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COM 135 Entire Course  
COM 135 Week 1 Assignment The Technical Writing
Process COM 135 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2 COM 135 Week
2 CheckPoint Audience Analysis COM 135 Week 3
CheckPoint Communication Techniques COM 135 Week
3 CheckPoint Letter Writing Techniques
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COM 135 Week 1 Assignment The Technical Writing
Process
As a customer service manager for a local
software development company, you want to create
a user manual for one of the software
applications your company develops. The purpose
of the manual is to support your customers in
purchasing and using the software.
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COM 135 Week 1 CheckPoint Importance of Technical
Writing
Due Date Day 4 post to the Individual
forum Choose three forms of technical writing
used in the corporate environment. Explain why
each form of communication is important. Submit
your explanations.
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COM 135 Week 2 CheckPoint Audience Analysis
In order for technical communication to be
effective, the writer must evaluate the intended
audience, its characteristics, knowledgebase,
expectations, and requirements.
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COM 135 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ 2
Due Date Day 2 post to the Main forum Post
your response to the following What are some
important characteristics of effective written
communication? How do these qualities help in
communicating information to a receiver? Explain
your answer.
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COM 135 Week 3 Assignment Written Communication
in the Corporate
Discontinuation of major equipment components for
a computer network upgrade will cause a major
setback in the installation of the network for a
project you are managing. You must provide
information about the delay to your project team
members, to upper management, and to your client
(a banking institution).
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COM 135 Week 3 CheckPoint Communication
Techniques  
Due Date Day 4 Individual forum Consider
the following There are many distinctions among
the different types of communication techniques
used in the business world. Select two
techniques. Provide an example of when it is
appropriate to use each
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COM 135 Week 3 CheckPoint Letter Writing
Techniques
Describe the different strategies and techniques
used in writing a good-news letter and a bad-news
letter. Provide an example of bad news you
might have to deliver in a letter. Explain
which bad-news technique you would choose for
this type
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COM 135 Week 4 CheckPoint Article Summary
Follow the criteria on p. 479 (listed under
Chapter Highlights) for summary writing. Use
APA guidelines to format your paper. Cite any
quotations or paraphrases, and document the
source of the article in a reference list at the
end of your summary.
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COM 135 Week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2
Post your response to the following You have
been asked by a prospective employer to explain
in writing why you selected your degree program
and how the degree will help advance your career.
What two prewriting techniques would you use to
organize your thoughts about the topic? Explain
your choices.
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COM 135 Week 5 Assignment Clear and Concise
Technical Instructions
Use APA guidelines to format the paper. When
documenting information from the Web site,
remember to add only the URL on the reference
page at the end of the assignment. Post your
completed assignment as an attachment.
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COM 135 Week 5 CheckPoint User Manual Criteria
Due Date Day 5 Individual forum Identify the
optional criteria you want to include in your
final project, and explain your reasoning for
selecting these options. Describe the technical
or electronic product you have chosen for the
Clear and Concise Technical Instructions
assignment.
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COM 135 Week 6 CheckPoint Reports
Create a table to organize the following
information regarding progress reports, feasibilit
y/recommendation reports, and incident reports in
the corporate environment. o Describe the purpose
of each report. o List the key components of each
report. o Identify the general audience for which
each report is prepared.
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COM 135 Week 6 DQ 1 and DQ 2
Post your response to the following Review the
importance of the four major areas with which a
writer must be concerned in order to appeal to a
readers visual sensibilities. What type of
document design would be most effective for your
final project? Explain your answer.
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COM 135 Week 7 Assignment Proposals
Management at your project management firm wants
to ensure staff members are fully trained on new
technologies before planning, developing, and
maintaining information technology projects for
clients. As a result, your managers have decided
to implement training for your companys
25-member project team.
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COM 135 Week 7 CheckPoint RFP Analysis
o Review the Purpose section of the RFP. In two
to three sentences, describe the reason behind
the Web development project. What does the county
want to achieve? o What is the tone of the RFP?
How might it differ from the tone in an RFP
created by a nongovernmental agency?
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COM 135 Week 7 CheckPoint Rough Draft of Final
Project
If possible, ask a friend, family member, or
classmate to review the rough draft of your final
project. Although the peer review of your rough
draft is not a required course activity, you
should use the checklist in Appendix D to assist
you during the revision process.
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COM 135 Week 8 CheckPoint Image Integration
Using the visual elements that were discussed in
DQ2, integrate at least three visual elements
into a new Microsoft Word document.
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COM 135 Week 8 DQ 1 and DQ 2
Post your response to the following Visual
elements can be added to many types of written
documents. What kinds of visual elements will you
want to include in the user manual you are
creating for your final project? Explain your
answer.
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COM 135 Week 9 Capstone Checkpoint
o Which topics covered in this course were the
most important to you? o How will you use this
information in your technical communication? o
How will this information affect your employment
opportunities?
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COM 135 Week 9 Final Project User Manual
o The manual must be created as a Microsoft Word
document, 7 to 8 pages in length. o The
following sections are required cover page,
table of contents, introduction, and step-by-step
instructions for using the product.
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