Lesson 1
4 February
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HW: Read
chapters 1 & 2 and
prepare the following:
- a short
'usability test' that can be done in class.
- a 'Persona'
depicting a typical visitor to your website.
See pp. 19-22
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| 11 February |
Class
canceled due to snowstorm. |
Lesson 2
18 February |
- Quiz and discussion about Content!
- Quiz and
discussion about People!
- Presentations
of homework: usability tests and personas
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HW: Read chapter 13 and prepare one
of the following:
- A 'sustainability plan' for your website.
- An e-mail to a copy editor or 'big picture' editor
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Lesson 3
25 February |
- Chapter
13 review exercise
- Discussion about
'Getting from Draft to Final Web Pages'
- Presentations
about sustainability plans.
- Discussion about
'Web Writing Guidelines' - Should there be some for all of the UN?
What should be included?
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HW: Read chapters 5 and 6, and do one of
the following:
- Find a 'too long' text on your website and find a way
to try to edit it to make it more clear and concise.
- Do you use PDF files on your website? If so,
look at them more critically to decide if they were used appropriately.
- Be ready to discuss (and show) a change you've made -
or plan to make - on your website because of what you've read.
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Lesson 4
4 March |
- Review of
chapters 5 and 6
- Discussion about
'Writing information, not documents'', and 'Focusing
on your essential message'
- Brief
presentations based on completed homework.
- A brief look at
and discussion about webcast, 2 December 09
Special Event: Discussion
forum on “The news media and new media: Challenges and
opportunities”.
(Organized by the Department of Public Information).
[Webcast: Archived
Video - English: 3 hours 1 minute ]
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HW: Read
chapters 7 and 8, and do one of
the following:
- Revise one page
from your website, applying all advice presented in
chapters 7 and 8. Send/give a 'before' and 'after' to Jodi (and to show
the class?) for
feedback.
- Prepare a short
usability test to be conducted in our next class.
Your classmates will be your focus group.
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Lesson 5
11 March
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- Discussion about
'Designing your Web Pages for Easy Use'',
and 'Tuning up your Sentences'
- Chapters 7 and
8 review
- Usability Testing
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Homework: Read
chapters 9 and 10 , and do one of
the following:
- Revise one page
from your website that uses - or would be better if
it used - a list or table. Send/give a
'before' and 'after' to Jodi for feedback.
- Revise a text
(yours or one given in class) making it shorter and
using headings to make it more 'scannable'. Send
a 'before' and 'after' to Jodi.
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Lesson 6
18 March |
- Guest speaker (tentative)
- Discussion about 'Using Lists and
Tables' and 'Breaking up your Texts
with Headings'
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HW: Read chapters 11 and 12, and do the
following:
- Find and be
ready to show an illustration - from any website - that
you feel has been used effectively. Tell us why
you think it's good.
- Revise some
'unmeaningful links' - from a page on your website,
ideally - and suggest how they could be presented better.
- Meet with your
instructor for 20-30 minutes to discuss your
own questions and concerns about how to write better for the web.
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| 25 March |
No Class |
Lesson 7
1 April
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- Make-up class for snow day?
- Discussion about
'Using Illustrations Effectively' and
'Writing Meaningful Links'; Units 11 and 12 review; presentations about
effective illustrations.
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- Make an
appointment with your instructor (if you haven't already).
- Complete the
course feedback form.
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