ENGL 317 Project 1

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PROJECT 1 SCHEDULE Weeks 1-3
Technical Prose and Presentation Speaking Style
All work is due by 11:59 PM on the day indicated. Late assignments will lose one
letter grade (or the equivalent number of points) per day. All course materials
are posted to the project page.
Due Date Complete the Following
Week 1
Sunday 1/13
1. Read
• Assignment Sheet
• How to Analyze Your Writing
2. Study: slidedocs 1, 2, 3, and 4,
3. Choose prior writing you will analyze. It must be non-
fiction and should be at least 750 words.
4. Begin analyzing your prose style.
5. Go to Tools and Resources, decide which tool you will
use for the Podcast, and do a test recording.
Follow troubleshooting steps, if you encounter
technical issues.
Week 2
Tuesday 1/15
Peer Review: Memo Report Due. Go to the Peer Review
Forum and follow the directions to post a draft of your
memo report.
Thursday 1/17
Go to the Peer Review Forum and follow the directions to
respond to a peer’s draft of the Memo Report.

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Due Date Complete the Following
Week 3
Monday 1/21 MLK Day - UI Closed
Tuesday 1/22
1. Study: slidedoc 5.
1. Investigate and decide UI research you will explain in
your podcast and begin drafting the script.
Wednesday 1/23 1. Finish writing the script.
2. Practice the script once and calculate your speaking
rate (see web article). Practice it again to get the
pacing and pausing right and record your podcast.
3. Peer Review: Podcast Due: Go to the Peer Review
Forum and follow the directions to post the URL to your
podcast.
Thursday 1/24 Go to the Peer Review Forum and follow the directions to
respond to a peer’s Podcast.
Sunday 1/27
PROJECT 1 DELIVERABLES DUE. Submit your work as follows:
1. Write a self-evaluation and cut and paste the URL to
your podcast at the top of your document file. Submit
as a Word or PDF file.
2. Memo Report: submit a Word or PDF file.
3. To avoid a point penalty, verify your submission.
Do not rely solely on bblearn’s confirmation that your
work submitted. You need to check that your work
submitted correctly.
This means you need to go back to the drop box after
submitting your work and 1) open your document files,
and 2) check that the URL will work by cutting and
pasting what you submitted into a browser.