Advance Technical Report Writing and Documentation

This course introduces students to the basic principles of effective report writing. Written assignments provide practice in organizing and composing several memos, letters, and a formal report. Throughout the semester, students learn practical application of report writing skills, as well as work collaboratively on assignments. Students evaluate and create documents and PowerPoint presentations, focusing on clear expression of ideas, mechanical correctness, and format.

• To understand the contexts, purposes, audiences,and processes of written and visual communication in the workplace.
• To recognize and be able to analyze effective and ineffective written and visual workplace communication.
• To learn and use effective electronic strategies for collaborative work in preparing written and visual workplace communication.
• To produce various types of written and visual workplace communication that are appropriate for and that appeal to various audiences.
• To use a variety of software programs, including word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and graphics.
• To balance visual and verbal elements of communication in documents and presentations.
• To use mechanically and grammatically conventional language in written documents and presentations.
• To participate actively in electronic class activities and discussions.

Prerequisites and Corequisites:

• English Composition I

Learning Level: Intermediate

Duration: 3 day(s)-

• E-Mail Etiquette
• Organizing Information
• Drafting Documents
• Revising Documents for Grammar and Mechanics
• Revising Documents for Coherence, Emphasis and
• Ethics
• Collaborative Writing; Internal Proposal
• Principles of Business Correspondence
• Types of Business Correspondence
• Writing Instructions
• Designing Effective Documents and Visuals
• Informal Reports