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The three-stage Technical Writing Process
Technical Writing HomeworkAudience Analysis
Audience and Social Styles
Formal Audience Analysis
Requirements of C/C papers
Industry Example Comparison: Blackberry showdown (Video) (Note: Not objective)
Industry Example Comparison: Blackberry and Iphone (Paper) (Note: Not objective)
Integrating Tables
Here's some extra rules of thumb for writing process and instructions.
Page Layout and Design OR CRAP Principles
CRAP Homework
Finding CRAP principles in earlier versions of Word
Integrating Graphics & Misuse of Graphics
Graphics Homework
Graphics In-Class Work
Graphics Lecture
Learn more about problem graphics at this ChartJunk link
Learn better ways to create visual information from the expert: Edward Tufte
A Position paper -- not a Research paper
Requirements of a Position paper
How to Cite Sources in MLA format
Incorporating Quotes: Three Steps
Methods of Quoting Sources
Library -- Information Timeline
Library link to research your topic
Writing Problem/Solution (Assignment #4)
Letter notes
Sample letter: rough draft ....... revisions noted ....... final revisionREAL WORLD EXAMPLE
Consider how a company announcement is similar to a letter:
(that is, it is written from inside a company to an outside audience)
In the following example...
Netflix announced changes in their company and billing
The changes were not explained well and one person helped them
(see "What Netflix Could Have Said")
So Netflix came back with a follow up explanation
These links are worth reading to see how important communicating to an unknown audience is.
Note: when you need to extract the important information from a document/article for a summary,
it may help to learn how x-raying a book/document can help.
Example article used in class: Generation E-waste
Here's some more summary practice:
Read the article. Write a summary. Read the sample summary. Compare. Learn.
Article: Recycling Program Keeps Computers Out of Landfills and summary
Article: Computers Pollute Our Groundwater and summary
Creating Resume Presentation
Sample -- CSS Resume
Sample -- Gaming Resume