Professional Journal

Learning Outcomes

• To apply basic technical writing principles in different rhetorical contexts requiring short writing assignments to reinforce learning.

• To develop a professional voice for audiences extending beyond the classroom, thus encouraging accountability through increased visibility.

• To provide short writing samples that will be edited for clarity, conciseness, and correctness and later included in a professional portfolio.

• To identify and respond the unique aspects of virtual media as you construct a message for a particular context.

• To use the design tools provided to increase readability.

• To revise and edit for improved readability and access.

• To promote a professional virtual identity.

Guidelines

• Disclose information judiciously for online publication.

  • Choose a name and address that does NOT reveal personal information. You do not have to include your full name on your journal if you wish to keep your posts completely anonymous. (Throughout the course we will discuss the pros and cons of different kinds of online publication.) Though you are not required to include your name on the journal, you must tell me which site is yours so that I can evaluate your work.

  • Complete your profile conservatively. Include only the information you would not mind a potential employer or anyone else seeing.

  • Use privacy settings to control the traffic to your professional journal.

• Edit your work. Write and revise your writing according to the guidelines you are learning in the areas of paragraph development (including topic sentences, cohesion and coherence), style, tone, and grammar, punctuation, and usage. Use the rubric designed for each post to check your work before submission.

• Apply what you have learned about document design and graphics.

  • Use the wysiwyg tools (what you see is what you get) located on the toolbar to make your entries attractive AND to direct your reader’s attention to the most important points.

• Apply what you have learned about developing each topic. Use the guidelines provided by the instructor and in the course materials for the topic you are developing. For example, if you are developing a set of instructions, your post should follow all of the guidelines for writing instructions found in the textbook, your notes, and handouts provided by the instructor.

• Revise for final review. Revise each based upon instructor comments and peer review feedback for final inclusion in your ChemE-folio.

Journal Platforms