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COM 340 Entire Course (New) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.com340outlet.com   What Is Technical
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
communication and a separate definition for
technical writing.
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COM 340 Week 1 DQ 1 What Is Technical
Communication (New)   FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT
www.com340outlet.com   What Is Technical
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
communication and a separate definition for
technical writing
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COM 340 Week 1 DQ 2 The Value of Technical
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www.com340outlet.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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www.com340outlet.com   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
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COM 340 Week 2 DQ 1 Expert Opinion and Critical
Thinking in Research (New)   FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.com340outlet.com   Expert Opinion and
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
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COM 340 Week 2 DQ 2 Research Assignments
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www.com340outlet.com   Research 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 (New) FOR
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ng 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 (New)   FOR MORE
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What is the 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 (New)   FOR MORE CLASSES
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Effective 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
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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 notation,
and must be developed to at least two levels of
detail. Your paper should include title
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  COM 340 Week 4 DQ 1 Using Visual Images
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Search the Internet and find examples of each of
the following a. A graph b. A chart c. A graphic
illustration
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COM 340 Week 4 DQ 2 Effective Page Design
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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
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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 (New)   FOR
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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 (New)   FOR MORE
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the Final 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.
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