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, and discussion questions.
• ​On this site 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 (available October 2020)

CHAPTER 1: Audience, Purpose, Genre, and Medium

Slides

Podcast episodes 

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Blog: That's quite a rhetorical situation you've gotten yourself into
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CHAPTER 2: Ethical Issues of Technical Communication
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Slides

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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CHAPTER 4: Writing Technical Prose

Slides

Style worksheet

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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 

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CHAPTER 5: Visual Technical Communication
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Slides

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

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CHAPTER 7: Progress Reports, White Papers, and Recommendation Reports

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CHAPTER 8: Reporting Technical Information

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CHAPTER 9: Technical Communication Online

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​CHAPTER 10: Presenting Technical Information Orally

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General Resources

Group contract template

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Group contract template for lab assignments

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