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COM 130 Course Tutorial

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COM 130 Course Tutorial

• COM 130 Entire Course

• COM 130 Week 1 Checkpoint Legal Considerations

• 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

• 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

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COM 130 Course Tutorial

• COM 130 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• COM 130 Week 2 Assignment Writing for an Audience

• 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?

• 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

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COM 130 Course Tutorial

• COM 130 Week 2 CheckPoint Collaborative

• COM 130 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• 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?

• 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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• COM 130 Week 4 Assignment Creating Surveys

• COM 130 Week 4 CheckPoint Using the Library to
  Research

• 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,

• 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).

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• COM 130 Week 5 CheckPoint APA Guidelines

• COM 130 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• 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.

• Discussion Question 1
• 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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• COM 130 Week 6 Assignment Writing Instructions

• COM 130 Week 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2

• 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

• 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.

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• COM 130 Week 8 Assignment The Rough Draft

• COM 130 Week 8 CheckPoint Journals

• 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.

• 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.

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• COM 130 Week 9 Capstone Discussion Question

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

• 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.

• 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

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