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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
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COM 340 Week 1 DQ 2 The Value of Technical
Communication For more classes
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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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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
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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
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COM 340 Week 2 DQ 2 Research Assignments For
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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COM 340 Week 4 DQ 1 Using Visual Images For
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Visual Images. Search the Internet and find
examples of each of the following a. A graph
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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
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COM 340 Week 4 Process Mechanism Description
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ss/Mechanism 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
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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
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COM 340 Week 5 Final Paper For more classes
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Paper
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