1.  What are the goals of my assignment?  How can I meet these goals using the Web?

2.  What level are my students?  How much expertise do they have in the field?  How will my students’ level(s) of knowledge influence the type of information I include on my Web site?

3.  What type of information do my students need in order to successfully complete the writing assignment?  How can I present this information on the Web?

4.  How much information should I include on my Web page(s)?

5.  How will the design of my site contribute toward my instructional goals?

6.  How can I sequence the components of my assignment?  How can I help students to move logically from one component to the next?

7.  What are my criteria for sites to which I link my page?  How does the linked page help me fulfill my instructional goals?

8.  What can I learn through the process of presenting a writing assignment via the World Wide Web?  Are there techniques that have bearing on my traditional assignments?

SITES TO HELP YOU THINK THROUGH SOME OF THESE QUESTIONS

Alliance for Computers and Writing

Epiphany Project

Kairos:  A Journal for Teachers of Writing in Webbed Environments

Microsoft Technology Tools for Higher Education (CD-ROM containing 70 monographs on use of technology to teach language, music, philosophy, math, science, social sciences, and professional disciplines)

Rhetnet:  A Cyberjournal for Rhetoric and Writing