Week 1: Course overview; Assign readings and first homework assignments; in-class writing and discussions focus on rhetorical situation and students' previous writing experiences; introduction to computers, the class Web page, the class Web forum, and to electronic mail
Week 2: Assign first Web forum essay; assign additional readings and homework; in-class writing and discussions focus on analyzing rhetorical situations, analyzing texts, and considering the needs of readers working in electronic environments (e.g., those reading electronic mail, discussion forums and groups, and the Web)
Week 3: Workshop and revise first Web forum essay; assign additional readings and homework; in-class writing and discussions focus on revision techniques, analytical techniques, and workshop techniques; collect Web forum essay at the end of the week
Week 4: Assign discussion group analysis project (students identify an Internet discussion group -- e.g., a Usenet group -- and analyze it for discourse and rhetorical conventions); discuss techniques for Internet research; assign additional readings and homework; in-class writing and discussions focus on techniques for analyzing online texts and rhetorical contexts
Week 5: Workshop and revise discussion group analysis essay; assign additional readings and homework; in-class writing and discussions focus on revision techniques, additional analytical techniques, and workshop techniques
Week 6: Collect discussion group analysis essay; Assign Web-site analysis essay (students identify three large Web sites, analyze them for discourse and rhetorical conventions, and write an essay presenting their findings and comparing the sites); assign additional readings and homework; in-class writing and discussions focus on additional techniques for analyzing online texts and rhetorical contexts, on additional research techniques for the Internet, and on evaluation criteria for electronic publications
Week 7: Workshop and revise Web-site analysis essay; assign additional readings and homework; in-class writing and discussions focus on revision techniques, workshop techniques, advanced research techniques for the Internet, and evaluation criteria for electronic publications
Week 8: Collect Web-site analysis essay; Assign personal Web-page creation essay; homework and in-class writing focus on audience constraints related to designing Web sites; introduce students to Web-site creation software available in the computer classrooms and open labs in the Eddy building
Week 9: Workshop and revise personal Web-sites; homework and in-class writing focus on issues related to designing Web sites in ways that reflect a writer's goals; discuss advanced research techniques; provide opportunities for topic groups to meet and plan during class
Week 10: Collect personal Web-sites assignment; assign group Web-site writing project; homework and in-class writing focus on generating ideas for the group Web site; discuss writing processes and design constraints for Web sites
Week 11: Workshop mode for the remainder of the semester; classes begin with a daily writing assignment (tied into their Web-site creation project), then move to brief full class discussions, then move into drafting and workshopping activities adapted to the needs of individual students; teacher conferences and reviews site drafts with students
Week 12: Workshop mode for the remainder of the semester; classes begin with a daily writing assignment (tied into their Web-site creation project), then move to brief full class discussions, then move into drafting and workshopping activities adapted to the needs of individual students; teacher conferences and reviews site drafts with students
Week 13: Workshop mode for the remainder of the semester; classes begin with a daily writing assignment (tied into their Web-site creation project), then move to brief full class discussions, then move into drafting and workshopping activities adapted to the needs of individual students; teacher conferences and reviews site drafts with students
Week 14: Workshop mode for the remainder of the semester; classes begin with a daily writing assignment (tied into their Web-site creation project), then move to brief full class discussions, then move into drafting and workshopping activities adapted to the needs of individual students; teacher conferences and reviews site drafts with students
Week 15: Collect group Web-site assignment; class discussions focus on student efforts to adapt their writing to specific audiences and contexts; review analytic techniques for electronic texts and rhetorical situations
Week 16: Final exam consists of presentations of group Web-sites and discussion of how the sites might have been adapted for an additional audience specified by the teacher
