ENG2730 Professional Editing and Revising, Spring 2023

Hi Class,

Today we will take the final exam in class during our usual time.

Please note:

–Part 3 is due via email by midnight tonight.

–Double check your grades on BlackBoard to make sure you don’t have any outstanding work. You may turn in any missing assignments up until midnight tonight.

–I will submit my grades Wednesday morning

–Have a great summer. If you want Part 3 and the final exam returned to you, you can contact me, and we can make arrangements.

–My teaching schedule for fall 2023:

ENG2700–Intro to PTW

ENG2400–Literature into Film

ENG1101–Composition 1

Have a great summer!

-Prof. Scanlan

PARTIAL EXAMPLE OF #2 AND #3 OF PART 3:

Part 3 Example

Agenda:

–Part 2 presentations

–Review and Q & A  — Part 3 of the Final Project

–In-class work

–Sentence revision using strong verbs

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–The final exam is on Tuesday, May 23–in class. Please be on time. The final exam is worth 60 points. It will consist of two sections: sentence revisions and proofing (word choice, punctuation, capitalization). It will resemble our earlier quizzes.

–HOMEWORK due Tuesday: Part 3 via email (midnight)

[NOTE: I submit my grades to the registrar Wednesday morning]

Agenda:

• Today we will present Part 2.
• Review Part 3 of Final Project

Here is a reminder of the end-of-semester schedule:

Note: Please complete the Student Evaluation of Teaching for my course by May 16. Students will receive an email with this sender: “NYC College of Technology Course Evaluations.”

Agenda:

-Discuss my edits to the directions for Part 2

-Review sentence types and verbs

-In-class work on Part 2

HOMEWORK DUE TUESDAY, MAY 16: In-class presentations–Part 2. 

Note: Please complete the Student Evaluation of Teaching for my course by May 16. Students will receive an email with this sender: “NYC College of Technology Course Evaluations.”

Agenda:

-Reminder: Part 1 is due tonight by midnight

-Finish Homework #2 (if you have not already done so)

-Discuss Part 2

HOMEWORK: Part 1 is due tonight by midnight. There is no other homework due Thursday, May 11. Students should try to get started on Part 2 if time allows. There will be in-class time to work on Part 2 on Thursday.

UPDATE:  Tuesday, May 9 will be an in-class work day dedicated to Part 1. The final draft of Part 1 is due before midnight (via email).

ALSO: Please complete Homework #2 (see below)

Agenda,

-Review Log #4 and #5 for helpful ways to write about:

1–Organization:

a–3 structures: linear, hierarchical, network

b–7 types: Blog, Business, E-commerce, Non-profit, Education, Entertainment, Portfolio

2–Visual and Spatial Layout:

a–Which of the 10 parts are used?

b–Where are the parts on the page?

c–Where are the parts in relation to each other?

-In-class individual work

HOMEWORK due Tuesday, May 9: Homework #2: Select one of your favorite websites (one that you might use daily…MTA, NY Times, City Tech homepage…) and then write a 100-word summary of the structure, type, and layout. Post to category: “Homework #2.” Students may use a list format. The goal is to practice the description skills needed for Part 1.

Agenda:

–Review Part 2 and Part 3 of Final Project

–Discuss Log #4 and Log #5

–Q & A

–Organization: what are the main types?

HOMEWORK DUE THURSDAY, MAY 4: work on Part 1.

Interesting organization:

https://rivian.com/

https://www.aldaily.com/

https://www.thomaspeschak.com/

https://octopus.do/journal/company-website-structure-ultimate-guide/

Agenda,

-Discuss website parts

-Student presentations of unpleasant websites

-Key concepts in Chapter 18

-Working with PDF documents: creating and combining [also: Go Full Page or similar apps]

MAKING A SCREENSHOT:

Windows:

1. 1. 1. Press Windows logo key + Shift + S. The desktop will darken while you select an area for your screenshot.
      2. Rectangular mode is selected by default. You can change the shape of your snip by choosing one of the following options in the toolbar: Rectangular mode, Window mode, Full-screen mode, and Free-form mode.
      3. The screenshot is automatically copied to your clipboard. A notification also appears once you’re finished taking a screenshot, select it for more editing options.

Mac:

1. 1. 1. Shift + Command + 3      [screen; will be saved to desktop]
      2. Shift + Command + 4      [portion or window; will be saved to desktop]

-In-class work on Part 1

HOMEWORK DUE TUESDAY, MAY 2:

1–Read chapter 21 in Rude “Editing Websites”

2–Watch the video on Wave tool: https://wave.webaim.org/

3–Write Log#5: Study your selected website/page for Part 1. Answer the following three questions: What is the website supposed to do? Who is the primary audience? And, how is the website/page organized? Identify the website/page and your name in your post and post to Category “Log#5” (approximately 200 words).

Wave website accessibility tool: https://wave.webaim.org/

Yale School of Art: https://www.art.yale.edu/

EPA page on the Gowanus Canal: https://cumulis.epa.gov/supercpad/cursites/csitinfo.cfm?id=0206222

Definitions of IA:

1—how content is structured within a design system to help users succeed. [org/audience]

2—IA is design thinking applied to business problems. [org/audience]

3—Venn diagram…[org/audience]

10 Parts of a Website:

Example 1: OpenLab: OpenLab-10 parts of Website

Example 2: ABC: ABC-10 parts of website

Agenda:

-MS Word: More about the “Insert” menu tab

1. Watermark
2. Insert Link
3. Header
4. Footer
5. Page Number

-Homework: Let’s continue to review the homework

-Information Architecture: Important ideas in Chapter 17

-Define IA; Six Principles of Content Organization; Mental Models, Hierarchy, and Navigation

-Website IA — 10 parts [Plus, using Wave to analyze unpleasant websites such as art.yale.edu]

-Final Project: Review Part 1

HOMEWORK DUE Thursday, April 27:

1–Read Chapter 18 in Rude from 304 – 313.

2–Find an unpleasant website. Write down the URL and be able to discuss what makes it unpleasant

End of semester schedule:

Agenda,

-MS Word: the “Insert” menu tab review

-Practice with charts

-Information Architecture: 10 parts of a website

-Review homework: comparing two departments on the City Tech website

HOMEWORK DUE TUESDAY, APRIL 25:

1. 1. 1. Read chapter 17 in Rude: Organization: The Architecture of Information, especially pages 284-99.
      2. Log #4: Find an example of a Task Objective document/website and a Learning Objective document/website. Provide the link (or post the document) at the top of the post. Then, explain the task and how it provides organization for the task (or how it doesn’t) [100 words]. Lastly, explain the learning component: what should the audience learn and how is organization used for this purpose [100 words].