Computers & Writing 2005 CoverWeb:

New Writing and Computer Technologies

Kairos: Rhetoric, Technology, Pedagogy, an online, peer-reviewed journal (http://english.ttu.edu/kairos), invites authors to submit their work from the Computers and Writing 2005 conference, New Writing and Computer Technologies, for inclusion in the Spring 2006 CoverWeb. The editors encourage all authors who present at the C&W Onsite and Online Conferences to submit for this issue. Presentations must be revised (technologically and rhetorically) into webtexts before they are submitted (i.e., PowerPoint outlines of presentations will not be accepted). Submissions prior to the conference are encouraged.

Submission procedures:

•    Include a common works cited page for single or multi-authored webtexts. Works cited pages can be submitted in APA, MLA, or another common style as long as the webtext follows the selected style throughout.

•    ZIP all files and email it as an attachment to the following address: <kcoverweb@technorhetoric.net>. If your ZIP file is over 4 MB, please contact the editors in advance at the above email address to secure an alternative delivery method.

•    In your email, please provide contact information for the lead/contact author. This person must be available via email during the summer months. In addition, each submission must include a 150-word abstract and up to 10 keywords provided as part of the webtext or in the email cover letter (separate attachments are acceptable).

•    It is the author’s responsibility to secure permissions in advance of submission for any documents used, including (but not limited to) student writing examples, in-class discussion quotes, and large amounts of images used from other sources as part of the design. Please include a note in the email cover letter acknowledging these permissions.

Usability/Accessibility Guidelines:

•    Set table widths no larger than 600 pixels, if possible. Do not use the default width of 100 percent (to accommodate readability on larger screens).

•    Set external links to open in a new browser window.

•    Provide ALT tags for all images, especially graphics-based menus.

•    When using images, video, or sound, please make these file types as web-friendly as possible via slicing or compression.

•    Please seek advance permission from the CoverWeb editors to create webtexts in Microsoft Word or themed environments in FrontPage.

Submission Deadline: July 1, 2005