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Writing Assignment #1 Set of Instructions for a Website Summary of the Assignment: • Task: In this assignment, you will write a set of instructions that explain how to accomplish a task on a website. • Length: There is no minimum or maximum word count. However, your instructions must have 6 or more steps. More information on the number of steps is provided below. • Graphics: You must include at least one graphic for each step. o at least 6 graphics should be integrated into your set of instructions o all graphics should be screen captures of the website you are demonstrating o all graphics should be labeled • The first step of the set of instructions should start at the url of the website. o Do not start the instructions by telling the user to turn on his or her computer or to open up a particular web browser. You should assume the user knows that he or she needs to have a computer, needs to turn it on, and needs to use a web browser. You should start by directing the user to start at the url of the website on which the task is going to take place. Brief Description and Strategies to Follow: Please keep in mind the following principles when writing this assignment: • You must provide instructions on how to accomplish a task on a website. Some examples of topics are the following. (Keep in mind that you may select your own topic. These are just examples to help you consider various topics.) o how to check your balance in your checking account online o how to perform a function in your class in LEO o how to find and borrow a book on your local public library’s website o how to pay a fee on the website for the Motor Vehicle Association in Maryland (or the equivalent for your state) o how to change your credit card information on Amazon’s website • You must have at least 6 steps. • Each step is to be numbered and is to begin with an imperative verb, as the resources in the class indicate. • Every step will include a picture or graphic to help the reader follow the instructions. Sections to Include in Your Set of Instructions: The set of instructions will include the following sections: • Title Page • Overview or Introduction with background information about why a user would want to accomplish the task you are describing. • Instructions o number all of the main steps, as the resources for the class indicate o provide a graphic for steps of the instructions that need a graphic ▪ all graphics will be screen captures of the website. ▪ all graphics should be labeled Helpful Guides and Resources: • Chapter 10 from Tebeaux and Dragga, which is available in the e-reserves section of the class, is a helpful document to review as you begin this assignment. • The Tech Writing Handbook by Dozuki, which is one of the resources listed in our class, has an appendix that provides tips in writing instructions and incorporating graphics into instructions. • The Mayfield Handbook, which is also one of the resources listed in our class, features excellent tips on writing instructions. o Section 2.8.3 of the handbook, Instructions and Procedures, will be particularly helpful. • Some sample sets of instructions written by previous students in WRTG 393 are provided

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TASK WE WILL BE ACCOMPLISHING ON WEBSITE:

Creating a Google Form for the upcoming Cloud Computing Seminar, so that we can collect details of all the students who are interested in the event.

Introduction: Imagine you wish to organize a Seminar on Cloud Computing this coming weekend. In order to find out the response from the students and to collect the details of the interested students, this Google form would be very helpful. We can just make a google form, share the google form's link to all the students through Social networking sites and collect the details of the interested students.

STEP 1: Initially type the url => forms.google.com in the web browser as shown in the following figure.

Helpful Guide 1 - url of the page

STEP 2: Then it will ask you to enter your account credentials. Enter your credentials and click Next as shown in the below figure.

Helpful Guide 2 - entering credentials

STEP 3: Now you be redirected to the page as shown below. Select a Blank form from the availble options.

Helpful Guide 3 - Selecting type of Google form

STEP 4: Then you can see the editable Google form as shown below. You can add the title of the event, description of the event, and add various questions in the form by which you can collect details of the students interested in the event.

Helpful Guide 4 - Developing the Google form

STEP 5: By selecting + button beside the question, you can keep adding more questions by which we can collect details of students like their contact numbers, email addresses, college details etc.,

Helpful Guide 5 - Adding questions in the Google form

STEP 6: To make the Google form more attractive, we can add a theme to it. Just click the Theme options icon on the top right corner of the screen and choose the image that you would like to keep as a theme to the Google form.

Helpful Guide 6 - Adding theme to the Google form

STEP 7: Now we need to get the pre-filled link so that students can fill their details in that link. For this, just click on the 3 vertical dots on the top right corner of the screen. Then click on the Get prefilled link from the dropdown menu.

Helpful Guide 7 - Getting the Google form link

STEP 8: Then you will be redirected to the Google form as shown in the below image. You can see the preview of the Google form in this page. Finally you can get the Google form link which is the url of this page.

Helpful Guide 8 - Final preview of the Google form

Just share the url with all the students and collect data of the interested students.

Thank you!!!