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Supplementary Materials for
A CONCISE GUIDE TO Technical
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Available in October, 2020, A Concise Guide to Technical Communication from Broadview Press provides students with the essential knowledge about technical communication. Supplementary materials are in two places:
- On the Broadview website instructors will find quizzes, slide decks,
- On this site we provide supplemental files for students and instructors: pdfs of slides for each chapter, exercises, podcast episodes, and text files.
Chapter Resources (available August 2020)
CHAPTER 1: Audience, Purpose, Genre, and Medium
Slides
| what_is_technical_communication_2020.pdf |
Podcast episodes
| graves_transcript_audience_and_rhetorical_situations_transcript.docx |
| graves_transcript_genre_format_and_purpose.docx |
CHAPTER 2: Ethical Issues of Technical Communication
Slides
| ethics.ppt.pdf |
Podcast episodes
CHAPTER 3: Researching Technical Subjects
Slides
| interviewing.ppt.pdf |
| surveying.ppt.pdf |
CHAPTER 4: Writing Technical Prose
Slides
| 4.1_stylekt.key |
| figurative_language.ppt.pdf |
Style worksheet
| my_editing_checklist.pdf |
Podcast episodes
YouTube videos
CHAPTER 5: Visual Technical Communication
Slides
| visuals.ppt.pdf |
Podcast episodes
CHAPTER 6: Essentials of Workplace Communication
Slides
| application_letters.ppt.pdf |
| resumes.ppt.pdf |
CHAPTER 7: Progress Reports, White Papers, and Recommendation Reports
CHAPTER 8: Reporting Technical Information
CHAPTER 9: Technical Communication Online
Podcasts
CHAPTER 10: Presenting Technical Information Orally
Podcasts
General Resources
Group contract template
| copy_of_group_contract--template.pdf |
Group contract template for lab assignments
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