Technical Writing
Deep Understanding: 30 hours
This course is designed for students to enhance their skills for workplace writing. It helps them in the process of listening, researching, planning, composing, revising, and editing documents for use in business, science, hi-tech, and other practical fields.
Enable students to identify the importance and characteristics of technical writing,Produce quality technical pieces of workplace writing
Course Contents
Introduction, You Are a Technical Writer!, Characteristics of a Technical Writing, How Technical Writing Compares to Other Writing
A Process for Technical Writing, Planning, Drafting and Revising, Copyediting and Publishing, Writing Collaboratively
Introduction to Text Messages, E-mails, Memos, and Letters, Audience, Prewriting, Formatting, Composing the Message
Getting Started on Web Pages, Organizing and Designing Web Pages, Writing Text for the Web, Special Web Pages
Getting Started on Informative Reports, Summary and Abstract, Mechanism and Description, Periodic Reports, Progress Reports, News Releases
Getting Started on Employment Communication, Formatting and Organizing Resumes, Types of Resumes, Composing Resumes, Composing Employment Letters
Getting Started on Presentations, Planning, Organizing and Composing, Preparing, Rehearsing, Presenting, Organizing a Group Presentation
What Is a Recommendation Report?, Starting a Recommendation Report, Formatting and Organizing Recommendation Reports, Composing Recommendation Reports
What Is a Proposal?, Getting Started on Proposal, Composing Informal Proposals, Composing Formal Proposals