COM 130 UOP COURSES TUTORIAL/UOPHELP

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2. COM 130 UOP Course Tutorial COM 130 Week 1 COM 130 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 • Find a professional technical document, such as an instruction manual or a product tag. • Argue whether or not the writer and company included legal considerations when writing. • For example, does the document appear to respect copyright law? Why or why not? Did • the company break trademark, contract, or liability law? How? Think as though you are a • lawyer and examine every potential legal part of the document. • Discussion Question 1 • · Post your response to the following: Describe the skills of a successful technical writer. • Provide at least three examples and explain their importance to the technical writing • process.

3. COM 130 UOP Course Tutorial COM 130 Week 2 Assignment Writing for an Audience COM 130 Week 2 CheckPoint Collaborative and Individual Writing Processes • Assignment: Writing for an Audience • · Resource: Ch. 2 of Professional and Technical Writing Strategies • · Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum • · Imagine you have been asked to communicate to several clients regarding a delay in the • production of widgets your company produces. Your clients are both local and • international. • CheckPoint: Collaborative and Individual Writing Processes • · Due Date: Day 4 [Individual] forum • · Identify and explain at least three advantages and three disadvantages of the • collaborative writing process in 200 to 300 words. In what situations might an individual • writing process be preferable? • · Post your summary as an attachment.

4. COM 130 UOP Course Tutorial COM 130 Week 4 CheckPoint Using the Library to Research COM 130 Week 5 CheckPoint APA Guidelines • CheckPoint: Using the Library to Research • · Resources: Appendix A and Ch. 5 of Professional and Technical Writing Strategies • · Due Date: Day 4 [Individual] forum • CheckPoint: APA Guidelines • · Resources: Appendix C and Ch. 2 of the Writing Style Handbook • · Due Date: Day 5 [Individual] forum • · Open Appendix C and save it to your computer.

5. COM 130 UOP Course Tutorial COM 130 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2 COM 130 Week 6 Assignment Writing Instructions • Discussion Question 1 • · Post your response to the following questions: Why is documentation important in the • technical writing process? What positive and negative occurrences have you run into • while using different documentation styles? • Assignment: Writing Instructions • Understanding your audience and being clear and concise when writing instructions is crucial • to the receiver's ability to successfully follow the instructions. When the writer does have not • a clear vision of the intended audience, he or she should design the instructions for the most • basic reader.

6. COM 130 UOP Course Tutorial COM 130 Week 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2 COM 130 Week 8 Assignment The Rough Draft • Discussion Question 1 • · Post your response to the following: • o Describe a scenario in which you were asked to provide a report. Include a • description of the intended receiver of the report. • Assignment: The Rough Draft • · Resource: Appendix A • · Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum • · Prepare a rough draft of your final project.

7. COM 130 UOP Course Tutorial COM 130 Week 8 CheckPoint Journals and Scientific Documents COM 130 Week 9 Capstone Discussion Question • CheckPoint: Journals and Scientific Documents • · Resources: Appendix A and Ch. 17 of Professional and Technical Writing Strategies • · Due Date: Day 4 [Individual] forum • · Write three separate paragraphs on the following: • Capstone Discussion Question • · Due Date: Day 3 [Main] forum • · Post your response to the following: How will what you have learned in this class help • with your future IT classes and your future as an IT professional? Provide specific • examples.

8. COM 130UOP Course Tutorial COM 130 Week 9 Final Project Your Career as an IT Professional • Final Project: Your Career as an IT Professional • · Resources: Appendix A and Ch. 1 - 7, 9, 10, 14, 15, 17, & 19 of Professional and • Technical Writing Strategies • · Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum • · Write a 1,750- to 2,100-word research project detailing one of the following career • choices:

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