Weekly Writing Assignment, Week 8

Write a 250-word memo addressed to Prof. Ellis with the subject, “Other Sections for Instruction Manual,” in which you strategize what other sections to include in your instruction manual document. Below, you will find some suggestions. Also, look at the Instructions chapter and Instruction examples in David McMurrey’s Online Technical Writing Textbook for models that you can look to about how they are organized. Copy-and-paste your memo into a comment made to this post.

1.0    Introduction
1.1    Purpose
1.2    Intended Audience
1.3    Scope
1.4    Organization Description
1.5    Conventions (abbreviations, left/right)
1.6    Motivation (answers the “so what” question)
1.7    Safety and Disclaimers
2.0    Description of the Equipment
2.1    Illustration of the Equipment
2.2    Description of the Equipment’s Parts
3.0    List of Materials and Equipment Needed
3.1    Illustration of the Parts Needed to Carry Out the Instructions
3.2    Tools needed
3.3    Table of the parts with description of each
4.0    Directions
4.1    Assemble the Skateboard
4.1.1    Step 1 (don’t write Step 1--write a brief statement on what the first step is)
4.1.2    Step 2
4.1.3    Step 3...Step n (write as many steps--briefly--as you can think of--you can fill this list out later)
5.0    Troubleshooting
6.0    Glossary
7.0    Reference List

13 thoughts on “Weekly Writing Assignment, Week 8”

  1. To: Prof. Ellis
    From: DeAndre Badresingh
    Date: 10/27/2021
    Subject: Other Sections for Instructional Manual

    Instruction Manual for Installing a Virtual Machine
    Using Windows Hyper-V Manager
    1.0 Introduction
    1.1 Purpose
    1.2 Audience
    2.0 Advantages / Disadvantages
    2.1 Advantages
    2.2 Disadvantages
    3.0 Pre-Setup Guide
    3.1 Product Key
    3.2 Windows PowerShell
    4.0 Step-By-Step Guide
    4.1 Complete Pre-Setup Guide
    4.2 Run Windows PowerShell
    4.3 Run Hyper-V Manager
    4.4 Create A New Virtual Machine
    4.5 Begin Initial Setup
    4.6 Allocate Necessary Memory
    4.7 Confirm Setup
    4.8 Launch And Begin Second Setup Using Product Key
    4.9 Final User Setup
    5.0 Troubleshooting
    5.1 Storage Errors
    5.2 Slow Performance
    5.3 Incorrect Windows Edition
    5.4 Other Options

    6.0 Glossary
    7.0 Reference List

  2. To: Prof Jason Ellis
    From: Shemei John
    Date: 11/01/2021
    Subject: Additional sections in the Instruction Manual

    [1.0 Introduction]
    This isn’t a full guide. The complete installation requires additional steps. This instruction manual will unlock restricted access but only from the custom firmware that will be installed on the micro-SD card for your Nintendo 3DS.
    [1.1 Purpose]
    The perks of having a custom firmware.
    [1.2 Intended Audience]
    This can be attempted by anyone owning any member of the Nintendo 3DS family, including the 2DS
    [1.3 scope]
    Unlocking administrative access to the 3DS by installing boot9strap and luma 3DS.
    [2.0 Important information]
    It is important to address whether the current version of your 3DS is compatible with this
    Manual and what to do if it is not. I will address that here.
    [2.1 Disclaimer]
    There are always risks when a modification of hardware is being attempted.
    [2.2 Tools]
    List of required software that will be needed and devices involved.
    Tools also include: A carder reader, a #00 or #0 screw driver depending on if you possess a regular 3DS or a 3DSxl.
    [3.1 Step 1: Prep devices]
    I will address steps to do before you begin the actually process.
    Nintendo 3DS, Micro SD card, Laptop or computer with internet.
    [3.2 Step 2: Installing applications and administrative programs]

    [3.3 Step 3: Configuration]

    [4.0 Troubleshooting]

    [5.0 What you should be able to do now]
    By the completion of this guide there are certain unrestricted controls you will now have.
    I’d say about seventy percent. The full completion of the installation will allow the user
    To have all unrestricted access to the console. This guide can be updated.
    [6.0 Reference List]

  3. TO: Prof. Ellis
    FROM: Brandon Sosa
    Date: November 1st, 2021
    SUBJECT: Sections for Instructional Manuel for Creating a VirtualBox

    1.0 Introduction
    -This instruction manual is a step-by-step manual on how to install and create a virtual box on a PC or laptop. The step-by-step process is shown and laid for a user to fully understand what they are doing so they can successfully install a VirtualBox onto their computer or PCs.
    1.1 Purpose
    -The purpose of this is to let the user experience a different interface on their current computer. If the user is using macOS then they would be able to install a VirtualBox letting them use Lenox as an operating system and open applications that only Lenox has.
    1.2 Intended Audience
    -The intended audience for this instruction manual is people who wish to install this on PCs. This can be for students, teachers, computer programmers, etc.
    1.3 Scope
    – Having the user install Virtual box into the user’s computer
    2.0 List of Materials and Equipment Needed
    -Computer/laptop and operating system
    2.1 Illustration of the Parts Needed to Carry Out the Instructions
    -Open your preferred browser and go to “www.virtualbox.org”.
    Click download “Virtual Box” it must be the updated version of it.
    You must download the file depending on the operating system you are currently using.
    Click and download it to the folder or downloads tab.
    Once, downloaded double click to install it.
    Leave everything as is, and continue to install
    Click finish afterward
    2.2 Table of the parts with a description of each
    3.0 Directions
    – Open a tab in your preferred browser and go to Ubuntu.com, select desktop and then click download ubuntu. (Make sure it’s the updated version)
    Next, open up ubuntu and then click New, and name the guest and the processor type (preferred 64 bit), next click how much memory you plan on using and then select “create a virtual hard disk”. Next, leave the option of dynamically allocated on so the guest host does not take more information from the hard disk.
    After, click “create” to create your virtual box.
    3.1 Install & open the VirtualBox
    3.1.1 In the details section, you can see how much memory, space is allocated to your virtual box.
    Next, click storage to add the ISO file for ubuntu. Click control IDE, add, and then select the disk and then click optical disk file and then on ISO file from Ubuntu and then click open to open it.
    If you’d like to have access to a folder that can be used in between your main device and the virtual box then click on details of ubuntu, go down to “Shared folders” and then click the plus icon and select “other”, click the folder you want to share and then press “okay”.
    3.2 Then, click start in the upper left corner and it should open your virtual box.
    Once, the screen loads, a pop-up box will come up and it will ask you to install ubuntu, click it and check everything, select “continue” and then continue with the process of setting it up.
    3.3 After setting everything up, it will ask you to restart the computer, click restart and wait for the computer to turn off, and then let it turn back on again.
    Once it’s restarted the virtual box is fully installed and ready to run.
    4.0 Troubleshooting
    -We can make sure it is enabled and try launching VirtualBox again. Press Windows + S, type “Turn Windows features on or off” in the dialogue box, and open the application. Locate “Hyper-V” from the list of options and check Once it is checked, press OK for the initialization process to begin.
    5.0 What to do now?
    -Now that you’ve successful installed Virtual Box and the ubuntu application onto your desktop computer or portable computer, you can start experimenting with the application
    6.0 Reference List

  4. TO: Prof. Ellis
    FROM: Shuaixiang Feng
    DATE: 11/2/2021
    SUBJECT: Other Sections for Instruction Manual

    In the other sections of the Instruction Manual, the instruction manual focuses on introduction, purpose, audience, caution, and tools and equipment. This instruction manual is an instruction for camera introduction and operation. The manual ideal for understanding camera settings and button function further takes a great photo by adjusting those settings in different environments and situations. Because this manual only introduces the Canon series of a camera, many places may not correct Nikon. The manual fits with someone interested in photography. Any camera is a fragile item; many parts are not under protection and are waterproof. Any once dropping may damage or break the camera. Dust can affect your photo quality. Keep the lens cap cover on the lens while it idles. A camera body, lens, battery, and memory card are essential on the tool and equipment. If the background needs strong light support, flash is good to add. A tripod can stabilize the camera. When everyone gets their first camera and takes a photo, they will wonder why it is so average or worse than they used their iPhone and begin to doubt it is a technical problem or does not have talent on it. This manual wants to tell them the camera is not an iPhone. It just needs a little skill and understanding of the setting then you can take a better photo than you take for iPhone.

  5. To: Prof. Jason Ellis
    From: Roshel Babayev
    Date: 11/2/2021
    Subject: Installation guide for visual studio

    1.0 Introduction
    1.1 Purpose
    1.2 Intended Audience
    1.3 Scope
    1.4 System Requirements
    2.0 Description of Visual Studio
    2.1 What is Visual Studio?
    2.2 Why is it widely used today?
    2.3 What are benefits?
    3.0 Prerequisites
    3.1 Hardware requirements
    3.2 Software requirements
    3.3 Experience requirements
    4.0 Installation Guide
    4.1 Go to download page
    4.2 Download the community installer
    4.3 Run the installer and have it download all necessary updates
    4.4 Select Community edition and hit next
    4.5 Select languages you wish to have supported in your install
    4.6 Hit install and wait
    4.7 Launch visual studio
    4.8 Login to your Microsoft account
    4.9 Configure your own personal preferences
    4.10 Create a project and start programming away
    5.0 Troubleshooting
    5.1 Upgrading your physical computer components
    5.2 Offline installing
    5.3 Activation
    6.0 Glossary
    7.0 Reference List

  6. To: Prof. Ellis
    From: Ron Bepat
    Date: 11/2/2021
    Subject: Other Sections Instruction Manual (Memo)
    1.0 Introduction
    • This Instruction Manual is a preview based on constructing a website for beginners or an intro to website development.
    1.1 Purpose
    • Using the fundamentals of programing to develop a well-rounded website. This will be an introduction to creating a website
    1.2 Intended Audience
    • The intended Audience are people who aren’t well versed in coding and want to be introduced on website development.
    1.3 Scope
    • This project will be a quick guide on introducing the audience on three programming languages that they will be using in their future endeavors if they ever do continue developing websites.
    • The three programming languages are HTML5, CSS, and JavaScript.
    • Quick explanation on each programming language and their purposes.
    • HTML5: is a language mainly used to show text on a website.
    • CSS: is the designing aspects of the website.
    • JavaScript: is used for programming functions onto your websites the practical parts of the site for example: creating a button.
    1.4 Safety and Disclaimers
    • Make sure your hands are clean before ever handling a mouse and keyboard.
    • Do not Eat or Drink around Computer Equipment.
    2.0 Description of Equipment
    • Required Equipment will be a working PC, with working mouse and keyboard. (Not Mac)
    • Website Library used in this demonstration is Bootstrap (optional)
    • Bootstrap is a CSS Framework.
    2.1 Illustration of Equipment
    • (Placeholder: picture of PC)
    3.0. Troubleshooting
    • A part of coding is troubleshooting to check if your code is right, even following this instruction manual you may come across a few errors on your code, remember to check spelling as web development and many other coding languages are case sensitive.

  7. To: Pro. Jason Ellis
    From: Ulises Mora
    Date: 11/02/2021
    Subject: Other Sections for Instruction Manual about How to Green Screen a Photo

    1. Introduction
    1.1 Purpose
    1.2 Intended Audience
    1.3 Green screen
    1.3.1 What is green screen
    1.3.2 Why people use green screen is used
    1.3.3 Advantages of using green screen
    1.4 Scope
    2. Materials and equipment needed
    3. Directions
    3.1 Set up the green screen background
    3.2 Set up the subject
    3.3 Fix illumination and lights
    3.4 Take the picture
    3.5 Upload the picture on Adobe Premiere Pro
    3.6 Combined the picture with the background image to replace the green screen color
    3.7 Edit as you need to make the most realistic image quality
    4.0 Troubleshooting
    5.0 Conclusion

  8. To: Prof. J. Ellis
    From: Quazi Hedayet
    Date: 11/03/2021
    Subject: Other Sections for Instructional Manual

    • 1.0: Introduction and Purpose
    This manual intends to walk through the process of creating the first Android app in Android Studio using the Java programming language. Here I will go through each phase of the app development process in simple terms. So, we will start from the beginning and be able to run the app on a virtual device once it is finished.

    • 2.0: How does an Android App work?
    On diverse platforms, the programs run in a variety of ways. Machine code, which runs directly on the microprocessor, can be used to write the lowest level software. Operating systems are employed because developing complicated programs in machine code is challenging.

    • 3.0: Materials and Equipment Required
    Windows/Mac/Linux Desktop/Laptop with at least 8GB of RAM including sufficient storage to keep all of the data and also the Internet Connection.

    • 4.0: Setting Up Development Environment
    Here we will utilize Android Studio, which is the official IDE for developing Android apps; as a result, we’ll need to install it along with the necessary plugins.

    • 4.1: Installation of Android Studio
    The Java Runtime Environment is used by Android Studio (JRE). JRE is a Java runtime environment that may be installed on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux computers. Emulators are programs that simulate the actions of real-world equipment. We will not have all of the conceivable devices (Android phones, tablets, etc.) at our disposal when developing an app.

    • 5.0 The Hello World App
    • 5.1 General Procedure of Developing an App
    In our first Android project, we will create an app that displays the text “Hello, World!” in the centre of the device screen. We will test it on the emulator we made before, but if you have an Android device, you may test your “Hello World” app there as well.

    • 5.2 Creating a New Android Studio Project
    • 5.3 Main Sections of the IDE
    • 5.4 Folder and File Structure of an Android Studio Project
    • 5.5 Building the User Interface
    • 5.5 Building the Project and Running on Emulator
    • 6.0 Troubleshooting
    • 7.0 References

  9. To: Prof.Ellis
    From: Jiaqi Huang
    Date: 11/3/2021
    Subject: Other Sections for Instruction Manual

    The purpose of this memo is to decide what additional sections I will include in the introduction manual project and why I pick these sections. Except for the specific steps section, I will add the introduction section and purpose section in the beginning because it is important to state what this manual is about. And I also want to add the Description of the Equipment section to the project so I can tell what is the lowest standard to run an android emulator. If something occurred, users should have an Approximate direction to solve the problem so I think the troubleshooting section should be added to the manual too. The last section I pick is glossary and references, we all know how important it is to tell where the sources are from so I don’t think I need to explain why the references section is included. And for the glossary, it is convenient for the audience to find their problem based on words, it is correct and saves time. I used a glossary to get the data I want many times so I want my introduction manual to have a glossary too.

  10. Memo To: Professor Ellis
    From: Hamzat Olowu
    Date: 11/03/2021
    Subject: Instruction Manual Other Sections
    How to solve problems with object-oriented programming
    Prerequisites and Note:
    Have a basic idea on programming.
    This manual uses java to describe some of the OOP concepts, but the concepts are universal among programming languages.
    Steps:

    1. Introduction
    1.1. Know what object-oriented programming is
    1.2. definition and explanation of OOP
    1.3. break down of some important concepts to keep in mind
    2. Problem solving
    2.1. Understand the problem
    2.2. Break down the problem into small pieces of problems
    2.3. Isolate and solve the small problems
    2.4. Join the solved problems to create a solution to the original problem
    3. Start programming
    3.1. Create a UML diagram based on how you understand the task
    3.2. Create the class based on the UML diagram
    3.3. Create an object of the class to run some tests
    3.4. Check for errors
    4. UML diagrams
    5. How to create Classes
    6. How to create objects
    7. Constructors
    8. Methods and fields
    9. OOP Concepts
    10. Conclusion

  11. TO: Prof. Jason Ellis
    FROM: Kanak Das
    DATE: 10/17/21
    SUBJECT: DNS Configuration instruction

    Configuring DNS in Windows Server 2012
    Open the Server Manager from the task bar.
    Click on DNS/ Right Click your server / select DNS Manger/ Click the Action Tab/ Select Configure a DNS Server.

    Select Configure a DNS Server in Windows Server 2012

    The Configure DNS Server Wizard will come up click Next to continue and select one of the following actions:
    – Create a forward lookup zone
    A forward lookup zone is a DNS function that takes a domain name and resolves it to an IP address.
    – Create forward and reverse lookup zones
    A reverse lookup zone is a DNS function that takes an IP address and resolves it to a domain name.
    – Configure root hints only
    Root hints only Will have the IP addresses of DNS servers where records can be acquired.

    This is the Configure DNS Server Wizard screen output in Windows Server 2012

    Select where the DNS data will be maintained for your network resources, and then Click Next

    Selecting a Primary Server location in Windows Server 2012

    Enter your new zone name, in this case, your domain and Click Next.

    This is the zone name insert field when configuring DNS in Windows Server 2012

    Create a new zone file or use an existing one from a different DNS server

    Creating a Zone file when configuring DNS in Windows Server 2012

    Next you select how your server will respond to Dynamic Updates.

    Select the do not allow Dynamic Updates option while Configuring DNS in Windows Server 2012

    Select whether your DNS server should forward queries or not. If you choose YES, type the IP of the server and click Next. If NO, select No, it should not forward queries and Click Next.

    Select one of the options to configure forwarders when Configuring DNS in Windows Server 2012

    Click Finish and you’re all set.

    Completing the DNS configuration in Window Server 2012
    Congratulations! You have just Configured DNS in Windows Server 2012. Thank you for following along in this How-To, and feel free to check back with us for any new updates on our VPS Hosting solutions.

  12. TO: Prof. Jason Ellis
    FROM: Kanak Das
    DATE: 10/17/21
    SUBJECT: DNS Configuration instruction

    Configuring DNS in Windows Server 2012
    Open the Server Manager from the task bar.
    Click on DNS/ Right Click your server / select DNS Manger/ Click the Action Tab/ Select Configure a DNS Server.

    Select Configure a DNS Server in Windows Server 2012

    The Configure DNS Server Wizard will come up click Next to continue and select one of the following actions:
    – Create a forward lookup zone
    A forward lookup zone is a DNS function that takes a domain name and resolves it to an IP address.
    – Create forward and reverse lookup zones
    A reverse lookup zone is a DNS function that takes an IP address and resolves it to a domain name.
    – Configure root hints only
    Root hints only Will have the IP addresses of DNS servers where records can be acquired.

    This is the Configure DNS Server Wizard screen output in Windows Server 2012

    Select where the DNS data will be maintained for your network resources, and then Click Next

    Selecting a Primary Server location in Windows Server 2012

    Enter your new zone name, in this case, your domain and Click Next.

    This is the zone name insert field when configuring DNS in Windows Server 2012

    Create a new zone file or use an existing one from a different DNS server

    Creating a Zone file when configuring DNS in Windows Server 2012

    Next you select how your server will respond to Dynamic Updates.

    Select the do not allow Dynamic Updates option while Configuring DNS in Windows Server 2012

    Select whether your DNS server should forward queries or not. If you choose YES, type the IP of the server and click Next. If NO, select No, it should not forward queries and Click Next.

    Select one of the options to configure forwarders when Configuring DNS in Windows Server 2012

    Click Finish and you’re all set.

    Completing the DNS configuration in Window Server 2012
    Congratulations! You have just Configured DNS in Windows Server 2012. Thank you for following along in this How-To, and feel free to check back with us for any new updates on our VPS Hosting solutions.

  13. To: Professor Ellis
    From: Edwin Ascencio
    Date: 11/03/21
    Subject: Other Sections for Instructional Manual

    1. 0 Introduction
    1.1 Purpose (What is Ohm’s Law and how can MATLAB help understand this principle)
    1.2 Intended Audience
    1.3 Scope
    2.0 What is MATLAB
    2.1 How do I install MATLAB (steps)
    2.2 What are the advantages of using MATLAB
    2.2.1 How can we use MATLAB to understand Ohm’s Law
    3.0 Materials and equipment needed
    4.0. Pre-setup
    4.1 Explain some of the features of MATLAB
    4.1.1 Explain some of the functions found on the main page
    4.1.2 Explain the purpose of each window space
    4.2 Command Window
    4.3 Creating a new Script
    5.0 Explain the principles of ohms law
    6.0 Create examples using numeric values to explain ohm’s and how each element correlates with ohm’s law
    6..1 Breaking down the principle and applying the numeric values into MATLAB
    6.2 Explain some of the commands we will be using to explain ohms law.
    6.3 Begin writing the code
    6.3.1 Determine your Voltage value
    6.3.2 Determine your resistance value
    6.3.3 Determine your current value
    6.3.4 Write a formula that calculates the following V=I*R, I=V/R
    6.3.5 Plot your results
    6.3.6 Inserting labels and title onto graph to make analysis clear
    6.4 Explanation on how each elements correlates with other elements relating to Ohm’s Law
    6.5 Verify Ohm’s Law and draw conclusion from the graph
    7.0 Debug code if any errors are presented
    7.1 Explain the errors
    8..0 Conclusion
    8.1 Why MATLAB is important
    8.2 How we can apply MATLAB to other applications.

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