Instructions Assignment

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Instructions Assignment

• Developing Usable Instructions

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Finding a Good Project

• Be sure to use a subject that interests YOU!
• How to make Christmas cookies
• Instructions for using email (for a senior
  citizen)
• How to build a model car
• How to set up a satellite for DirectTV
• How to set up for a specific lab experiment
• How to rig a sailboat

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Finding a Good Project

• Rules for selecting a topic
• for your Instructions assignment
• The instructions must be useful,
• The activity must be complex enough to require
  written instructions with multiple steps,
• The instructions must be written and designed
  with audience and purpose as primary
  considerations, and
• The instructions must have a visual element.

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Starting the Project

• Audience and Purpose Analysis
• Consider form
• Draft process
• Group steps into sets
• Write instructions
• Test Instructions
• Design Instructions based on best form

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By Next Class Period

• Determine your Project
• Analyze your Audience and Purpose
• Gather information regarding your topic

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So

• What do you know?
• What do you like to do?
• What can you show us how to do?