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COM 340 Entire Course For more classes
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Communication? What is the difference between
technical communication and technical writing?
After completing your reading assignments for
this week, how would you define each of these
terms? Create your own definition for technical
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COM 340 Week 1 DQ 2 The Value of Technical
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ial.com The Value of Technical Communication. Why
do we need technical communication? What purpose
does it serve? Identify at least five types of
documents or other written materials that could
be considered technical writing that you engage
in or see in your home and/or workplace.
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COM 340 Week 1 Evaluation of a Health-Related
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m Evaluation of a Health-Related Website. In July
1999, The American Telemedicine Association
(A.T.A.) issued the following advice to consumers
who use the Internet for health-related
information and services. A.T.A.s criteria for a
quality site include the following (Advisories
23) a. The site is sponsored by a reputable
healthcare organization (e.g., American Cancer
Society, American Medical Association, nationally
recognized medical college, or the like)
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COM 340 Week 2 DQ 1 Expert Opinion and Critical
Thinking in Research For more classes
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Critical Thinking in Research. Review the
information in Chapter Six of Technical
Communication about expert opinion. Select a
topic from science or technology on which experts
might disagree (e.g., possible health hazards of
cell phones, global warming/global climate
change, or the value of vitamin supplements).
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COM 340 Week 2 DQ 2 Research Assignments For more
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Assignments. Discuss what aspects of conducting
research are the easiest and the most difficult
for you and why you find these areas easy and
difficult. Include at least one ethical issue
from your reading of Chapter Five of Technical
Communication (assigned in Week One) as one of
aspects. Which types of sources do you find most
difficult to evaluate and why? What specific idea
did you learn from your reading and/or
assignments this week that will help you in your
future research?
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COM 340 Week 3 DQ 1 Defining Terms For more
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Terms. Explain the importance and purpose of
technical definitions. Select a term you know the
meaning of but others may not. Using the
guidelines presented in Chapter Eighteen of the
text, Technical Communication, create a sentence
definition and then expand the definition using
one or more of the expansion techniques presented
in the chapter. Post the term, the sentence
definition, and the expanded definition.
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COM 340 Week 3 DQ 2 Proposals For more classes
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primary purpose of a proposal, and why must a
proposal be persuasive? Provide an example of a
written (or oral) proposal you have made. If it
was successful, discuss what elements, discussed
in our text, you used to make it successful. If
it was unsuccessful and did not achieve its
purpose, discuss what you could have done
differently to make it successful.
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COM 340 Week 3 Instruction Effective Use of an
Online Library Database For more classes
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Use of an Online Library Database. Using the
information you have learned from Chapter Twenty
of the text Technical Communication, write an
instruction for feeding an infant. If you have
some personal experience in this area, you may
use this experience as a source of information.
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COM 340 Week 3 Planning Proposal Outline   For
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Proposal Outline. Submit a formal outline for
your research proposal that is due in Week Five.
Your outline must include a descriptive title of
the topic you will be researching. It must also
include sufficient information to develop a
two-page to three-page written proposal, must be
prepared using appropriate alphanumeric
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COM 340 Week 4 DQ 1 Using Visual Images For more
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Images. Search the Internet and find examples of
each of the following a. A graph b. A chart c. A
graphic illustration Study the three examples you
found and compare each one to the guidelines for
using that type of visual, the guidelines for
incorporating color, and the guidelines for
fitting visuals with text and usability of
visuals found in Chapter Twelve of the text
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COM 340 Week 4 DQ 2 Effective Page Design For
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Page Design. Find an example of effective page
design and an ineffective page design in a
magazine or on the Web. In your post, describe
each page design and why it is effective or
ineffective. Be specific in your evaluation. With
the ineffective page design, make specific
recommendations for improvement. Be sure to cite
all resources.
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COM 340 Week 4 Process Mechanism Description For
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chanism Description. Select a simple process you
routinely perform or a common household or office
object as the topic for your process/mechanism
description. Some examples of common processes
are brushing your teeth, combing or brushing your
hair, tying your shoes, eating breakfast, etc.
Some common household or office objects for a
mechanism description are flashlights, nail
clippers, retractable ballpoint pens, scissors,
staplers, or any other simple mechanisms.
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COM 340 Week 5 DQ 1 Course Summary For more
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Summary. 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.
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COM 340 Week 5 Final Paper For more classes
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Paper This paper should be an objective
evaluation of a situation or a problem you or
someone you know has experienced here at the
University or a suggestion for a change to a
university process or a procedure that could
improve a service the university provides to its
students. You will be required to do some
research to complete
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