ENGL 4304 - Writing for Digital Media

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Prerequisite(s): ENGL 1301. This course introduces students to the foundational concepts of writing across a variety of digital platforms. Students will write and design rhetorically effective text for a variety of audiences. Fundamental technical communication skills, concepts, and theories will be covered. Assignments may include audience analysis, evaluation of media, production of web-based and digital documents such as wikis, blogs, infographics, and production of an original website or other digital text. No programming or web development experience needed. This course builds essential written communication skills such as creating content and making design choices for specific audiences and different users, communicating about specialized topics to specialized audiences, as well as problem-solving skills. This course also offers some technical skill-building, specifically in how to choose, and use, different technological platforms for designing and deploying communication artifacts.