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Instructor: Abram Anders

 

 

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Engl 202c: Technical Writing

In addition to issues in technical writing and editing, this course introduces principles of graphic design and usability.  Primary assignments include the job application packet, technical description, instruction set, and an eportfolio.  This course will prepare students to produce technical writing for and in the technological and collaborative work environments of the contemporary workplace.

 

Required Course Text:

The Technical Writer's Companion by Alred, Brusaw, and Oliu (Third Edition)

ISBN: 0-312-25978-6

 

Key Principles/Frames of Course:

  • Prescriptive: genre conventions, editing style guides

  • Heuristic: audience, planning, invention, testing

  • Technological: usability, collaboration, distributed learning

 

Major Assignments:

  • 15% Job Application

  • 15% Technical Description/Definition

  • 20% Instruction Sets

  • 30% E-Portfolio 

 

Everyday Work:

  • 10% Wiki posts (topics, planning, examples, critiques)

  • 5% Editing participation (workshops and take home editing)

  • 5% Participation

 

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