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COM 130 Education on Your Terms/com130dotcom

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COM 130 Entire Course

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• COM 130 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2
• COM 130 Week 1 Checkpoint Legal Considerations
• COM 130 Week 2 Assignment Writing for an Audience
• COM 130 Week 2 CheckPoint Collaborative and
  Individual Writing Processes
• COM 130 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2
• COM 130 Week 4 Assignment Creating Surveys
• COM 130 Week 4 CheckPoint Using the Library to
  Research
• COM 130 Week 5 CheckPoint APA Guidelines
• COM 130 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2
• COM 130 Week 6 Assignment Writing Instructions
• COM 130 Week 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2
• COM 130 Week 8 Assignment The Rough Draft
• COM 130 Week 8 CheckPoint Journals and Scientific
  Documents
• COM 130 Week 9 Capstone Discussion Question
• COM 130 Week 9 Final Project Your Career as an IT
  Professional

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COM 130 Week 1 Checkpoint Legal Considerations

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• Assignment Writing for an Audience
• Resource Ch. 2 of Professional and Technical
  Writing Strategies
• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Imagine you have been asked to communicate to
  several clients regarding a delay in the
• production of widgets your company produces. Your
  clients are both local and
• international. They have diverse backgrounds,
  technical experience, and understanding.
• 1. Choose and utilize a prewriting technique to
  gather your thoughts.
• 2. Create a draft of the document that will
  deliver the news to your company's clients
• consider a letter format for the document.
• 3. Use post writing steps to ensure your document
  is ready to be sent to your manager for approval.
• Remember what you have learned about audience
  and how to convey both positive and
• negative news.

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COM 130 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2

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• Discussion Question 1
• Post your response to the following Describe
  the skills of a successful technical writer.
• Provide at least three examples and explain their
  importance to the technical writing
• process. If you were a technical writer, which
  skills would you consider most vital to your
• position and why?
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• Discussion Question 2
• Post your response to the following Based on
  Ch. 1, identify two ethical principles that
• should guide technical communications. Explain
  each of the principles you chose and
• provide an example of why each is important.

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COM 130 Week 2 Assignment Writing for an Audience

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• Assignment Writing for an Audience
•  Resource Ch. 2 of Professional and Technical
  Writing Strategies
•  Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
•  Imagine you have been asked to communicate to
  several clients regarding a delay in the
• production of widgets your company produces. Your
  clients are both local and
• international. They have diverse backgrounds,
  technical experience, and understanding.
• 1. Choose and utilize a prewriting technique to
  gather your thoughts.
• 2. Create a draft of the document that will
  deliver the news to your company's clients
• consider a letter format for the document.
• 3. Use post writing steps to ensure your document
  is ready to be sent to your manager
• for approval.
•  Remember what you have learned about audience
  and how to convey both positive and
• negative news.
•  Include all parts of the writing process for
  your instructor to see.
•  Write 1,050 to 1,400 words.

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COM 130 Week 2 CheckPoint Collaborative and
Individual Writing Processes

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• CheckPoint Collaborative and Individual Writing
  Processes
• Due Date Day 4 Individual forum
• Identify and explain at least three advantages
  and three disadvantages of the
• collaborative writing process in 200 to 300
  words. In what situations might an individual
• writing process be preferable?
• Post your summary as an attachment.

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COM 130 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2

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• Discussion Question 1
• Post your response to the following Describe
  some of the benefits of utilizing graphic
• design or visual elements in a technical
  document. Identify at least three types of
  graphic
• or visual elements that can be added to technical
  communications. What must a technical
• writer consider in order to use these elements
  effectively?
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• 4. Discussion Question 2
• Post your response to the following Provide an
  example of a presentation you viewed
• but felt was ineffective (the presentation could
  have been a TV commercial, a speech, an
• instructors lecture, or another type of
  presentation). What would have made the
• presentation more powerful? What are some key
  elements you will consider when designing a
  presentation to give in front of a future boss or
  manager?

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COM 130 Week 4 Assignment Creating Surveys

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• Assignment Creating Surveys
• Resources Appendix B and Ch. 5 of Professional
  and Technical Writing Strategies
• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Follow the instructions below to create and
  utilize a survey
• 1. Using a Microsoft Word document, create a
  short survey based on a topic related to
• careers in general, careers in IT, or another
  occupational topic. (See Appendix B for
• further instruction and for examples.)
• 2. Include a disclaimer in your survey that
  indicates the project is for school, no name is
• needed from the individual, and the results are
  confidential.
• 3. Use the checklist on pp. 191-192 to ensure
  your survey is complete and makes
• sense.

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COM 130 Week 4 CheckPoint Using the Library to
Research

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• CheckPoint Using the Library to Research
• Resources Appendix A and Ch. 5 of Professional
  and Technical Writing Strategies
• Due Date Day 4 Individual forum
• Conduct a search on your IT career choice to
  write about for your final project using the
• University Library (https//axiaecampus.phoenix.ed
  u/secure/gotoLibrary.asp).
• Select one periodical article to review (either
  a newspaper or magazine).
• Summarize the article in your own words. Be
  sure to acknowledge all necessary
• information pertaining to where you located the
  article (such as the articles author, title,
• and publication name). The summary should be 200
  to 300 words.
• Post your summary as an attachment.

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COM 130 Week 5 CheckPoint APA Guidelines

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• CheckPoint APA Guidelines
• Resources Appendix C and Ch. 2 of the Writing
  Style Handbook
• (https//axiaecampus.phoenix.edu/Writing_Style_Han
  dbook_AxiaUOP.pdf)
• Due Date Day 5 Individual forum
• Open Appendix C and save it to your computer.
  Using APA guidelines, put the
• information into proper format.
• Post the corrected document as an attachment.

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COM 130 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2

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• Discussion Question 1
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• Post your response to the following questions
  Why is documentation important in the
• technical writing process? What positive and
  negative occurrences have you run into
• while using different documentation styles?
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• Discussion Question 2
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• Post your response to the following Identify
  the four most widely accepted style
• conventions for professional paper documentation.
  What purpose does each of these
• conventions serve, and which is most appropriate
  for technical writing? Explain why.

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COM 130 Week 6 Assignment Writing Instructions

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• Assignment Writing Instructions
• Understanding your audience and being clear and
  concise when writing instructions is crucial
• to the receiver's ability to successfully follow
  the instructions. When the writer does have not
• a clear vision of the intended audience, he or
  she should design the instructions for the most
• basic reader.
• Resources Appendix D and Ch. 7, 9, 10 of
  Professional and Technical Writing
• Strategies
• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Create a set of instructions explaining how to
  save a Microsoft Word document on a
• computer running a Windows-based operating system
  to a computer disc. Ensure the
• instructions are clear and concise, and include
  all steps that would be relevant to the
• most basic of audiences. Include a screen shot.
  (See Appendix D.)
• Use at least one term in the document that
  would require a definition. Write the definition
• appropriately. (See Ch. 7 of Professional and
  Technical Writing Strategies.)
• Explain briefly in a summary at the end of the
  instruction how these directions would vary
• if you knew specifically who your audience was.

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COM 130 Week 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2

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• Discussion Question 1
• Post your response to the following
• o Describe a scenario in which you were asked to
  provide a report. Include a
• description of the intended receiver of the
  report. Describe the different types of
• reports you could have used, and why the report
  you chose was most appropriate for
• this audience.
• o Discuss what a technical writer must consider
  when using reports to present
• information (audience and organization, for
  example).

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COM 130 Week 8 Assignment The Rough Draft

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• Assignment The Rough Draft
• Resource Appendix A
• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Prepare a rough draft of your final project.
  Organize the draft so it flows and makes
• sense. At this point, your draft should be 80
  complete and include properly cited
• references that follow APA guidelines.
• Post the rough draft as an attachment.

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COM 130 Week 8 CheckPoint Journals and Scientific
Documents

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• CheckPoint Journals and Scientific Documents
• Resources Appendix A and Ch. 17 of
  Professional and Technical Writing Strategies
• Due Date Day 4 Individual forum
• Write three separate paragraphs on the
  following
• 1. Discuss the purpose of journals and
  professional papers.
• 2. Discuss the organization of a technical
  scientific paper.
• 3. Use the University Library (https//axiaecampus
  .phoenix.edu/secure/gotoLibrary.asp)
• to find a scholarly journal article related to
  your final project. Read and write a brief
• summary of the article. Be sure to document it
  according to APA guidelines.
• Save your three paragraphs in one document.
• Post your document as an attachment.

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COM 130 Week 9 Capstone Discussion Question

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• Capstone Discussion Question
• Due Date Day 3 Main forum
• Post your response to the following How will
  what you have learned in this class help
• with your future IT classes and your future as an
  IT professional? Provide specific
• examples.

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COM 130 Week 9 Final Project Your Career as an IT
Professional

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• Final Project Your Career as an IT Professional
• Resources Appendix A and Ch. 1 - 7, 9, 10, 14,
  15, 17, 19 of Professional and
• Technical Writing Strategies
• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Write a 1,750- to 2,100-word research project
  detailing one of the following career
• choices
• o Web developer or administrator
• o Project manager
• o Database administrator
• o Computer programmer
• o Network and computer systems administrator
• o Computer engineer (software or hardware)
• Your research should provide insight into this
  career field for a population of high school
• seniors. Your research will potentially be
  published in an online careers

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COM 130 Education on Your Terms/com130dotcom

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