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COM 130 In order to succeed, you must read/Uophelpdotcom

For more course tutorials visit<br>www.uophelp.com<br><br>COM 130 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2<br>COM 130 Week 1 Checkpoint Legal Considerations<br>COM 130 Week 2 Assignment Writing for an Audience<br>COM 130 Week 2 CheckPoint Collaborative and Individual Writing Processes<br>COM 130 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2<br>COM 130 Week 4 Assignment Creating Surveys<br>COM 130 Week 4 CheckPoint Using the Library to Research<br>COM 130 Week 5 CheckPoint APA Guidelines<br>COM 130 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2<br>COM 130 Week 6 Assignment Writing Instructions<br>COM 130 Week 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2<br>

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  1. COM 130 In order to succeed, you must read/Uophelpdotcom For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com

  2. COM 130 Entire Course For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • COM 130 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 • COM 130 Week 1 Checkpoint Legal Considerations • COM 130 Week 2 Assignment Writing for an Audience • COM 130 Week 2 CheckPoint Collaborative and Individual Writing Processes • COM 130 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2 • COM 130 Week 4 Assignment Creating Surveys • COM 130 Week 4 CheckPoint Using the Library to Research • COM 130 Week 5 CheckPoint APA Guidelines • COM 130 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2 • COM 130 Week 6 Assignment Writing Instructions • COM 130 Week 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2 • COM 130 Week 8 Assignment The Rough Draft • COM 130 Week 8 CheckPoint Journals and Scientific Documents • COM 130 Week 9 Capstone Discussion Question • COM 130 Week 9 Final Project Your Career as an IT Professional

  3. COM 130 Week 1 Checkpoint Legal Considerations For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • 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. They have diverse backgrounds, technical experience, and understanding. • 1. Choose and utilize a prewriting technique to gather your thoughts. • 2. Create a draft of the document that will deliver the news to your company's clients; • consider a letter format for the document. • 3. Use post writing steps to ensure your document is ready to be sent to your manager for approval. • · Remember what you have learned about audience and how to convey both positive and • negative news.

  4. COM 130 Week 1 DQ 1 and DQ 2 For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • 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. If you were a technical writer, which skills would you consider most vital to your • position and why? • Discussion Question 2 • · Post your response to the following: Based on Ch. 1, identify two ethical principles that • should guide technical communications. Explain each of the principles you chose and • provide an example of why each is important.

  5. COM 130 Week 2 Assignment Writing for an Audience For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • 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. They have diverse backgrounds, technical experience, and understanding. • 1. Choose and utilize a prewriting technique to gather your thoughts. • 2. Create a draft of the document that will deliver the news to your company's clients; • consider a letter format for the document. • 3. Use post writing steps to ensure your document is ready to be sent to your manager • for approval. • · Remember what you have learned about audience and how to convey both positive and • negative news. • · Include all parts of the writing process for your instructor to see. • · Write 1,050 to 1,400 words.

  6. COM 130 Week 2 CheckPoint Collaborative and Individual Writing Processes For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • 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.

  7. COM 130 Week 3 DQ 1 and DQ 2 For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Discussion Question 1 • · Post your response to the following: Describe some of the benefits of utilizing graphic • design or visual elements in a technical document. Identify at least three types of graphic • or visual elements that can be added to technical communications. What must a technical • writer consider in order to use these elements effectively? • 4. Discussion Question 2 • · Post your response to the following: Provide an example of a presentation you viewed • but felt was ineffective (the presentation could have been a TV commercial, a speech, an • instructor’s lecture, or another type of presentation). What would have made the • presentation more powerful? What are some key elements you will consider when designing a presentation to give in front of a future boss or manager?

  8. COM 130 Week 4 Assignment Creating Surveys For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Assignment: Creating Surveys • · Resources: Appendix B and Ch. 5 of Professional and Technical Writing Strategies • · Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum • · Follow the instructions below to create and utilize a survey: • 1. Using a Microsoft® Word document, create a short survey based on a topic related to • careers in general, careers in IT, or another occupational topic. (See Appendix B for • further instruction and for examples.) • 2. Include a disclaimer in your survey that indicates the project is for school, no name is • needed from the individual, and the results are confidential. • 3. Use the checklist on pp. 191-192 to ensure your survey is complete and makes • sense.

  9. COM 130 Week 4 CheckPoint Using the Library to Research For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • CheckPoint: Using the Library to Research • · Resources: Appendix A and Ch. 5 of Professional and Technical Writing Strategies • · Due Date: Day 4 [Individual] forum • · Conduct a search on your IT career choice to write about for your final project using the • University Library (https://axiaecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/gotoLibrary.asp). • · Select one periodical article to review (either a newspaper or magazine). • · Summarize the article in your own words. Be sure to acknowledge all necessary • information pertaining to where you located the article (such as the article’s author, title, • and publication name). The summary should be 200 to 300 words. • · Post your summary as an attachment.

  10. COM 130 Week 5 CheckPoint APA Guidelines For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • CheckPoint: APA Guidelines • · Resources: Appendix C and Ch. 2 of the Writing Style Handbook • (https://axiaecampus.phoenix.edu/Writing_Style_Handbook_AxiaUOP.pdf) • · Due Date: Day 5 [Individual] forum • · Open Appendix C and save it to your computer. Using APA guidelines, put the • information into proper format. • · Post the corrected document as an attachment.

  11. COM 130 Week 5 DQ 1 and DQ 2 For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • 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? • Discussion Question 2 • · Post your response to the following: Identify the four most widely accepted style • conventions for professional paper documentation. What purpose does each of these • conventions serve, and which is most appropriate for technical writing? Explain why.

  12. COM 130 Week 6 Assignment Writing Instructions For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • 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. • · Resources: Appendix D and Ch. 7, 9, & 10 of Professional and Technical Writing • Strategies • · Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum • · Create a set of instructions explaining how to save a Microsoft® Word document on a • computer running a Windows-based operating system to a computer disc. Ensure the • instructions are clear and concise, and include all steps that would be relevant to the • most basic of audiences. Include a screen shot. (See Appendix D.) • · Use at least one term in the document that would require a definition. Write the definition • appropriately. (See Ch. 7 of Professional and Technical Writing Strategies.) • · Explain briefly in a summary at the end of the instruction how these directions would vary • if you knew specifically who your audience was.

  13. COM 130 Week 7 DQ 1 and DQ 2 For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • 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. Describe the different types of • reports you could have used, and why the report you chose was most appropriate for • this audience. • o Discuss what a technical writer must consider when using reports to present • information (audience and organization, for example).

  14. COM 130 Week 8 Assignment The Rough Draft For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • Assignment: The Rough Draft • · Resource: Appendix A • · Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum • · Prepare a rough draft of your final project. Organize the draft so it flows and makes • sense. At this point, your draft should be 80% complete and include properly cited • references that follow APA guidelines. • · Post the rough draft as an attachment.

  15. COM 130 Week 8 CheckPoint Journals and Scientific Documents For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • 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: • 1. Discuss the purpose of journals and professional papers. • 2. Discuss the organization of a technical scientific paper. • 3. Use the University Library (https://axiaecampus.phoenix.edu/secure/gotoLibrary.asp) • to find a scholarly journal article related to your final project. Read and write a brief • summary of the article. Be sure to document it according to APA guidelines. • · Save your three paragraphs in one document. • · Post your document as an attachment.

  16. COM 130 Week 9 Capstone Discussion Question For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • 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.

  17. COM 130 Week 9 Final Project Your Career as an IT Professional For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com • 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: • o Web developer or administrator • o Project manager • o Database administrator • o Computer programmer • o Network and computer systems administrator • o Computer engineer (software or hardware) • Your research should provide insight into this career field for a population of high school • seniors. Your research will potentially be published in an online careers

  18. COM 130 In order to succeed, you must read/Uophelpdotcom For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com

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