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Final Project/Paper Assignment

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Prof. Gold

Here is your final project and paper assignment for the course, both due Thursday, May 23, 2013 1. Final Project: Re-envisioning A Technical Writing Document Choose a piece of paper-based technical writing — a set of instructions, a how-to guide, … Continue reading →

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The Tissue Box Assignment

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Prof. Gold

Thanks, all, for a great class yesterday — it was fun to see the work done by our two working groups. As a reminder, here are your project assignments for next week: DUE BEFORE WEDNESDAY’S CLASS: 1. Team manual posted … Continue reading →

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For Wednesday’s Class

Posted on March 31, 2013 by Prof. Gold

Here’s hoping that you’ve had a good spring break. As we move towards the resumption of classes on Wednesday, I wanted to remind you of a few things:

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Midterm Project Assignment

Posted on March 20, 2013 by Prof. Gold

For your midterm project, your goal is to communicate with the editors of Technical Writing 101 to explain some of the ways in which David Weinberger’s Too Big To Know should cause us to revise our understanding of technical communication. You should … Continue reading →

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Week 7 notes

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Prof. Gold

audience consistency layout different ways of annotating comments- responses simple/clear/not complex – think about quick start vs. detailed manual break up into smaller parts quality of images/video/audio – resolution, non-blurry screens consistency — layout – format — all steps should … Continue reading →

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Week 7 Assignments (March 11-13) – Images and Attribution

Posted on March 9, 2013 by Prof. Gold

Please see below for this week’s assignments:

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Week 6 Assignments (Mar 4-6)

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Prof. Gold

Please see below for your weekly assignments:

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Week 4 Assignments (Feb 18-20)

Posted on February 15, 2013 by Prof. Gold

Please see below for your Week 4 assignments:

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Assignments for Monday and Wednesday

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Prof. Gold

Monday (online) 1. Join the OpenLab 2. Join our course group – https://openlab.citytech.cuny.edu/groups/advanced-technical-writing-1979125632/ Reading: Too Big to Know – Prologue, Chapter 1 Technical Writing 101: see PDF excerpt on Readings page — Note: readings available on the Readings page Writing: … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 30, 2013 by Prof. Gold

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