English 421Y: Technical Writing Online

By Monday, April 6, at midnight

• Read this front page post about White Paper Proposal feedback.
• Read Part 3—Conducting Research in TH.
• Post (by midnight tonight): Reading Response (300 word) on research. Use the reading response to identify the research you will need to conduct and to create a research plan. Remember, as always, to be specific.
• Review these Gantt Chart Resources:
  • Wikipedia entry on Gantt chart
  • YouTube video on "Making a Gantt chart with Excel"
  • Making Gantt charts in Google Docs
  • Gantt chart example 1
  • Gantt chart example 2
  • Gantt chart example 3

By Wednesday, April 8, at midnight

• Gantt Chart due. To submit your Gantt Chart, one member of your group should attach it as a .pdf document to a blog post tagged with the appropriate "Gantt Chart" tag and your group tag. To receive full credit, you must attach your file in .pdf format and not .doc format, and you must tag your content correctly with both tags.
• Submit your five blog post comments.

By Friday, April 10, at midnight

• Group members should have their research underway. While all research blogs are to be posted by week fourteen, we suggest you begin posting them soon. Sample research blog here.
• 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.