This document outlines the schedule and assignments for Project 1 of the ENGL 419 course. It details the topics to be covered over the first 4 weeks, including introduction to web writing, findability, spreadability, user-centered design, content strategy, and information architecture. Students are assigned readings each week and must complete discussion posts, summaries, and presentations. They will also draft and revise a Website Analysis paper due on September 19th, and are encouraged to meet with the instructor for individual conferences to discuss their work.

1. [ENGL 419]
PROJECT 1 SCHEDULE
Website Analysis Weeks 1-3
Unless otherwise noted, bring a laptop each day the class meets.
All readings and assignments can be found on our course BbLearn site under
Project 1. Submit work listed in red by 11:59pm on the day and date
indicated.
Week Day/Date Topics Topics, Readings, Assignments
Week
1
T 8/24 Introduction The rhetoric of Web writing vs. print
writing.
Class Introductions Due Today before
11:59pm. Go to the project 1 blog and
follow the directions to compose this
introductory assignment.
R 8/26 Findability &
Spreadability
Before Class Read: Chapters 2-3 in So
You Think You Can Write?
Katie to Summarize and Present:
• Ambient Findability by Peter Norville
• Spreadable Media by Henry Jenkins
and Joshua Green
Week
2
T 8/31 About
Project 1
Users as the
Center piece
of design.
Ethically
designing for
users.
Before Class Read:
• Project 1 Assignment Sheet
Student Summary and Presentation:
• Chapters 1-2 in Letting Go of the
Words (accessed through the UI
Library)
• Everybody Hurts: Content for
Kindness

2. Prepare to discuss one thing you’ve
shared online recently (or that has
been shared with you), and what made
it shareable.
R 9/02 Content
Strategy and
Information
Architecture
Student Summary and Presentation:
• The Pain with No Name
• The Core Model: Designing Inside
out for Better Results
Week
3
Monday: September 6th – Labor
Day – Campus Closed
T 9/07 Design and
the “scent of
information”
Student Summary and Presentation:
• Chapters 3-6 in Letting Go of the
Words
• Chapters 7-10 in Letting Go of the
Words
R 9/09 Work Day Work on Website Analysis Project
Optional: Email Katie to set up a one-
on-one conference.
Week
4
T 9/14 Draft
Workshop
Before Class: compose a complete
draft of Website Analysis and bring to
class.
NOTE: Draft workshops are
mandatory – if you miss it, or come
without a complete draft, you will lose
points.
R 9 /16 Work Day Work on Website Analysis Project
Optional: Email Katie to set up a one-
on-one conference.
Website Analysis Due Sunday, September 19th by 11:59pm. Submit your
Website Analysis as a Word or PDF file to the project 1 drop box.