Free, Open, and Interactive Technical Communication Textbook Dr. Tamara Powell, Dr. Jonathan Arnett, Ms. Monique Logan, Dr. Cassandra Race, Ms. Tiffani Reardon Kennesaw State University

Overview Round Three Textbook Transformation Grant Textbook for two courses, each taught by two faculty Courses are TCOM 2010: Technical Writing and WRIT 3140: Workplace Writing 20-50 students per section, 21 courses per year, 525 students impacted Total student savings per year (estimated) is $55,611.55

Overview Working title is Sexy Technical Writing Multimedia, interactive textbook created in SoftChalk, hosted on KSU server Downloadable and printable Available at http://ode.hss.kennesaw.edu/technicalcommunication First class with the book launches summer 2016 (June 1, to be precise)

Tiffani How did we manage this huge project? SoftChalk Cloud Slack KSU server space A great team

Jonathan Wrote technical editing chapter Edited these McMurrey Chapters: Page Design Overview Power Revision Techniques Proposals Recommendation and Feasibility Reports Report Document Overview Report Format and Final Packaging

Tammy Cool special features of our textbook: Short, topic-specific online chapters that can be added to any learning management system (and printed out, if desired) Learning activities and assignments to support instructor use Interactive activities (quizzes, puzzles, games) to support content Videos (all closed captioned) by team and by experts in field to increase learning and support professional development Collaborative activities to build community among all users of the textbook

Thank You! Questions? Dr. Tamara Powell tpowel25@Kennesaw.edu Dr. Jonathan Arnett: earnett@Kennesaw.edu Ms. Monique Logan: mlogan15@Kennesaw.edu Dr. Cassandra Race: crace@Kennesaw.edu Ms. Tiffani Reardon: treardo2@Kennesaw.edu Sexy Technical Writing: http://ode.hss.kennesaw.edu/technicalcommunication