Technical Writing
Community College of Rhode Island
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ENGLISH
2100 Technical Writing Community College of Rhode Island |
| INSTRUCTOR |
| Professor
Robin Medeiros |
| 401.825.1022. ext.8644 |
| Email: romedeiros@ccri.cc.ri.us |
| Email: romedeiros@pipeline.ccri.cc.ri.us |
| Web
page: http://faculty.ccri.edu/romedeiros |
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Office Hours by Appointment |
REQUIRED
TEXT AND RESOURCES
Lannon,
John. Technical Communication. 8th edition, Longman, 2000.
A dictionary (preferably American Heritage). Some good ones are available online also.
3.5" diskettes for in-class assignments (strongly recommended)
Regular access to email, word processing and the Web.
OBJECTIVES
At the completion of this course, the student should be able to:
Understand and apply concepts of technical writing
Recognize and use different types of technical documentation
Competently use different research strategies in the writing process
Write different types of documents, using audience, structure, and style considerations
Apply visual, design and usability elements to documentation
Use graphics to enhance the quality of documentation
EVALUATION
| Attendance Executive abstract memos and writing assignments In-class exercises and assignments Web project Portfolio |
15% 20% |
ASSIGNMENTS
(not necessarily in this order)
Memos (Chapter 18)
The schedule of weekly reading and specifications for the course assignments will be posted online at:
Other course information will be distributed to you by email. You are expected to regularly check the web site and your email.
POLICIES
ATTENDANCE
Regular attendance is
required. In-class assignments are an essential part of the classroom
experience. Students are not allowed to make up in-class
assignments. If the student misses more than 3 classes, their
grade may be reduced by a letter grade (ten points).
DUE
DATES
Assignments
are due at the beginning of each class, unless otherwise specified.
Computers can pose special problems, for a variety of reasons. You are
expected to plan for such contingencies. Make sure to maintain multiple
backups of your computer disks. Draft, revise and print your assignments
ahead of their due dates.
EVALUATION
POLICY
The following considerations are
applied in the grading process:
Did the student follow all of the criteria for each specific assignment?
Was all work submitted?
Was it submitted in a timely manner?
Did the student address and apply the concepts discussed in the textbook or class which may apply to this specific assignment?
Did the work address considerations of audience and environment?
Was the work error free?
Did the work have appropriate grammar and language usage, and use the expressive range of the language?
LATENESS
Each student is allowed one
late assignment, if you have contacted me before the assignment is due.
Work is considered to be late if it is not submitted at the beginning of class.
Late assignments which have not been received within a week of the due date,
will NOT be accepted.
CCRI’S POLICY ON
PLAGIARISM
8.27.17
Instructors shall have the explicit duty to take action in known cases of
cheating and plagiarism. The
instructor shall have the right to fail a student on the assignment on which the
instructor has determined that a student has cheated or plagiarized.
The circumstances of this failure shall be reported to the
student’s academic dean. The student may appeal the matter to the instructor’s dean, and the decision by
the dean shall be expeditious and final. The Dean of the College of Continuing Education shall be the
instructor’s dean only in cases of courses.
