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

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

3. 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

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

5. Experience with Course Tools…

6. Experience with Tool Types…

7. 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 …

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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)

11. E-Portfolio – Mini Tutorial
URL -
Create your portfolio
View your projects
Assignments turn in
Attaching an artifact

12. 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

13. 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