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CM240: UNIT 1 SEMINAR
Tonight’s AgendaTonight’s Agenda
Class OverviewClass Overview Technical CommunicationTechnical Communication Final Project InformationFinal Project Information
Seminar GuidelinesSeminar Guidelines
Actively ParticipateActively Participate Stay on topicStay on topic Stop me for questions or to catch upStop me for questions or to catch up Review archiveReview archive Option 2Option 2
Instructor InformationInstructor Information
Email: Email: [email protected]@kaplan.edu IM: LuEllaPutnamIM: LuEllaPutnam Education: B.A. in English; M.A. Education: B.A. in English; M.A.
English, PhD Student in LiteratureEnglish, PhD Student in Literature Work ExperienceWork Experience
What about you?What about you?
NameName What are your expectations for the What are your expectations for the
course?course? Do you have technical writing Do you have technical writing
experience?experience?
Syllabus HighlightsSyllabus Highlights Rubrics – Project expectations – Discussion and peer responses – Seminar participation/Option 2 Course policies – Accept late work, with penalties – Extenuating circumstances – Plagiarism policy
When a project is due? When are my When a project is due? When are my instructor’s office hours? All this instructor’s office hours? All this
information (and a lot more!) is contained in information (and a lot more!) is contained in the course syllabus. the course syllabus.
Discussion Board Discussion Board PostingsPostings 100 words100 words
Refers to the assigned readingRefers to the assigned reading Uses good grammar and punctuationUses good grammar and punctuation
Don’t forget to respond to two Don’t forget to respond to two classmates!classmates!
ProjectsProjects
APA format, citations, references page Format: .doc, .docx, .ppt, .pptx
Dropbox submission
Project ScheduleProject Schedule
Unit 2: Memo Proposal Unit 3: Project Plan & Schedule Unit 4: Annotated Bibliography Unit 7: Power Point Presentation Unit 9: Proposal Final, plus Portfolio (revised versions of Unit 2, 3, and 7
projects)
Project OverviewsProject Overviews Videos
–Video slide presentation, include audio– Download from classroom; view onwebsite, or download
PDFs–Doc Sharing– Slide view, plus script– No audio/video
Software LinksSoftware Links
SOFTWARELINKS(FREE) • If you don’t have Word or Power
Point:--OpenOffice.org--Google docs
• Viewing PDFs: Acrobat Reader
Course ObjectivesCourse Objectives
1. What do you think you’ll learn in this course? 2. What do you want to learn in this course?
ObjectivesObjectives • Introduction to various workplace writing
formats and styles • Study and practice audience analysis, and
evaluate the components of successful business correspondence, technical reports, instructions, proposals, and presentations.
• Create a portfolio of technical documents • Practice research, document design, and
organization and writing styles consistent with technical communication.
Key Characteristics of Tech Key Characteristics of Tech WritingWriting
Meets needs of identified audience Created for specific goal/objective Clear Concise Accurate Often, “translates” complex information
General Forms of Tech General Forms of Tech WritingWriting
Instructions, Manuals (policy, user) Specifications, descriptions Reports, proposals Genres: legal, medical, IT, science,
business, engineering
Final Project: ProposalFinal Project: Proposal
• Identify problem – Community, work, organization – Must be realistic to solve• Identify solution – Realistic solution – One solution for problem• Identify audience – One individual (primary) – Others (secondary)
ExampleExample
•Problem: local walking/running trail has no place to warm‐up/cool‐down
Solution: install basic outdoor exercise equipment
Audience: Park District authority (primary), city counsel (secondary)