Diego Palacios

ENGL4183

04/11/16
Planning Memo Project #4

Audience The lab guide are designed to be used exclusively by students

taking the class ITIS 2110, IT Infrastructure I, as well as the professor and TAs
instructing the lab session. The wording and terminology, although complex,
is writing in a simplified way to guide the students through a specific activity
to be learned. Modifications to the speech and style of the lab guide can be
performed to help student engagement and retention of the material.
Purpose The purpose of the edits being performed to the lab guide is to
help the instructions be clearer and concise, avoiding overly complicated
explanations and reducing the length of the guide if possible, without
compromising the material and overall experience. Students can have lower
engagement in these types of material if they are overly long winded or
oddly/frustratingly aligned.
Particular topics/tasks Some of the tasks to be completed in the project
include:

Reading the material to be edited

Contact the author and ask any question that can help to understand
the purpose of the lab guide, main important themes, how it may differ
from others, etc.
Edit the lab guide digitally using track changes and commentary to
help provide reasoning for desired changes.
Submit the material in the appropriate location, with an overview of
the edits done and letter of transmittal to the original author.

Schedule - This is a rough schedule that outlays important dates to meet

April 11th: Send author any questions pertaining the edits to be made,
potential audience, etc.
April 11th: Complete style guide sheet and planning memo for the lab
guide
April 18th: Complete first draft with initial revisions and edits, focusing
in grammatical errors
April 25th: Complete the second/final draft, focusing on stylistic design
and improvements, with project assessment
April 25th: Send letter of transmittal to author regarding finalized draft
Tone The tone of the comments are to be respectful and clear. It is
important to use terms and language that does not undermine the material
being thought or comprise the important of any specific theme/section. All
comments and stylistic changes will be suggestive and maybe included or
disregarded by the author. The overall guide most have a casual tone,
specific in the second person as needed as it address a student directly.