WRIT 3672W is also offered in Spring 2024
WRIT 3672W is also offered in Spring 2022
Spring 2021 | WRIT 3672W Section 001: Project Design and Development (50870)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Discussion
- Credits:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- Completely Online
- Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Delivery Mode
Online Course
- Enrollment Requirements:
- soph or jr or sr
- Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
Mon,
Wed 11:15AM - 12:30PM
Off Campus
UMN REMOTE
- Enrollment Status:
Open (16 of 24 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- If you want to put design thinking, agile project management, teamwork, writing, research, analysis, and critical thinking on your resume, join Project Design and Development. You will study, plan, research, design, and develop technical communication materials in a design-thinking, collaborative-writing environment. You'll work in teams to create a user manual and information graphic, promotional materials, and a social media campaign while planning and documenting your projects and productivity. You will leave the course with knowledge and skills you can put to work in any organization: small business, nonprofit, and corporate. The course develops competencies that the National Association of Colleges and Employers has named as most-valued by employers: critical thinking, written communication, collaboration, digital technology, leadership, and professionalism.
- Class Description:
- Students study, plan, research, design, and develop technical communication print documents, including documentation, brochures, and newsletters. Introduction to workplace project processes. Emphasizes developing production-quality documents. Learning Outcomes By the end of the course you will be able to? ? Understand the stages of project management: initiating, planning, executing, monitoring/controlling, and closing. ? Apply management principles to achieving strategic communication goals. ? Examine and implement systemized processes for the design of successful information (audience analysis, user scenarios). ? Develop communication products that achieve performance objectives; i.e., analyze communication needs, establish performance objectives, develop a plan for managing the process, develop the components of the planned communication solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the effort. ? Give and receive feedback designed to improve the clarity, focus, and effectiveness of written documents. Receive instructor feedback on drafts of writing assignments and submit revised assignments based on feedback. Grading Documentation 18% User Manual (18 pages) 18% Promotional Brochure (2 pages) 18% Training Presentation (10 slides) 18% Final paper (3-4 pages) 18% Class Participation 10%
- Grading:
- Other Grading Information: Documentation 18% User Manual (18 pages) 18% Promotional Brochure (2 pages) 18% Training Presentation (10 slides) 18% Final paper (3-4 pages) 18% Class Participation 10%
- Class Format:
- 20% Lecture
30% Discussion
20% Small Group Activities
20% Student Presentations
10% Demonstration
- Workload:
- 50 Pages Reading Per Week
40 Pages Writing Per Term
1 Paper(s)
1 Presentation(s)
2 Special Project(s)
15 Homework Assignment(s)
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/50870/1213
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 5 August 2013
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