Index of Resources for Teaching Professional Writing

Help with classroom technologies

• Index of Online Documentation for PW Instructors and Students
  Index of documentation on course technologies and software used by professional writing instructors and students at Purdue
• Instructional Computing Services Documentation Index
  Documentation for using ITaP labs, Purdue career accounts, and other services.
• Guide to Using Professional Writing Online (updated 8/2008 db) PowerPoint version (2.5 MB)

Contact information, email, mailing lists, and forms

• Professional Writing Support Team
  Find out who knows the answers to your questions.
• Professional Writing Staff
  A list of professional writing staff, including contact information.
• ithelp@purdue.edu
  CLA help for instructors and staff. Call the Service Desk at 66333.
• PW-Mentor
  A mailing list for mentors and mentees in Professional Writing
• PW-Staff
  A mailing list for all PW staff.
• Drupal-Sites
  A mailing list for Drupal users at Purdue in ICaP and PW
• IMP-L
  A mailing list for users of the IMP lab (Heavilon 402)
• Writing Lab Referral Form
  Downloadable form for referring specific students to the Writing Lab.

Course and project websites

• PW Course and Project Sites; share ideas with other PW instructors and find out about other projects running Drupal at Purdue.
• Open Source Development and Documentation Project

Course templates and calendars

• English 420 Course Description Template; includes approved wording for overview, goals, and other course policies and may be imported into Drupal sites. (Updated 1/2/2010)
• English 420 "Business Writing for Entrepreneurs" Course Description Template; includes approved wording for overview, goals, and other course policies and may be imported into Drupal sites. (Updated 1/2/2010)
• English 420Y (Distance Ed) Course Description Template (Updated 1/2/2010)
• English 421 Course Description Template; includes approved wording for overview, goals, and other course policies and may be imported into Drupal sites. (Updated 1/2/2010)
• English 421Y (Distance Ed) Course Description Template (Updated 1/2/2010)
• Sample Employment Project and Calendar Sequence. (Writing: A Handbook for the Digital Age users, 2009)
• Sample Employment Project and Calendar Sequence. (PW Online 3e Users, 2008/2009)
• Purdue Academic Calendars

Resources for course projects

• Guide to Using Professional Writing Online (updated 8/2008 db), PowerPoint version (2.5 MB)
• Ethical Guidelines for Conducting an Interview with a Client
• Student Information Sheet (419, 420 or 421; RTF file, updated 8/2006 ps)
• Student Inventory for 420 (420; RTF file, updated 8/2009 ps)
• Technology Checklist (420 or 421; Word file)
• Peer Response for Cover Letters (419, 420 or 421;Word file)
• Peer Response for Resumes (419, 420 or 421; Word file)
• Showing Off Your Solutions in a White Paper (New York Times)
• Purdue OWL: Professional, Technical, and Scientific Writing (see side navigation)
• Professor Sullivan's "Researching Business Projects: Beyond Googling": (Flash version (650K; click on the screen to advance the slides) or PowerPoint version (1.1MB, for download). Developed for a 203 class, this is an important introduction to electronic resources for research ... beyond the ubiquitous, and imperfect, Google search.

Assessment and grading

• Rubric for Scoring Complex Projects (Word file; or PDF format)
• Rubric for Scoring Service Learning Group Projects (Word file; or PDF format)
• Purdue's Policy on Research Misconduct
• Excel Spreadsheet for Grading (English 419, 420, or 421)
• Purdue Office of the Dean of Students information on grade appeals (PDF brochure).

Workshops (past and present)

• Professional Writing Orientation (Fall 2009)
• Professional Writing Orientation (Fall 2008)
• Professional Writing Orientation (Fall 2007)

Collaborative projects help

• Collaborative Project Evaluation Form (Word file)
• Collaborative Project Evaluation Form (with Project Logs and Online Collaboration components; Word file)
• Building Blocks for Teams (Penn State, Teaching and Learning with Technology)
• Group Work and Collaborative Writing
  Advice from Writing@CSU, part of an online textbook helpful for many writing situations.
• The Bioteaming Manifesto
  Useful for virtual teamwork.

Useful Project Resources for Students

• Job Search Resources
Useful for the employment project job search.
• Presentation Resources
Useful for the creating and delivering multimedia oral presentations.
• Purdue OWL: Professional, Technical, and Scientific Writing (see side navigation)