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

2. Day 3 By the end of class, students should be able to: What we’ll do…
Critically discuss the process of designing presentations and posters, and the use of PowerPoint for that goal
Describe the goals for the assignment 2.
Anticipate formatting and editing decisions related to assignment 2.
What we’ll do…
Share presentation/poster solutions (40)
Unpack decisions/professional activity (30)
Move to assignment 2 (30)

3. Admin… Questions about syllabus, in general
Your expectations of us (teachers).
Scribe for today.. Volunteers
Publishing course portfolio… …

4. Working in your team… Share your presentations and posters
Share your design rationale
Share your professional activity statement

5. Unpacking decisions/prof activities
Concerning the Decision
What alternatives exist?
Considerations in choosing among alternatives?
Why hard?
Concerning the Professional Activity
Strategies for completing professional activity
Time/resources required

6. Wrapping up PowerPoint…
What have we done? Goal?
What did we learn? What was surprising?
Questions?

7. Moving to Assignment 2 (Word)
Read the assignment / develop questions..
Discussion topics:
Why so much time on Word, PowerPoint?
What considerations in formatting?
What considerations in editing?
What to be learned from:
Dayton, D. (2003). Electronic Editing in TC: A survey of practices and attitudes, Technical Communication, 50(2), pp