Directions -- everyday until just after spring break
Document design and directions (the next assignment): Here is a guide to planning the directions assignment. We divide the material into three sections:
- front matter,
- the heart of the directions (numbered, ordered commands), and
- back matter.
Directions, like the resume, rely on "document design." The way we arrange the material for the audience, context, and purpose is as important as the content.
Audience/Context/Purpose -- essential aspects of all documents. In designing directions or procedures documents, think of the audience as a user more than areader. We also need to be aware if the directions are stand-alone or a companion to other ways of learning.
Sample of a directions document: Surviving a Cougar Attack.
Document design and directions (the next assignment): Here is a guide to planning the directions assignment. We divide the material into three sections: Directions, like the resume, rely on "document design." The way we arrange the material for the audience, context, and purpose is as important as the content.Audience/Context/Purpose -- essential aspects of all documents. In designing directions or procedures documents, think of the audience as a user more than a reader.
Update on Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 08:13AM by
Marybeth Shea
Marybeth Shea
Let's talk about recipes, rethinking document design to improve user experiences (web-based recipe sites and blogs are already doing this).
Bone of the Dead Directions sample: Recipe
Also: Cougar event in the wild! Mashable write-up with 11 minute video.
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