Instructor Resource Center

Welcome to ISUComm's Instructor Resource Center. Use the following list of options to search for specific types of assignments, activities, assessment rubrics, and resources. Simply click on any of the listed topics to select. Hold the CTRL (PC) or CMD (Mac) key while clicking to select multiple options. Then press submit.

Design and Visual Composing

Albers, Josef. Interaction of Color. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1977.

Behn, Robin, and Chase Twichell, eds. The Practice of Poetry: Writing Exercises from Poets Who Teach. New York: Harper Perennial, 1992.

Bernays Anne, and Pamela Painter. What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers. New York: Harper Collins, 1995. or New York: Pantheon Books, 1991.

WOVE Research

Baber, John, F., and Dene Grigar, eds. New Worlds, New Words: Exploring Pathways for Writing About and In Electronic Environments. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press. 2001.

Cope, B. and Kalantzis, M. Multiliteracies. London: Routledge, 2000.

Everett, Anna, and John T. Caldwell, eds. New Media: Theories and Practices of Digitextuality. NY: Routledge. 2003.

Email Assignment

Constructing an Effective Email Message

Directions: One of the objectives of this course is to prepare you for the communicating you will do further along in your college careers and later in the workplace. And as this message itself demonstrates, email is a common method for sharing routine information. An example of a routine communication in college would be to inform one of your instructors that you will miss a class meeting. The purpose of this assignment is to have you practice that routine task.

Summary Assignment Sheet

Writing a Summary (200-250 words)

Audience and Purpose