Week 12

By Monday, March 30, at midnight

• Instructions Project Assessment due. This handout will help you complete your assessment document. To submit your assessment document, attach it as a .pdf document to a blog post tagged with the appropriate "Instructions Project Assessment" tag. To receive full credit, you must attach your file in .pdf format and not .doc format.
• Read the White Paper Project description thoroughly. The remainder of the semester will be devoted to this project.
• Read this front page post about using Google Docs in the White Paper Project.
• Read Thomson Handbook pages 235-236. Additionally, visit and read the digital resources linked there (the "OSDDP" ones are here and here). Pay particular attention to the "How to Write White Papers" white paper.
• Read "The Steak Behind the Sizzle" (pdf), a white paper about white papers.

By Wednesday, April 1, at midnight

• Post (by midnight tonight): Reading Response (300 word) discussing white papers and sample white papers. Focus your responses on the uses of white papers and how those uses relate to different contexts. For instance, how does a marketing white paper differ from a government white paper and why?
• Read this front page post about tagging content in the White Paper Project.
• Read "Feuds in Student Groups," which discusses group dynamics. The password is "tirrell."
• Review the following Sample White Papers. Note: while some of these White Papers are marketing documents (that is, less objective in tone), their design and composition are in line with what you will be asked to produce.
  • Acxiom and this brief design analysis.
  • Sophos and this brief design analysis.
  • These Motorola White Papers:
    • Push-To-Talk
    • IP MultiMedia

By Friday, April 3, at midnight

• Submit your five blog post comments.
• Project Proposal due. One member of your group should post this as a blog. Remember that to receive full credit it must be at least 500 words long and tagged with the appropriate "Proposal" tag and your group tag.
• Post (by midnight) weekly group activity report. One member of your group should post this as a blog. Remember that to receive full credit it must be at least 300 words long and tagged with the appropriate "Group Activity Report" tag and your group tag.
• Post (by midnight Sunday) individual activity report. Remember that to receive full credit it must be at least 200 words long and tagged with the appropriate "Individual Activity Report" tag and your group tag.
• View sample activity reports (both individual and group).