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For more course tutorials visit<br><br>www.uophelp.com<br><br>Communications - General Communications<br>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. <br>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. <br>Evaluation of a Health-Related Website. In July 1999, The

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  1. COM 340 (NEW) Experience Tradition/uophelp.com For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com

  2. COM 340 Entire Course For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Communications - General Communications 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.

  3. COM 340 Week 1 DQ 1 What Is Technical Communicatio For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Communications - General Communications 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.

  4. COM 340 Week 1 DQ 2 The Value of Technical Communi For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Communications - General Communications 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.

  5. COM 340 Week 1 Evaluation of a Health For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Communications - General Communications 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” 2–3):

  6. COM 340 Week 2 DQ 1 Expert Opinion and Critical Th For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Communications - General Communications Expert Opinion and 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).

  7. COM 340 Week 2 DQ 2 Research Assignments For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Communications - General Communications Research 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?

  8. COM 340 Week 3 DQ 1 Defining Terms For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Communications - General Communications Defining 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 definitio

  9. COM 340 Week 3 DQ 2 Proposals For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Communications - General Communications 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.

  10. COM 340 Week 3 Instruction Effective Use of an Onl For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Communications - General Communications Instruction: Effective 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,

  11. COM 340 Week 3 Planning Proposal Outline For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com How do ethics influence Internet advertising? How do ethics influence advertising in general? What ethical issues does advertising on the Internet raise? Your task is to develop a code of ethics for Internet advertisers. Include the five ethical principles from Ch. 17 in The Dynamics of Mass Communication. Create a code with 8 to 10 ethical standards for Internet advertisers.

  12. COM 340 Week 4 DQ 1 Using Visual Images For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Communications - General Communications Using Visual Images. Search the Internet and find examples of each of the following: a. A graph

  13. COM 340 Week 4 DQ 2 Effective Page Design For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Communications - General Communications Effective 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.

  14. COM 340 Week 4 Process Mechanism Description For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Communications - General Communications 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

  15. COM 340 Week 5 DQ 1 Course Summary For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Communications - General Communications Course 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

  16. COM 340 Week 5 Final Paper For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Communications - General Communications Focus of the Final 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

  17. COM 340 (NEW) Experience Tradition/uophelp.com For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com

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