...categoryId=-1 IF You Face Any Problem Then E Mail Us At JOHNMATE1122@GMAIL.COM Question week 1 Technical Communication at Work (graded) As you read Chapter 1, you will learn that communication skills are critical in the workplace and that technical writing is used in virtually every work environment. For this discussion, locate a technical document from your workplace or from home or the Internet, preferably one that might be found in your career field. Note that Figure 1-1 (page 4) provides a list of technical communication examples. Using the five goals and features of technical communication listed in the textbook (page 4), describe how the document addresses these characteristics. Then, discuss whether or not you feel the document is successful in its overall goal. Provide examples from the document to illustrate. If possible, share the document by posting a link or a PDF of the sample used. Audience Culture and Analysis (graded) As our text states, “one cardinal rule governs all on-the-job writing: Write for your reader, not for yourself” (page 41). This requires a solid audience analysis. As part of this analysis, you must also consider the audience's cultural background, particularly in light of today's global society. For this discussion 1. discuss some general reader characteristics and methods for analyzing the readers of various technical and workplace documents; and 2. describe additional considerations you need to make when dealing with a...
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...Turner email: ian.turner@unsw.edu.au office: Room 302 in Civil and Environmental Engineering Building phone: 807 19829 (Water Research Laboratory, Manly Vale) Topic Supervisor as nominated Additional Lecturers INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE This course is in two parts. CVEN4030 covers Part A in the first Semester of enrolment, which is a prerequisite for CVEN4031 Part B which is undertaken in the following Session. Prerequisite: Only students having a weighted average as set by the School (currently > 63%) in all courses in Years 1, 2 and 3 will be permitted to undertake the honours thesis. In addition, all courses to the end of Year 3 in the discipline of the thesis topic need to be completed. HANDBOOK DESCRIPTION The thesis may describe directed laboratory, investigatory, design, field or research work on an approved subject and will be completed under the guidance and supervision of a member of the academic staff. This subject must be satisfactorily completed by all students wishing to obtain an honours degree. Online Handbook description is available at MyUNSW: www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/undergraduate/courses/2014/CVEN4030.html www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/undergraduate/courses/2014/CVEN4031.html * PROCEDURE FOR SELECTION AND CONFIRMATION OF A THESIS TOPIC (CVEN4030) Browse online the selection of available topics and identify potential supervisors http://intranet.civeng.unsw.edu.au/info-about/student-intranet/honours Note: It is unlikely that this list is fully up to...
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...should not be regarded as affecting the validity of any trademark or service mark. Copyright © 2003 by Penn Foster, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of the material protected by this copyright may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner. Requests for permission to make copies of any part of the work should be mailed to Copyright Permissions, Penn Foster, 925 Oak Street, Scranton, Pennsylvania 18515. Printed in the United States of America 07/24/06 • Approaches to organizing and outlining your documents • Researching information for use in reports and proposals • Using visual aids to illustrate your data In addition, this study unit includes an appendix that you should use as a reference while writing any document. It includes information on the correct use of numbers and abbreviations. It also provides a good list of rules and examples for proper capitalization and punctuation. Whenever you’re unsure of how to handle a...
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...research on emergent information technology topics. Students are then required to post at minimum of two topics they have researched on the LeanJCU discussion board. TASK 2 (25%) Task 2 is a group assignment with students working in groups of two or three. Each group will select an emergent technology topic from the posted list from task 1. Each group will then write a report and a presentation on the selected topic. The composition of each group will be confirmed and finalised on Session 2 (Townsville – Saturday, 29/10/07, Cairns – Sunday, 7/10/07). Required for task 2: Task 2 involves a group presentation and a written report on the selected emergent technology topic. Both the presentation and report should highlight today’s capabilities of the selected emergent technology by: • • • • • • Describing the technology, its features and functionality (not technical components); describing how organizations can potentially use the technology to improve business performance; describing how organizations are currently using it; identifying issues and risks managers that should know about; providing a list of additional references or sources for information for anyone who wants to learn more. You might also suggest future developments that affect your technology of choice. Topics must be confirmed with the lecturer. Preferable, each group of students should present a different topic. Deliverables: 1. Task 1: Posting of Emergent Technology Topics (5%) Due Date: 2. Townsville...
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...Report Five Research Report The upper management at Eyre Enterprises is considering incorporating new ideas in technology As an Eyre Enterprises engineer or scientist, you have been asked to write a research report so they will have the information to make these decisions. Choose your topic from one of the technical fields listed below. You may also want to define ; this will help you narrow the scope of your topic. Artificial intelligence Fiber optics Forestry management Geothermal energy Human-powered vehicles Lignite-coal mining Organic farming Satellite surveying Solar power Wind power Aquaponics For this report, not all sources will come from books, magazines or websites; some may actually come from personal or telephone interviews, emails, information from experts in the field, or other reliable/credible sources. One of the major tasks for this assignment will be finding out where to seek out the information needed to build a persuasive report. You may want to begin by exploring Requirements: Before you begin Report 5, you must send an email to your instructor explaining the specific and narrowed topic you have chosen (EX: organic farming in an urban environment). o You r topic must be app roved before you begin w riting. o Your email must be of professional quality. If you are asked to revise your email, you may lose points on the assignment. N O T E : The email must be sent by 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, November 20 th or the report grade will be reduced by ten (10)...
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...[pic] [pic] |School of Science and Technology | |Department of Information Technology | |ISSC361: IT Security: Information Assurance | |3 Credit Hours | |8 Week Course | |Prerequisite(s) :None | |Table of Contents | |Instructor Information |Evaluation Procedures | |Course Description |Grading Scale | |Course Scope |Course Outline | |Course Objectives |Policies | |Course Delivery Method |Academic Services | |Resources |E-Book Links | |Instructor Information ...
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...Introduction The chosen topic for this assignment is "The reliability of technical and fundamental analysis on the Forex exchange market" . The area of research is of great importance's is in the financial market. Many traders believe most important question to any forex trader is how to forecast future market movements. The market fluctuations are often analysis using two core forecasting approaches, fundamentals and technical approaches (Frankel and Froot, 1986,1990). Similar to Dr T Oberlechner studies on the Importance of technical and fundamental analysis in the European foreign exchange market. Making profit and understanding the most profitable means to do is key for any trader. The value of the investigation is priceless to all traders (Stuart 2010). The research will undertake a Basic approach. Basic research can be called a fundamental approach used by a researchers curiosity or interest in a topic. The driving motivation is to expand knowledge of the area not to develop new ideas. (Khan 2010).In order to obtain a good research topic the researcher has taken into account the capability of the work. The capability can be measured in a variety of ways. At the researchers personal level the researcher must feels they are comfortable that they processes or can develop the research skills required to complete the studies. A good research topic is of great importance if it matches career goals (Creswell 2002). With ambition of entering into the wealth management and...
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...[pic] [pic] |School of Science and Technology | |Department of Information Technology | |ISSC361: IT Security: Information Assurance | |3 Credit Hours | |8 Week Course | |Prerequisite(s) :None | |Table of Contents | |Instructor Information |Evaluation Procedures | |Course Description |Grading Scale | |Course Scope |Course Outline | |Course Objectives |Policies | |Course Delivery Method |Academic Services | |Resources |E-Book Links | |Instructor Information ...
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...Business (Report) Writing Clear Technical Writing provides a step-by-step process for designing and writing a clear technical document, whether it be an engineering, email or scientific report. You will learn by doing, the only legitimate way to improve writing skills! The training involves writing, revising, and editing exercises; critiquing documents; games; and lecture. You will walk away with confidence in writing and editing skills and a consciousness about international writing. Top of ClearTop of ClearTop Key Topics Plan a complete and accurate document in minutes Organize ideas for readability Reach your audience Write using plain English Avoid ambiguity and unprofessional tone Trim the fat Revise for style to maintain reader interest Activate active voice Polish with parallelism Write grammatically Punctuate properly Send focused e-mail Format technical reports Write clear processes and procedures Top of ClearTop of ClearTop |Effective Report Writing | Report writing is one of the most critical stages of many endeavours in the business world as well as the academic world. All the efforts that one has undertaken are finally translated into a report. It is going to be the face of the project and people are going to judge the project based on the reports given to them. Reports also form a very important tool for decision making...
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...Capstone Project Handbook CST Faculty Contemporary Science and Technologies Capstone Project - Handbook Page 1. INTRODUCTION……………………………………………………………………………..2 2. WHAT IS A CAPSTONE PROJECT?………….......……………………………………..2 3. PLANNING YOUR CAPSTONE PROJECT …………..........……………………………3 4. SUPERVISION………………………………………………………………………...……..3 5. ASSESSMENT………............................…………………………………………………..4 5.1 ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE……………………………………………………………..4 6. MARKING SCHEME…………………...........................…..……………………………..4 7. EXAMPLES OF PAST CAPSTONE PROJECT TITLES……………..…..........………5 8. GUIDE TO CARRYING OUT RESEARCH………………………………………………..6 8.1 BEFORE YOU BEGIN…………………………………………………………………….…6 8.2 RESOURCES………………………………………………………………………………...6 9 SUBMITTING YOUR CAPSTONE PROJECT ……………….........………………...….9 10 PLAGIARISM……………………..……………………………………………………….…9 11 ADMINISTRATIVE DOCUMENTATION .....................................................................9 APPENDIX A STAFF EXPERTISE FIELDS .…………………………...……………………………….11 APPENDIX B CAPSTONE PROJECT REGISTRATION FORM …..….……..................………..…12 APPENDIX C CAPSTONE PROJECT PROPOSAL …….……………....………………………….…13 1 Introduction This handbook is designed to help the final year students in the SEEU, Contemporary Science and Technologies (CST), to choose, plan, start and complete a successful Capstone project. The SEEU...
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... | | | | | | | | On what criteria have you decided that a paper is core/periphery. Core papers are: • Texts that acknowledge and discuss the problem statements of your research and discuss the reality of the related situation. • Texts that reflect on the link between areas of focus in research • Texts that discuss the various forms of the main theme. • Texts that explicitly discuss your topic of research Peripheral papers are: • Texts that provide definition and deep detail or discussion on one very specific aspect. • Texts that consider some isolated perspectives of your research. 2. Making Conceptual Framework State your research question and map out your literature domains.Try...
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...A Guide to Report Writing September 2008 CONTENTS Page 1. 2 INTRODUCTION ..............................................................................................................................1 PREPARATION ................................................................................................................................2 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 3 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................2 PURPOSE ..............................................................................................................................2 PLANNING ..............................................................................................................................2 RESEARCH ............................................................................................................................2 CONTENTS OF A REPORT ............................................................................................................3 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.9 3.10 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................3 TITLE PAGE ...........................................................................................................................3 CONTENTS PAGE ...................................................................................................................3 THE SUMMARY ....
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...Technical The Basics of Technical Writing for Management Information Systems Professionals David J. Donahoo Associate Professor, Liberty University Lynchburg, Virginia Submitted in Accordance With Guidance in the CSIS 100 Syllabus Abstract This paper provides students in the CSIS 100 course with an introduction to technical writing—one of the critical success factors for their future employment and career advancement. In this paper, students will be exposed to Four basic skills that will improve your technical writing. These include: flow and format, writing in complete thoughts, proper use of white space, and readability. This paper provides various tips to help you be successful in your college research writing and your follow-on professional life. Table of Contents Abstract 3 Introduction 6 General Concepts 6 Flow and Format 7 Flow 7 Flow Tips and Pointers 7 TIP 1: Body 8 TIP 2: Introduction 8 TIP 3: Conclusion 8 Format 9 Complete Thoughts 9 White Space 10 Readability 11 Conclusion 12 Sample References 13 Introduction No matter where you are at in your life-long educational or professional career you will benefit from honing your technical writing skills. Believe me when I say this; technical writing takes your normal writing skills in a different direction. Some of the things you received praise from in high school composition classes will draw scorn in...
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...A Guide for Writing a Technical Research Paper Libby Shoop Macalester College, Mathematics and Computer Science Department 1 Introduction This document provides you with some tips and some resources to help you write a technical research paper, such as you might write for your required capstone project paper. First, congratulations are in order– you are embarking on an activity that is going to change the way you think and add to the overall body of human knowledge. The skill of gathering information, deciding what is important, and writing about it for someone else is extremely valuable and will stay with you for the rest of your life. Because we humans have been doing this for quite some time, we have some reasonably standard forms for technical research papers, which you should use for your capstone. You should do this because your paper will better understood by readers who are familiar with this form. Before you can begin writing your paper, you need to have a sense for what research entails, so I’ll start there. Then I will give you some tips about writing, including connecting with your readers, defining your topic, the format of your paper, and how to include references from the literature. I am a computer scientist, so be aware that parts of this paper are biased toward my discipline. 2 What is Research? A short definition of research, as given by Booth, Colomb, and Williams (Booth et al., 1995) is “gathering the information you need to answer...
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...Technical Writing and Writing a Technical Report [pic]Understand the type of technical report you are writing. Technical reports come in all shapes and sizes, but they all share the same goal of communicating information clearly. Deciding what type of document you need to write is an important first step as it influences your approach. For example, the following demand different approaches. Reporting Research Findings These documents describe the work done to gather information in the laboratory or field. They can be simple recording or data or more thorough and include: the problem or issue examined, the method or equipment used, the data collected and the implications. Simple Technical Information Report This document explains a technical subject. It has no aim other than to make sure readers understand the topic clearly. For example, a technical report on a investing in the futures market would probably explain how the market evolved, how it works, the specialist terms used and so on. A simple technical report for information does not put forward a view on the merits of investing in the market or have recommendations. Technical Specifications Specifications typically consist of descriptions of the features, materials, uses and workings of new product. Good specifications concentrate on graphics, data and illustrations rather than written descriptions. Think of a patent application as a good example. Technical Evaluation Reports Evaluation reports, sometimes called...
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