Reader Awareness and Ethical Responsibility . Along with this awareness of readers comes an obligation to them, an ethical responsibility not to mislead, but to present information and others' positions accurately and fairly. Computer-Based, Internetworked Writing . Most courses are taught in networked Macintosh computer classrooms, where students learn to write using multiple programs in a real-world publishing environment. They learn how to use drawing, page layout, and web authoring programs in conjunction with word processing programs to produce professionally designed print and electronic documents.
All courses require at least some collaboratively authored projects.
Students learn how to work effectively in groups, how to coordinate and plan large-scale projects, how to use editorial critique, and how to negotiate with others in an organizational setting. Visual Writing . Professional writing courses stress the importance of careful and thoughtful research. We introduce students to tactics for locating print and electronic sources, conducting interviews, designing surveys and questionnaires, and conducting usability tests.