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A Concise Guide to Technical Communication

This page brings together supplementary study materials for students and instructors using our new book,  A Concise Guide to Technical Communication (Broadview.com)

​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 (and answers), slide decks, and discussion questions/additional exercises.
  • ​On this page we provide supplemental files for students and instructors: links to podcast episodes that expand on the chapter content, blog entries to accompany the podcasts, links to YouTube videos, and a style worksheet.

Chapter Resources 

CHAPTER 1: Audience, Purpose, Genre, and Medium

Podcast episodes 
graves_transcript_audience_and_rhetorical_situations_transcript.docx
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Blog: That's quite a rhetorical situation you've gotten yourself into
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graves_transcript_genre_format_and_purpose.docx
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CHAPTER 2: Ethical Issues of Technical Communication
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Podcast episodes
Blog: How often do students cheat?
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Blog: Better writing through AI

Blog: Becoming a productive writer
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CHAPTER 3: Researching Technical Subjects
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Podcast

CHAPTER 4: Writing Technical Prose

Style worksheet
my_editing_checklist.pdf
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Podcast episodes
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Blog: An Introduction and orientation to writing style 
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​Blog: Writing the Plain or low style

Blog: Clear and concise writing

YouTube videos 
​Cohesion in 2 minutes 
Cohesion

CHAPTER 5: Visual Technical Communication
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Podcast episodes
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Blog: How to use visuals in your documents ​
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CHAPTER 6: Essentials of Workplace Communication

Podcast episodes​
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CHAPTER 7: Progress Reports, White Papers, and Recommendation Reports


CHAPTER 8: Reporting Technical Information

CHAPTER 9: Technical Communication Online
Podcasts
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​CHAPTER 10: Presenting Technical Information Orally


Podcasts

General Resources

Group contract template
copy_of_group_contract--template.pdf
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Group contract template for lab assignments
group_contract_for_lab_assignments.pdf
File Size: 59 kb
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