TC 310 The Computer in Technical Communication Dr. Jennifer Turns Anusha Subramaniam Week 1, Day 2

Day 2 By the end of class, students should be able to: What we’ll do… Describe how they fit in with the rest of the class Describe the members of their team Introduction of assignment 1 Describe the type of their company What we’ll do… Assign teams Review survey results Go over assignment 1 Explore PowerPoint Explore E-portfolio

Assigning Teams Teams are assigned in order to The teams Group people with similar interests Distribute expertise The teams 1: Daniel, Terry, Lisa 2: John, Ajay 3: Brianne, Desireé, Alicia 4: Jay, Rhonya, Ian 5: David, Marissa, Corey 6: Anna, Shirin, Leoule

Results from Survey… Part 1: Experience Part 2: Thoughts With specific tools With software types Part 2: Thoughts Course Assignments Learning technology

Experience with Course Tools…

Experience with Tool Types…

Other Software Experience In addition to software used for class, members of the class have experience with Wordpad Pagemaker Wordperfect Frontpage Visual basic Publisher Paint MS Project Illustrator GoLive Word Art Page Corel Quark Paintshop Jasc Animation Shop Claris works Keynote Omnigraffle Framemaker Fireworks Solidworks Apple Final Cut Pro Lotus WordPro PageMill …

Students benefit in different ways (Results from Learning Portfolio…) Key: Values indicating number of students selecting the specific technology assignment as meeting the stated criteria

Assignment #1: Presentation Design Software: PowerPoint Task: Use features of PowerPoint to create a presentation, and poster that introduces a product (that the team will select) to a specific audience: General public CFO (Chief financial officer) Colleagues within the company Due: Next Tuesday, start of class

Powerpoint: Mini-Tutorial Slide layouts (format menu, palette on right) Views: master, slide sorter, normal, slide show (view menu, icons on lower left) Master slide (view menu) Background / Design Templates (under format) Inserting graphics, etc… (insert menu) … Transitions and animations (slide show menu)

E-Portfolio – Mini Tutorial URL - https://courses.washington.edu/tc310/ Create your portfolio View your projects Assignments turn in Attaching an artifact

Day 2 – Looking Back By the end of class, students should be able to: Describe how they fit in with the rest of the class Describe the members of their team Complete assignment 1 What we’ll do… Review survey results Go over assignment 1 Explore PowerPoint Explore E-portfolio

Looking Ahead Due Dates Next Class Assignment 1 Includes: Tuesday By class Includes: Solution (poster and presentation in PowerPoint) Key Features Design Rationale Learning Reflection Next Class Debrief Assignment 1 Move on to Photoshop Assignment 2