Over the past five weeks, we have covered many subjects related to technical writing. If someone asked you to prepare a written summary of this five-week course, what would you write? Summaries are often written to make long documents quickly understandable. However, as our text explains, we often have to write summaries to report on meetings, conferences, projects, or programs. Using the information you learned in Chapter 9 of the text, write a 200 – 250 word response that incorporates the elements of a usable summary and summarizes the essential messages of this COM 340 course
Listed below are all assignments and activities for this course, their due dates, and grading percentages. For detailed information on weekly topics and assignment instructions go to the appropriate “Week” found on the left navigation menu.
Week One Assignments
Assignment
Due Date
Format
Grading Percent
Post Your Introduction
Day 1
Discussion
2
Discussion 1: What Is Technical Communication?
Day 3
(1st post)
Discussion
4
Discussion 2: The Value of Technical Communication
Day 3
(1st post)
Discussion
4
Assignment: Evaluation of a Health-Related Website
Day 7
Written Assignment
5
Week Two Assignments
Assignment
Due Date
Format
Grading Percent
Discussion 1: Expert Opinion and Critical Thinking in Research
Day 3
(1st post)
Discussion
5
Discussion 2: Research Assignments
Day 3
(1st post)
Discussion
5
Assignment: Organizational Strategies
Day 7
Written Assignment
5
Week Three Assignments
Assignment
Due Date
Format
Grading Percent
Discussion 1: Defining Terms
Day 3
(1st post)
Discussion
4
Discussion 2: Proposals
Day 3
(1st post)
Discussion
4
Assignment 1: Instruction: effective Use of an Online Library Database
Day 7
Written Assignment
15
Assignment 2: Planning Proposal Outline
Day 7
Written Assignment
5
Week Four Assignments
Assignment
Due Date
Format
Grading Percent
Discussion 1: Using Visual Images
Day 3
(1st post)
Discussion
4
Discussion 2: Effective Page Design
Day 3
(1st post)
Discussion
4
Assignment: Process/Mechanism Description
Day 7
Written Assignment
10
Week Five Assignments
Assignment
Due Date
Format
Grading Percent
Discussion 1: Course Summary
Day 3
(1st post)
Discussion
4
Assignment: Planning Proposal
Day 7
Written Assignment
20