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COM 340 (NEW) Entire Courses,Dq's,Checkpoints

For more course tutorials visit<br>www.tutorialrank.com<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.

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  2. ASHFORD COM 340 Entire Course ASHFORD COM 340 Week 1 DQ 1 What Is Technical Communication • 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. • 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. • 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. COM 340 Course Extraordinary Success tutorialrank.com

  3. COM 340 Week 1 DQ 2 The Value of Technical Communication COM 340 Week 1 Evaluation of a Health • COM 340 Week 1 DQ 2 The Value of Technical Communication • 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 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): COM 340 Course Extraordinary Success tutorialrank.com

  4. COM 340 Week 2 DQ 1 Expert Opinion and Critical Thinking in Research COM 340 Week 2 DQ 2 Research Assignments • COM 340 Week 2 DQ 1 Expert Opinion and Critical Thinking in Research • Communications - General Communications • 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. 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? COM 340 Course Extraordinary Success tutorialrank.com

  5. COM 340 Week 3 DQ 1 Defining Terms COM 340 Week 3 DQ 2 Proposals • COM 340 Week 3 DQ 1 Defining Terms • 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 definition using one or more of the expansion techniques presented in the chapter. Post the term, the sentence definition, and the expanded definition. • 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. 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. COM 340 Course Extraordinary Success tutorialrank.com

  6. COM 340 Week 3 Instruction Effective Use of an Online Library Database COM 340 Week 3 Planning Proposal Outline • 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. If you have some personal experience in this area, you may use this experience as a source of information. • 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. It must also include sufficient information to develop a two-page to three-page written proposal, must be prepared using appropriate alphanumeric notation, and must be developed to at least two levels of detail. COM 340 Course Extraordinary Success tutorialrank.com

  7. COM 340 Week 4 DQ 1 Using Visual Images COM 340 Week 4 DQ 2 Effective Page Design • COM 340 Week 4 DQ 1 Using Visual Images • 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 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. Be specific in your evaluation. With the ineffective page design, make specific recommendations for improvement. Be sure to cite all resources. COM 340 Course Extraordinary Success tutorialrank.com

  8. COM 340 Week 4 Process Mechanism Description COM 340 Week 5 DQ 1 Course Summary • COM 340 Week 4 Process Mechanism Description • 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 or brushing your hair, tying your shoes, eating breakfast, etc. Some common household or office objects for a mechanism description are flashlights, nail clippers, retractable ballpoint pens, scissors, staplers, or any other simple mechanisms. • COM 340 Week 5 DQ 1 Course Summary • 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 to write summaries to report on meetings, conferences, projects, or programs. COM 340 Course Extraordinary Success tutorialrank.com

  9. COM 340 Week 5 Final Paper • 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. You will be required to do some research to complete this paper. You should also incorporate the persuasive techniques you studied in this course. COM 340 Course Extraordinary Success tutorialrank.com

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