1.        Read this week's Chapter 14  in Technical Communication carefully.

2.        Visit the following link for lecture reading:   Unit 8 Lecture

3.        Read the information carefully and take notes.

4.        Your writing assignment is  to produce three visual aids that are part of  your proposal paper.  These can be
                        composed of pie charts, graphs, photographs, etc. but they should reflect the topic of your proposal and serve
                        to enhance your final paper.  Mail them to me as attachments.  You may not have worked previously with
                        graphics and visuals  via the computer.  If you cannot successfully do this via the computer, you may drop them
                        off to the English office in S-6, or fax them (make sure you have a cover sheet describing who they are
                        from,  that they go to me, and how many pages) to 989-686-0485,  but be sure to allow enough time so that
                        they reach me by the deadline.  Be sure that each visual has a label above, a caption below, and that if
                        credit should be due someone else, you insert the credit in parenthesis after the caption. Put each visual on a
                        separate piece of paper or is a separate attachment.  Do not put all three on one page.
 

    5.    In the Discussion Board section, under the appropriate thread (posted question with a linked list of
                        responses),  post your answer  to the question below  and also, be sure to respond twice to other classmates'
                        posts.

                       QUESTION:  Take a look around you at work, in school, or around town. To what extent do you take for
                        granted the visual cues that provide you with direction in life?  How many signs do you "not notice"?  How
                        much reading (non- book) do you do to get around?  Perform your job?  Interact with family and friends?
                        Post your individual response to the above; classmates should comment and be specific about what they agree
                        or disagree with.  Your responses as  a class should give us an idea of how we collectively function as
                        social and work groups,

                         Last updated:  August 2001
                        Patricia A. Hutchins
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