This required course for the Writing & Rhetoric degree program asks participants to

• identify rhetorical situations calling for a wide range of responses;
• evaluate the appropriateness of rhetorical choices;
• demonstrate respectful negotiating behaviors in collaboration;
• arrange texts appropriate to the rhetorical situation;
• choose effective process, forum, and technology for situation;
• design visually effective texts using appropriate technology;
• identify and evaluate options for text production and circulation; and
• use current technologies to produce and deliver written texts.

This is a partial listing of planned learning outcomes for WRT 235. A complete listing of outcomes statements is available here, on the Writing & Rhetoric degree program's learning outcomes map.

This course fulfills a General Education requirement for English Communication (ECw) and emphasizes the reading, research, speaking, and composing processes appropriate to writing in electronic environments. Designed to prepare you for writing situations within the academic curriculum and beyond it, WRT 235 will give you extensive practice in writing effectively, speaking effectively, using information technology, and using artistic expression.  These four skill areas, required for the general education program at URI, are integrated into the assignments and activities of this course.  Assignments will include the design and maintenance of Web log or "blog," the writing of an entry for Wikitravel (a wiki-based Web travel guide), a Web site redesign project, and the design of a "collaboration station" for collaborative writing. The course concludes with a final portfolio.

This course is open to all URI students, and it does not assume knowledge of Web design applications or other technologies for writing in electronic environments.

WRT 235

Writing in Electronic Environments