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COM 340 Entire Course<br>For more course tutorials visit<br><br>www.uophelp.com<br><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 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): <br>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 company’s own products. <br>b. Each information source is clearly documented. <br>c. A site providing online diagnosis or prescribing treatment and medication avoids any direct sales of the treatments or medications being prescribed. <br>d. The professionals offering medical consultation are fully licensed and their credentials are clearly posted. <br>e. The site clearly describes its policies and procedures for maintaining records of the consultation and safeguarding patient privacy. <br>Visit a health-related Website and evaluate it according to the above criteria. Focus on sites that cover alternative health such as Alt Medicine, sites that create specific recommendations based on the information you provide such as WebMD, sites that offer specialized consultation about specific medical conditions such as HealthLine, or discussion sites for people with a specific medical condition such as the Cancer Survivors Network. <br>Assume that you are a Website consultant. Based on your reading so far about technical communication and the A.T.A. guidelines above, prepare a numbered list of specific problems you noticed on the Website and a recommendation of how each problem could be corrected. Your list should be approximately one page, single spaced, with a double space between the problem and the solution and a double space before each numbered item. Attach a title page to your list, formatted according to A.P.A. style guidelines. For information regarding A.P.A. formatting, visit the Ashford Writing Ce<br>
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COM 340n Phoenix Course Tutorial COM 340 Entire Course COM 340 Week 1 DQ 1 What Is Technical Communication Communications - General Communications What Is Technical Communication? What is the difference between technical communication and technical writing? • 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?
COM 340n Phoenix Course Tutorial COM 340 Week 1 DQ 2 The Value of Technical Communication COM 340 Week 1 Evaluation of a Health-Related Website 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): • 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.
COM 340n Phoenix Course Tutorial COM 340 Week 2 DQ 1 Expert Opinion and Critical Thinking in Research COM 340 Week 2 DQ 2 Research Assignments 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. • Communications - General Communications • Expert Opinion and Critical Thinking in Research. Review the information in Chapter Six of Technical Communication about expert opinion.
COM 340n Phoenix Course Tutorial COM 340 Week 3 DQ 1 Defining Terms COM 340 Week 3 DQ 2 Proposals 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. • 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
COM 340n Phoenix Course Tutorial COM 340 Week 3 Instruction Effective Use of an Online Library Database COM 340 Week 3 Planning Proposal Outline Communications - General Communications Planning 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. • COM 340 Week 3 Instruction Effective Use of an Online Library Database • 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.
COM 340n Phoenix Course Tutorial COM 340 Week 4 DQ 1 Using Visual Images COM 340 Week 4 DQ 2 Effective Page Design 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 • Communications - General Communications • Using Visual Images. Search the Internet and find examples of each of the following: • a. A graph • b. A chart • c. A graphic illustration
COM 340n Phoenix Course Tutorial COM 340 Week 4 Process Mechanism Description COM 340 Week 5 Final Paper 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. • 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.
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