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General Information about this Course

The Syllabus for English 1115: Writing for the Web

Frequently Asked Questions: Got questions? Perhaps the HyperTextBooks' frequently asked questions page can help.

Tour the HyperTextBook: A quick overview of the features of the HyperTextBook.

Browser Information: Describing which browsers work best with the HyperTextBooks.

Email Information: Describes how and why students should use only their COD-assigned email accounts for these courses.

eForum: How we plan to use eForum.

eForum Directions: How to use eForum.

Accolades: The New Century Handbook cites the HyperTextBooks as "one of the best composition courses on the Web."

The Course Calendar: A timeline of what to read and write and when.

Check your Grades: Access your grade sheet for English 1115.

Resources for English 1115: A selected bibliography of some of the resources available at the College of DuPage Library and elsewhere.

A Listing of the Assignments in English 1115

Writing Assignments These are done online through the following pages. Some assignments can be sent via email as word processing documents.	Tests These are done through the textbook publisher's web site. See the the syllabus for information about the tests.
Assignment 1: Review of Terminology Learning some basic vocabulary for working in new media.	Test 1 On page design.
Assignment 2: What's on the web? Finding and evaluating web sites with an eye toward their design and style.	Test 2 On the types of web pages.
Assignment 3: Ethics in e-communications Composing an essay on copyright and fair use.	Test 3 On web page style.
Assignment 4: Literature review Evaluating a book on web design and writing.	Test 4 On web page writing techniques.
Assignment 5: Writing to be read on the web Revising your book review for the web.	Test 5 On the writing process.
Assignment 6: Storyboarding your site Exploring the use of storyboards in site development and design.
Assignment 7: Persuasive text (e-rhetoric) Discovering that Aristotle is still relevant in the 21st Century.
Assignment 8: Descriptive text Writing description.
Assignment 9: Concision Developing brevity without sacrificing clarity of informatnion.
Assignment 10: Scannability Finding that there's more to a quick read than bullet points.
Assignment 11: The principles of orientation, information, and action Organizing based on usability.
Assignment 12: Creating Pages Starting your web site.
Assignment 13: Bulleted Lists Riddling the web with "factoids." Lovely.
Assignment 14: The Grammar of multimedia Examing the interaction of word and image.
Assignment 15: Final project Revising, reworking, publishing your project.

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