Comments for Technical Writing

Comment on #WednesdayWrite: Advice to Future Students by Jack Hesse

Jack Hesse — Mon, 07 May 2018 20:07:55 +0000

If I was going contribute to a continuity folder for taking this course in the future I would include information regarding what exactly needs to be included in the major assignments and a clear list of what is exactly required to get an A in this course. It was difficult to keep track of whether or not you had an A for the course during the majority of the semester, so if work that is required to get an A is clearly defined in a completion checklist then it would be easier to predict your grade in the course.

Comment on #TuesdayTutorial: Dealing with Deadline Stress by Yibo Xu

Yibo Xu — Mon, 07 May 2018 19:28:44 +0000

This video is very useful since the college life is very busy and sometimes I don’t have a whole piece of time to focus on a big writing project. For me personally, when I’m doing my writing project especially, I’d like to separate it to pieces such as make a table for my ideas, list bullet points, and combine them together. But the last part, combine all my ideas and points, is always going to take a long time. This video says that it’s always be easy to finish the project by put the outline on the calendar which could keep myself on track, In a tight time period, this could make my work more on pace instead of write whole thing at one time and screw things up.

Comment on #TuesdayTutorial: Dealing with Deadline Stress by Daniel Ott

Daniel Ott — Mon, 07 May 2018 13:24:13 +0000

With the end of the semester right around the corner, I found this video extremely helpful. I have a lot of assignments and exams due in the next few days so this video gave me some very helpful tips on how to deal with the stress from these deadlines, and how to complete my work on time. Like a few other people said, I found the “create a timeline” tip the most helpful. One of my major struggles with schoolwork is not starting it enough in advance. I have a problem with procrastinating all my work until the last few days before an assignment is due. So, I really like the idea of starting at the due date and working backwards to see when I really need to start each portion of an assignment. This class somewhat taught me how to do that with the genre analysis report and creating a gnatt chart. The only thing I need to do now is teach myself how to stick to the schedules I plan out.

Comment on #WednesdayWrite: Advice to Future Students by Daniel Ott

Daniel Ott — Mon, 07 May 2018 13:14:49 +0000

There are a few things that I would want to include in my continuity folder. Although most questions about this course can be answered by the course website, I would want to create a continuity folder that sort of condenses all the information found on the website. This way someone wouldn’t have to go searching through the website every time they have a question. This could by done by including a short summary of what every assignment requires, and an example of each assignment. I would chose the example from the website that I found the most helpful. Additionally, I would try and provide a general template that can be followed for each assignment. The final item I would include is a general calendar of when all the assignments are due. This calendar could me modified by the user as well if the course changes at all.

Comment on #WednesdayWrite: Advice to Future Students by Justin Du

Justin Du — Mon, 07 May 2018 06:57:45 +0000

I completely agree with this. I think this course was very straight forward however I wish there was template that we could have used from the start to judge how we are doing. I realize that Ms. Gardner used the optional surveys on Canvas, however she started them midway through the semester and I think it could have helped if we had them from the start. I think the labor logs and projects were easy to keep on track as they were on canvas and reminders, but the work to get above a B was not as clear (to me at least). I think that many students at Tech are not content with just a B so I think that showing exactly when and how you can do assignments to get an A would be useful

Comment on #WednesdayWrite: Advice to Future Students by Caed Cunningham

Caed Cunningham — Mon, 07 May 2018 03:43:14 +0000

I definitely agree with what you said about it potentially seeming overwhelming at first. I think you’re absolutely right in that it gets much more easy to tackle once you find your own groove and figure out what works best for you/your schedule. Giving that as a disclaimer before advocating for a timeline or weekly personal scheduling process as well is something I would certainly want to share with future students.

Comment on #WednesdayWrite: Advice to Future Students by Cassie Bienert

Cassie Bienert — Sun, 06 May 2018 20:49:04 +0000

I would first write a little message about my experience in the course as far as handling the deadline and different types of work. I would just want to let them know that it seems overwhelming at first but it isn’t that difficult once you get the swing of things. I like what people have said about deadline and schedules. I think its a good idea to include a timeline or schedule that has what is due and when so you know exactly what you need to do. I would also try and make a road map visual that shows where to begin (read the course syllabus) and then read the home page on the course website and that tells you what to do each week, and then do discussion posts/readings, then labor logs, then assignments, etc. I think visuals are very helpful!

And as everyone else said, i would include examples of work to reference since those are always good guides when you are trying to figure out how to approach a project.

Comment on #TuesdayTutorial: Dealing with Deadline Stress by Moqi Zhang

Moqi Zhang — Sat, 05 May 2018 23:14:38 +0000

I totally agree with you. I think recording myself is easier than writing down an outline, and recording myself can save more time, so I can pay more attention to finish my project. Planning ahead is also really important, which can encourage me to finish my projects or assignments before the deadline. Meanwhile, I will have more time to revise my projects.

Comment on #TuesdayTutorial: Dealing with Deadline Stress by Moqi Zhang

Moqi Zhang — Sat, 05 May 2018 23:06:14 +0000

This video is really helpful. Most of us are facing a problem about deadline stress. Sometimes, I need to do a really big project in a few days, which makes me really stressed and tired. However, I will calm myself down, and write an outline for my project. After that, I can focus on every single point in the sequence, which makes me finished work easier. From this video, I know I need to add all of the deadlines on my calendar and finish them in order.

Comment on #WednesdayWrite: Advice to Future Students by Zachary Cohen

Zachary Cohen — Sat, 05 May 2018 03:46:05 +0000

One of the things I found to be really nice about this course was that I never felt like there was a “continuity folder” that was missing. For every assignment and project there was usually a well laid out explanation of the assignment, along with resources to aid with completing the assignment, and even examples of finished products from past students. All of these materials made seemingly daunting assignments much more manageable. I suppose if there were one piece of documentation missing that I wish the students next semester would have is a clearly laid out syllabus. While I think at this point the expectations from us in this course are clear, I feel like having it nicely laid out in one brief document would be extremely helpful for future students.