Author: tengrrl

Using a Spreadsheet Assignment

Okay, I don’t really love spreadsheets, but I do know that they are used frequently in the workplace for tasks that are not accounting-based. Whenever there is a table of data to be be created, a spreadsheet was usually the…

Professional Bio Assignment

I have endured far too many silly icebreakers activities in the workplace and as a volunteer. I remember one where you had to talk while you wrapped a string around your finger, stopping when the string ran out. Some seemed…

Handling Force Add Requests

As explained in the GTA Handbook section of the OCELOT site, “No faculty member is obligated to force add students to classes.” Do not sign force-add forms yourself. In the case of Technical Writing and Business Writing, all force-add requests…

Trip Report Assignments

Every term, a handful of students tells me that they have professional obligations that will require them to miss a class meeting. They may be going to job interviews, career fairs, internship interviews, conferences, and so forth. Sometimes they have…

Syllabus and Assignment Collection

The English Department has a Google Drive collection of syllabi, assignments, and related materials for the technical writing course (English 3764), which are available to graduate students by invitation. The collection includes resources on document design, pecha kucha presentations, and…