{"id":9408,"date":"2023-01-08T17:07:51","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T22:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/?page_id=9408"},"modified":"2025-09-12T15:22:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T19:22:19","slug":"engl2116-014spring2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/engl2116-014spring2023\/","title":{"rendered":"ENGL 2116-014: Introduction to Technical Communication"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

ENGL 2116 sec. 014 Syllabus<\/strong> (Spring 2023)<\/a>
Assignments<\/a><\/strong>
Canvas\u00a0Access<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

January 9th: Introduction to the Class<\/a><\/strong>
January 11th: More introduction to the Class<\/a><\/strong>
Read Isaac Asimov’s “Cult of Ignorance” on Canvas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 16th: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day–No assignments or readings<\/strong>
January 18th: Audience & Purpose<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 23rd: R\u00e9sum\u00e9s and Cover Letters<\/strong><\/a>
January 25th: More on R\u00e9sum\u00e9s and Cover Letters<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 30th: Achieving a Readable Style<\/a><\/strong>
February 1st: Reflection on Workplace Messages<\/a><\/strong>
R\u00e9sum\u00e9s and Cover Letters DUE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 6th: Plain Language<\/a><\/strong>
February 8th: More Lessons on Plain Language (No new page–same as 2\/6)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 13th: Introduction to User Design<\/a><\/strong>
February 15th: Instructions for Users<\/strong><\/a>
Prose Revision Assignment DUE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

February 20th: The Rhetoric of Technology<\/strong><\/a>
February 22nd: Social Constructions of Technology<\/a><\/strong>
Set of Instructions DUE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feb 27th <\/sup>\u2014March 5th<\/sup>: Spring Break<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 6th: Midterm Exam–On Canvas<\/strong>
March 8th: Midterm Exam–On Canvas<\/strong> ***DUE 03\/08 at 11:00pm***<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 13th: Introduction to Information Design<\/a><\/strong>
March 15th: More on Information Design<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 20th: Reporting Technical Information<\/strong><\/a>
March 22nd: Read I, Robot<\/em> for next week<\/strong> (no new page)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 27th: The Great I, Robot<\/em> Analysis<\/a><\/strong>
March 29th: More on I, Robot<\/em><\/strong> (same as March 27th’s page)
I, Robot<\/em> Essays DUE on Canvas (3\/31)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 3rd: Research Fun<\/strong><\/a>
April 5th: More Research Fun<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 10th: Analyzing Ethics<\/a><\/strong>
April 12th: Writing Ethically<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 17th: Ethics Continued<\/a><\/strong>
Read Darrel Huff’s “How to Lie with Statistics” on Canvas<\/strong><\/a>
April 19th: More on ethics in writing and professional contexts<\/a><\/strong>
Ethical Dilemmas DUE on Canvas<\/a> by Friday, 4\/21<\/span><\/strong>–new due date<\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 24th: Mastering Oral Presentations<\/a><\/strong>
April 26th: Proposal, Visual, and Annotated Bibliography DUE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 1st: Final Portfolios Due on Canvas<\/a><\/strong>–last webpage of the semester
May 3rd: Final Presentations Due on Canvas<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 11th: Final Exam on Canvas<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ENGL 2116 sec. 014 Syllabus (Spring 2023)AssignmentsCanvas\u00a0Access January 9th: Introduction to the ClassJanuary 11th: More introduction to the Class Read Isaac Asimov’s “Cult of Ignorance” on Canvas January 16th: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day–No assignments or readingsJanuary 18th: Audience & Purpose January 23rd: R\u00e9sum\u00e9s and Cover LettersJanuary 25th: More on R\u00e9sum\u00e9s and Cover Letters January 30th: Achieving […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":598,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9408","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P2HAOx-2rK","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/598"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9408"}],"version-history":[{"count":33,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9408\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11984,"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9408\/revisions\/11984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pages.charlotte.edu\/aaron-toscano\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}