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Instructions for Creating a Forms' Page

What is your favorite season?

[These are radio box choices, meaning that only one choice may be made.] To insert radio buttons, select Insert, Forms & Scripts, and select radio button. Keep the general category the same for each button within a group and provide separate names for the radio button choice, e.g., in the example below the "Name" could be "season" and the value for each button could be (respectively): spring, summer, fall, winter.

spring

summer

fall

winter

What are your favorite seasonal activities? Check all that apply.

[These are checkboxes which means that more than one item may be selected.] To add checkboxes, select Insert, Forms & Scripts, and then checkboxes. Use the same general name for each group of checkboxes (in the example below the general name is "Activities" and then assign a different value for each checkbox (in the example, below the values would be boating, skiing, cycling, raking leaves).

boating

skiing

cycling

raking leaves

The two boxes below are both examples of "Text areas." To insert text area boxes, select Insert, Forms & Scripts and then enter a logical name. The first box below could be called "firstname"; the second text area box might be called "homeworkfeedback."

First name

Summarize the main points in the reading you did. What pages did you read?

Listboxes or drop-down menus are similar to radio boxes in that only one choice may be selected. Often list boxes are used to save space. To insert a listbox, select Insert, Forms & Scripts, and then Listbox. After entering the listbox name, select "Add" for each option on the listbox menu. Again, you would use the same general name (e.g., favoriteseason) but assign a different value (e.g., spring, summer, winter, fall) for each listbox choice.

What is your favorite season?

To add a submit button, select Insert, Forms & Scripts, and button. The submit name should apply the general form you've created. By selecting "submit" as the button type, the data will be automatically sent to the e-mail address you provided when you signed up for your Geocities account

The reset button is inserted in the same manner as the "submit" button. However, its name would be "reset" and by selecting "reset" as the button type, someone filling out this form could reset or "clear" his/her answers and start over.

Homepage

Date	Activity	Assignment
Week One	Orientation and Introductions Discussion of syllabus and scope of course Definition of technical writing and types of technical writing "Chopping block" of tech writing: clarity and audience Basic word processing shortcuts and techniques Design principles � in class exercise	Bring in example of good technical design and example of poor technical design for next class (be prepared to explain why examples are good or poor).
Week Two	Visual design and Graphics � in-class work and assignments Narrative strategies for writing technical content (in-class exercises and assignments) Lego Block assignment explained	Lego Block assignment
Week Three	Lego Block presentations Principles of technical descriptions and instructions (in-class exercises and assignment) Instructional Chapter/manual assignment explained � in-class work and discussion Progress/Status Report explained and assigned	Status Report on Instruction Manual due Instructional Chapter/Manual due
Week Four
Week Five	Types of reports explained and discussed (in-class exercises and assignments). In-class work on Instruction manuals Principles of proposal writing In-class work on Web site Proposal Sign up for GeoCities web site	Read handout on website design. Read Internet links on website design and construction.
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Week Eight	Proposals and Grants (cont.) In-class exercises and assignments In-class work on Website Proposal In-class work on Web pages � design, techniques, and writing effective web text	Web site proposal due
Week Nine
Week Ten	Discussion of Website Proposals In-class work on webpages In-class work and discussion on presenting effective oral communication � film on effective oral presentations Explanation of Final Portfolio
Week Eleven	In-class work on websites In-class work on oral presentations In-class work on final portfolios
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Week Fifteen	Oral Presentation on Website Assessments of Oral presentations Task Analysis Final Portfolios collected
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