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Student Information sheet Research Proposal assignment Past Research Topics Gup reading Dibbell reading Green Squiggly Lines Nielsen reading Martha Sammons reading Morkes & Nielsen reading "Writing Hypertext Copy" Jan 10 Blog entry Research proposal presentation assignment Group webpage assignment

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• Reading Due: Research Proposal assignment; Gup, "The End of Serendipity"; Julian Dibbell, "The Writer a la Modem; Or, the Death of the Author on the Installment Plan"; and at least two articles from Green Squiggly Lines such as the section entitled "Writing Without Fear circa 1982: The Word Processor" or "Microsoft Word: Computers as Readers"
• Writing Due: Jan 10 Blog entry
• Recommended reading: Envision chs. 4 & 5

W 1/12: Comparing Rhetorics

• Reading due:
  • Jakob Nielsen, "How Users Read on the Web," Alertbox, October 1, 1997
  • "Applying Writing Guidelines to Web Pages," John Morkes and Jakob Nielsen, Jan. 6, 1998.
  • "Writing Hypertext Copy."
• Assignment due: From your reading, generate a list of your top 6 rules for Writing on the Web. Post in your Forum folder.

F 1/14: Writing for the Web

• Writing Due: Research proposal due (post in Forum folder).
• Reading due: Research proposal presentation assignment; Martha Sammons reading; Group webpage assignment