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COM 340 Entire Course   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com What Is Technical
Communication? What is the difference between
technical communication and technical writing?
After completing your reading assignments for
this week, how would you define each of these
terms? Create your own definition for technical
communication and a separate definition for
technical writing. The Value of Technical
Communication. Why do we need technical
communication? What purpose does it serve?
Identify at least five types of documents or
other written materials that could be considered
technical writing that you engage in or see in
your home and/or workplace.           
              
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COM 340 Week 1 DQ 2 The Value of Technical
Communication   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com The Value of Technical
Communication. Why do we need technical
communication? What purpose does it serve?
Identify at least five types of documents or
other written materials that could be considered
technical writing that you engage in or see in
your home and/or workplace.           
              
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COM 340 Week 1 Evaluation of a Health-Related
Website   For more classes visit www.snaptutorial.
com Evaluation of a Health-Related Website. In
July 1999, The American Telemedicine Association
(A.T.A.) issued the following advice to consumers
who use the Internet for health-related
information and services. A.T.A.s criteria for a
quality site include the following (Advisories
23) a. The site is sponsored by a reputable
healthcare organization (e.g., American Cancer
Society, American Medical Association, nationally
recognized medical college, or the like).
Information from a commercial interest such as a
drug company should include assurances that the
material is reasonable, balanced, and objective
and does not merely promote the companys own
products.                         
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COM 340 Week 2 DQ 1 Expert Opinion and Critical
Thinking in Research   For more classes
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Critical Thinking in Research. Review the
information in Chapter Six of Technical
Communication about expert opinion. Select a
topic from science or technology on which experts
might disagree (e.g., possible health hazards of
cell phones, global warming/global climate
change, or the value of vitamin supplements). Use
the Internet to research this topic and find one
point on which experts seem to agree, one point
on which experts disagree, and one opinion that
seems to be influenced by financial or political
motives. In your post, state your topic, report
the three points above, and discuss what your
learned from this research. Be sure to properly
cite all sources.                          
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COM 340 Week 2 DQ 2 Research Assignments   For
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Assignments. Discuss what aspects of conducting
research are the easiest and the most difficult
for you and why you find these areas easy and
difficult. Include at least one ethical issue
from your reading of Chapter Five of Technical
Communication (assigned in Week One) as one of
aspects. Which types of sources do you find most
difficult to evaluate and why? What specific idea
did you learn from your reading and/or
assignments this week that will help you in your
future research?                          
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COM 340 Week 3 DQ 1 Defining Terms   For more
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Terms. Explain the importance and purpose of
technical definitions. Select a term you know the
meaning of but others may not. Using the
guidelines presented in Chapter Eighteen of the
text, Technical Communication, create a sentence
definition and then expand the definition using
one or more of the expansion techniques presented
in the chapter. Post the term, the sentence
definition, and the expanded definition.       
                  
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COM 340 Week 3 DQ 2 Proposals   For more classes
visit www.snaptutorial.com Proposals. What is the
primary purpose of a proposal, and why must a
proposal be persuasive? Provide an example of a
written (or oral) proposal you have made. If it
was successful, discuss what elements, discussed
in our text, you used to make it successful. If
it was unsuccessful and did not achieve its
purpose, discuss what you could have done
differently to make it successful.           
              
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COM 340 Week 3 Instruction Effective Use of an
Online Library Database   For more classes
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Use of an Online Library Database. Using the
information you have learned from Chapter Twenty
of the text Technical Communication, write an
instruction for feeding an infant. If you have
some personal experience in this area, you may
use this experience as a source of information.
However, you should also conduct research to
obtain expert opinions and to be certain your
information is accurate. Your assignment must
cite at least two scholarly sources. Before you
begin your instruction, determine how the
instruction will be used (its purpose) and who
your audience will be. Develop an audience and
use profile to guide your writing. (Review
Chapter Three of the text.) Then, based on
                         
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COM 340 Week 3 Planning Proposal Outline   For
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Proposal Outline. Submit a formal outline for
your research proposal that is due in Week Five.
Your outline must include a descriptive title of
the topic you will be researching. It must also
include sufficient information to develop a
two-page to three-page written proposal, must be
prepared using appropriate alphanumeric notation,
and must be developed to at least two levels of
detail. Your paper should include title and
references pages, and be formatted according to
A.P.A. style guidelines. For information
regarding A.P.A. formatting, visit the Ashford
Writing Center by following the link under the
Learning Resources tab in the left navigation of
the online course.                          
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COM 340 Week 4 DQ 1 Using Visual Images   For
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Visual Images. Search the Internet and find
examples of each of the following a. A graph b.
A chart c. A graphic illustration Study the three
examples you found and compare each one to the
guidelines for using that type of visual, the
guidelines for incorporating color, and the
guidelines for fitting visuals with text and
usability of visuals found in Chapter Twelve of
the text, Technical Communication. In your post,
briefly describe each visual and discuss how well
the visual conforms to the guidelines. Be sure to
cite all resources.                     
    
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COM 340 Week 4 DQ 2 Effective Page Design   For
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Page Design. Find an example of effective page
design and an ineffective page design in a
magazine or on the Web. In your post, describe
each page design and why it is effective or
ineffective. Be specific in your evaluation. With
the ineffective page design, make specific
recommendations for improvement. Be sure to cite
all resources.                       
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COM 340 Week 4 Process Mechanism
Description   For more classes visit www.snaptutor
ial.com Process/Mechanism Description. Select a
simple process you routinely perform or a common
household or office object as the topic for your
process/mechanism description. Some examples of
common processes are brushing your teeth, combing
or brushing your hair, tying your shoes, eating
breakfast, etc. Some common household or office
objects for a mechanism description are
flashlights, nail clippers, retractable ballpoint
pens, scissors, staplers, or any other simple
mechanisms. Before writing your process or
mechanism description, complete an audience and
use profile (p. 35 of the text, Technical
Communication.)                          
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COM 340 Week 5 DQ 1 Course Summary   For more
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Summary. Over the past five weeks, we have
covered many subjects related to technical
writing. If someone asked you to prepare a
written summary of this five-week course, what
would you write? Summaries are often written to
make long documents quickly understandable.
However, as our text explains, we often have to
write summaries to report on meetings,
conferences, projects, or programs. Using the
information you learned in Chapter Nine of the
text, write a 200 250 word response that
incorporates the elements of a usable summary and
summarizes the essential messages of this COM340
course.                          
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COM 340 Week 5 Final Paper   For more classes
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Paper This paper should be an objective
evaluation of a situation or a problem you or
someone you know has experienced here at the
University or a suggestion for a change to a
university process or a procedure that could
improve a service the university provides to its
students. You will be required to do some
research to complete this paper. You should also
incorporate the persuasive techniques you studied
in this course. An outline of this proposal is
due in Week Three, and the proposal itself is due
in Week Five. Your proposal must be properly
formatted in A.P.A. style and must be two to
three pages in length (excluding title and
reference pages).                          
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