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Eng/221: Technical Writing Fundamentals
Dwight Davis
May 10, 2013
Brandi Watkins, Amanda Kirk, Brett Holman, Quinton Gerard and Ruben Torres

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All pictures used in this manual were found on the University of Phoenix website (www.phoenix.edu) and are being used for an assignment only. The use of the pictures are allowed under Title 17 of the United States Code, Section 107.
This manual was done for an assignment for Dwight Davis of the University of Phoenix as a class necessity for English 221: Technical Writing Fundamental

Table of contents

Introduction.................................................. 3
The Main Forum........................................... 3
Chat Room....................................................
Course Materials...........................................
Learning Teams.............................................
Individual Forum...........................................
My Drafts.......................................................
My Sent Items................................................
Conclusion.....................................................
Glossary.........................................................
References......................................................

Introduction:
[pic] To get into the University of Phoenix website you go to https://ecampus.phoenix.edu/portal/portal/public/login.aspx. Enter your username and password at the upper right right above the login button. When your information has been put in, click the Login button to continue.
FIGURE 1-1

After logging in from the main page, you will be at the home page. From this screen you can enter the classroom, library, program, or account section. Also at the bottom left are buttons you can click to go directly from the home page to course materials, discussion forum, or the assignments section. These forums are a important place to gather information. They are the location point for all class work. Here you are capable to independently wander from point to point in all sections inside the class appearance. To enter the discussion forums you will need to enter your classroom. To do this, click on the current class link after you. See Figure 1-2.
FIGURE 1-2
This is the way for you to get in to all the forums of your current class. If you need to see previous work or class or even grades, you choose the previous tab and then the discussion link to get into an older class.
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Main:
A main forum is where classmates and teachers talk about and study subjects. To enter the main forum you will click the discussion tab as shown in figure 1-1 and it will take you into the main forum. See Figure 1-2:
FIGURE 1-3
As seen below the main forum is where you go to access your discussion questions, announcements, general questions and your introductions for the week. You will spend a lot of your time in this area.

Chat room: The chat room is a forum where class members and the instructor may post comments or questions for the entire class to discuss. Unlike in the main forum where a student's posted messages may count for participation for the week, messages in the chat room do not count towards participation. The chat room is intended to be a separate forum so students can gather to learn more about the other classmates and the instructor. At the beginning of a class, the instructor will create a Biography Thread where he or she will introduce themselves to the class. All classmates are encouraged to leave a short message introducing themselves. A student can find the chat room on the left hand side of the page by either clicking Discussion on the Home page or by clicking the Discussion tab from the Main page in the Classroom tab.
Figure 1 - 4 shows an example of a Chat Room forum.
FIGURE 1- 4:
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Course material:
The Course Materials section is a separate forum where the instructor may post information about the course. The instructor will post messages like the Instructor Policies, the Course Syllabus, and Lecture Notes for each week of class. The Instructor Policies is a thread the instructor posts to let the students know of any rules or information he or she needs to know about what is expected during the course. The Course Syllabus thread is posted by the instructor so that students may view and or download a copy of the syllabus for the class. The Course Syllabus will contain information about the assignments and reading materials for each week of class. The Lecture Notes thread is a summary of the reading material for the week of class. The Course Materials forum can be found under the Chat Room on the left hand side of page in the Discussion page of the Classroom tab. Figure 1 - 5 is an example of what the Course Materials forum may look like.
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Learning teams:
Individual:
The individual forum is for asking questions and where you can directly get notes from the instructor.
My drafts:
My Sent Items:
Conclusion:
When you are done with all your classwork for the day you can go yo the right top corner and click the log out buttons as shown below:

Which will then take you to back to Figure 1 – 1 until next time.
Glossary:
individual forum: asking questions and get notes from the instructor. main forum: classmates and teachers talk about and study subjects. material forum: syllabus, presentation and other important information needed for the class.
References:
https://ecampus.phoenix.edu