Weekly Schedule

Wk	Month & Date	Activity	Reading Due That Day
1	April 3	Introduction; In-class project using Microsoft Help Workshop
2	April 10	Writing a Documentation Plan	Barker, Chapter 4 Pratt, Tomasi and Mehlenbacher, Shroyer
3	April 17	The Structure of Online Help What is Task Orientation? Conducting a User Analysis	Barker, Chapters 1-2 Farkas, Grayling, Fisher
4	April 24	Planning and Writing Tutorials Mental Mapping Mental Maps Metaphors and Mental Mapping Critique of Online Help due.	Barker, Chapters 3 and 12
5	May 1	Designing Documentation: Mental Models, Navigation, Layering	Barker, Chapter 8
6	May 8	Laying Out and Writing Documentation Documentation Plan Due	Barker, Chapters 9-10
7	May 15	Reviewing and Testing Documentation Help Project due	Barker, Chapters 5-6 Shriver Handout
8	May 22	Use of Graphics in Documentation Web Structure Exercise due	Barker, Chapter 11
9	May 29	Editing Documentation; Writing Procedures and Reference Documents Documentation Project Due	Barker, Chapters 7, 13-14
10	June 5	Document Testing Assignment Due