ENGL 2150: Technical Writing | Fall 2009

ENGL 2150: Technical Writing | Fall 2009

M C Morgan, Prof English | my email | Morgan's Wiki

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I would like to thank Dr. Morgan and the members of the class for allowing me to participate in this class. Unfortunately, my arthritis has gotten much worse, and I have missed so much. Be well, have a wonderful Christmas, and keep learning! - Sharon

Tues 1 Dec

Continue working on EditingWikipedia
Instruction Manuals returned

Thurs 3 Dec

Continue working on EditingWikipedia
Instruction Manuals returned
Complete EditingWikipedia by end of session, or by Friday evening.

How much?

minimum of 300 - 500 words of new NPOV text. Referenced, linked …

or

pretty extensive copy-editing or reorganization and copy-editing of an article.

More production of good text = more points.

Tues Dec

Some discussion EditingWikipedia
Course evaluations

on deck

NPoV

Wikipedia Project

In the Attic of the Universe - Ryan Wells - created new article
The Hang Ups - Ryan Wells - created new article (has met the wrath of the dreaded indie band speedy deletion beast, but I'm arguing for the article's case)
Buffalo, MN - Nicole Hortian Adding to article
Walker, MN - Adding to existing article - Sharon Simpson
Ludwigsburg Germany - Sergej Baskow
Camp Ripley, MN - Joelle Mushel - adding to article
Akeley, MN - Sarah Drury - adding to article
Mille Lacs Lake - Brian Montroy - adding to article
Lake Itasca - John Paulouski - adding to article
Christina Lake, MN. - Aaron Anderson - created an article
Chatham County Line - Chad Britz - Adding to an article
Tim Hortons - Alana McElhinney - Adding to an Article
Big Sandy Lake - Chad Napstad - Adding to an Article
Eric Clapton - Andy Hotzler - Adding and copyediting the existing article
Alisma subcordatum - Aaron Nelsen - Adding to article
Keychest - Erik Ludwinski - creating an article
Blackduck - Emily Evans - Adding to an article
Brotha Lynch Hung - Sid Johnson - Adding to an article
Bemidji - Carma Huseby - Adding to an article
Taconite State Trail - Brandon Korgel - creating an article
Culver's Root - Aaron Nelsen- Adding to article

Instruction Manual Project

Participants

SharonSimpson | AaronAnderson | SergeiBaskow | ChadBritz || SarahDrury | EmilyEvans | NicoleHortian | AndyHotzler | CarmaHuseby | BrandonKorgel | ErikLudwinski | AlanaMcElhinney | KatieMcFerran | BrianMontroy | JoelleMushel | ChadNapstad | SidJohnson | AaronNelsen | SarahOstazeski | JohnPaulouski | RyanWells | JaseWeslosky || JillStudent | JoeStudent | M C Morgan

Extras

Tech Writing on a Postcard

Exercises and Assignments

Tech Writing for $$s

Technical Writer What they do
Technical Writing at Wikiversity
Career Advice: Tech Writing
Society for Technical Communication Tech Writing professional organization
Writing Assistance Inc A writer-for-hire clearing house. Get a sense of what tech writers, copywriters, and web content writers are asked to do.

More

Prepping and Uploading Images to this wiki

Prep, compress, and size the image before you upload it. Save the file to a local disk.
Max size: 640 X 480 px. That's a standard low- to medium-level resolution image from a digital camera.
Max file size: 500 kb
Go into Edit mode. Click where you want the image on the page. Click on the Picture Icon in the Toolbar to open the MediaManager.
You can make some limited size adjustments: http://www.dokuwiki.org/syntax
http://www.dokuwiki.org/mediamanager

Reference Pages

Editing and comment markup

Use <note> </note> tag
toolbar: Use smilies:
toolbar: Use ~~strikeout~~
toolbar: Use Insert Sig