April 23

We discussed and made oral presentations. I also reviewed the style templates for the formal reports. Drafts of the formal reports are due next week.

ENG 131 April 16

Greg made a presentation on open-sources software. We talked about visual aids and instructions. I reviewed the outlines and working bibliographies for the formal reports.

ENG 131 April 9

We went over definitions and descriptions. The remainder of the class time was spent on the group projects.

ENG 131 April 2

We went over how the style template works and discussed the parts of a formal report. The rest of the time was used by the groups to work on their formal reports. If you missed class, please contact your group to find out what they did.