Research Projects
WR227 Syllabus Proposal
After researching the educational differences between taking WR227 at either a University or a Community College environment, I collaborated with Professor Jeff McAlpine, WR227 instructor at Clackamas Community College to create a syllabus proposal that might bring more writing and talking about technical writing while not losing the immediately usable skill sets that a lot of community college students search for.
Technologies
Microsoft Word
One Drive
OpenOregon
Teaching Standards and Practices
Competencies
Research
Educational Requirements
Syllabus Research
Audience Awareness
Characteristics
Project Management
Critical Thinking
Time Management
Networking
Conducting User Surveys
This was a survey I wrote to attempt to understand if there are differences in the educational experience for WR227 in either University or Community College settings.
Technologies
Survey Monkey
Google Slides
Competencies
User Research
Research Polls
Information Gathering
Characteristics
Project Management
Time Management
Independent Working
Critical Thinking
Loleta D Fyan Grant Proposal for Willamina Library
A three-person team of myself and two others were tasked with researching available grants that could help the Willamina Library increase services to housebound residents. We discovered the Loleta D Fyan grant available specifically for libraries to increase the quality of services to those they serve. The grant is a yearly $5,000 award, and the requirements involved creating an exact budget, timeline, and explaining how this would result in increased quality of services.
We proposed purchasing a used vehicle and converting it to a ‘book-mobile’. We researched the cost, number of potentially positively impact residents in the area, and completed as much of the application as we could. There was quite a bit of information that could only be supplied by a representative for the Wilamina Library. We handed over the document for which the library representative would be able to easily fill in the blanks and turn in the application.
Technologies
Google Docs
Google Shared Drives
Microsoft Word
Grants.Gov Search
Competencies
Budget Research
Grant Research
Working Around Information Gaps
Scrum Project Management
Characteristics
Project Management
Creative Thinking
Collaboration
Flexible
Resourceful
Grant Writing for Governments and Municipalities
While the Technical Writing Wiki Doc already Grant Writing entries, I learned that grants writing is different for small governments and municipalities. I worked alone, contacted several small government and municipal organizations like libraries and fire departments that depend on grants to survive because the local tax revenues aren’t enough to fill the need. The Wiki can be found here.
Technologies
Wikipedia
PowerPoint
Google Sites
Google Docs
Grants.Gov Search
Competencies
Wiki Style Guide
Research
Plain Speak Communication
Characteristics
Independent Working
Learner
Time Management
Conducting User Surveys
To assist Portland State University Office of Information Technology in understanding possible difficulties or barriers that users may have, a small group of technical and professional writing graduate students worked together on several small projects to help us research the user experience. After conducting interviews with real users, we created profiles that would help better understand common user characteristics. Each graduate student helped create the profiles and added to the graphic design. I specifically created the demographic graphic in the lower right of the profiles.
Technologies
Google Slides
Google Docs
Inkscape
Competencies
User Usability Research
Scrum Project Management
Graphic Design
Visual Communication
Characteristics
Project Management
Concision
Collaboration
Organized
My FrameMaker Software Review
My entire undergraduate degree was spent learning how to manipulate Microsoft Word and Google Docs to create my assignments. As I progressed in school, I became exceedingly adept at producing papers, presentations, and documents that churned out A+ papers. By the end of my first year I had MLA, APA, and Chicago style templates created…
To become more affiliated with FrameMaker and Adobe Creative Cloud, My professor charged me with creating a tutorial to walk others through using the software as well as understanding the power and purpose of FrameMaker as an authoring tool. Before I could write a tutorial, I first needed to educate myself on the software thoroughly.
Technologies
FrameMaker
WordPress
Youtube
Competencies
HTML
Writing Instruction
Characteristics
Troubleshooting
Analytical Thinking
Attention to Detail
My Name is Jessica Dvorak 