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Technical Report Writing

After completing this course, students will be able to: • Communicate more effectively with collaborative writing tools and techniques • Recognize and apply grammatical best practices • Leverage concepts in sentence and paragraph construction • Structure agendas, emails, business proposals, and business reports
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$1,395.00
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Course Description

    Working With Words

  • Monitoring Spelling, Grammar, and Verb Tense
  • Creating a Reference Sheet
    • Understanding ‘Reading Level’, analyzing and adjusting for better reading comprehension
    • Being concise without complex
  • Quick Quiz – what did we learn

     Constructing Sentences

  • Recognizing Sentence Parts
  • Classifying Sentence Type
  • Increasing Readability with Punctuation
  • Quick Quiz – what did we learn

     Creating Paragraphs

  • The Three Basic Components
  • Organization Methods
  • Quick Quiz – what did we learn

     Finding Facts

  • Identifying and Using Key Resources
  • Fact-Finding and Information Gathering
  • Quick Quiz – what did we learn

Using Graphics Effectively

  • Understanding the requirement for graphics within the technical document
  • Describing graphics effectively
  • Adding Alternate text to graphics
  • Considering Copyright laws and the use of graphics.
  • Quick Quiz – what did we learn      

Collaborative Writing

  • Clarifying the Objective – agreements between groups
  • Collaborative Writing Strategies and Patterns
    • Establishing standards between stakeholders
  • Quick Quiz – what did we learn

     Types of Collaborative Business Writing

  • Applying Different Construction Techniques
  • Cut & Paste, Puzzle, Sequential Summative
  • Integrating Construction
  • Quick Quiz – what did we learn

     Collaborative Tools and Processes

  • Planning and Revision
    • Identifying documents as ‘draft’ and ‘final versions’
    • How to handle revisions
  • Creating Outlines and Storyboards
    • Using outlines to streamline a presentation
  • Building Team Cohesion
    • “All on the same page”, creating collectively approved templates and processes for reports
  • Quick Quiz – what did we learn

     Writing Meeting Agendas

  • Choosing an Agenda Format
    • Creating a well formed agenda template
  • Structuring and Writing the Agenda
  • Quick Quiz – what did we learn

     Writing E-Mails, Reports and Proposals

  • Addressing Your Message
    • Understanding the importance of the subject line
    • How to present attachments for effectiveness
    • Using Proper Grammar and Defining Acronyms
    • Knowing your audience, handling acronyms properly.
    • Structuring, Formatting, and Writing Your Report
    • The importance of consistent document  structure
      • Creating and using templates
  • Quick Quiz – what did we learn

Finalizing Technical Documents

  • Importance of Metadata, adding metadata
  • Sanitizing documents for security purposes
  • Understanding PDFs as a final source (PDF/A, PDF/UA, PDF/X)
  • Quick Quiz – what did we learn

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