TCOM310
Technical Writing: Advanced Workshop
This workshop will give you an opportunity to redesign your writing process and technique, along with a fresh perspective on writing technical documents. You'll hone writing skills that will improve your writing proficiency with any technical document. You'll begin by reviewing your writing process and eliminating practices that have caused you difficulties in the past. You will also learn about strategies that improve communication between writers and readers, as well as methods that improve a document’s organization.
| Section | Dates | Campus | Instructor(s) | Hours | Cost | Registration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TCOM310-ON11341 | May 7–Jun 10, 2013 | Online | Sue Andrews | 15 | $440 | Registration begins in May 2012 |
This course is part of the following program(s):
Certificate in Technical Communication (online) (core course)
Prerequisites:
What will I learn?
By the end of the course, you will be able to do the following:
- Describe the stages of the writing process and apply them to a writing project
- Understand written communication from the perspective of the audience
- Identify your occasion, purpose, and rhetorical situation before writing a document
- Use invention strategies to begin a new project
How will I learn?
- Assignments
- Online discussion
- Reading online course content
- Learning activities
How will I be evaluated?
Your grade will be based on the following:
- Assignments (70%)
- Participation (15%)
- Learning activities (15%)
Textbooks and learning materials
Writing With Power (second edition) by Peter Elbow, 1998, Oxford University Press. ISBN: 978-019-5120189.
All other materials are available online.
Hardware and software requirements
In this course, you will work and communicate online. We will deliver the course materials and communication tools to you online through a program called WebCT. You gain access to this program by registering for this course.
Technical requirements:
- High-speed Internet access
- A web browser that supports tables, frames, Java, and Javascript
(The list of browsers supported by WebCT Vista 8.03 is available online.) - Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Microsoft Word 2003 or later
We prefer that you submit all your assignments as Microsoft Word files so that we can use Track Changes for commentary. If you do not have access to Microsoft Word, you may submit your assignments in another format as long as it is compatible with a PC. Unfortunately, we cannot accept files that will open only on a Mac.