The Essentials Of Technical Communication

The Essentials of Technical Communication

• Author : Elizabeth Tebeaux
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 2020-11-04
• Genre: Uncategoriezed
• Pages : 448
• ISBN 10 : 0197539211

In today's complex workplace, no one wants to read what you write. The Essentials of Technical Communication, Fifth Edition, was developed with this principle in mind. The respected author team continues to provide students with accessible and comprehensive instructions for planning, drafting, and revising technical documents that are clear and concise. Divided into two flexible parts--Principles and Applications--the text lays a strong foundation in the rhetoric principles before examining the principle types of workplace documents with checklists for use in preparing them.

The Essentials of Technical Communication

• Author : Elizabeth Tebeaux
• Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
• Release Date : 2017-12-15
• Genre: Business & Economics
• Pages : 432
• ISBN 10 : 0190856149

This text is a clear, concise, and practical guide to effective technical communication in today's world. Divided into two parts, the book begins with rhetorical principles that help students understand the contexts in which various types of documents will be read and used. The second partexplains the major types of technical documents and offers checklists for students to use in preparing these documents.

The Essentials of Technical Communication

• Author : Elizabeth Tebeaux
• Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
• Release Date : 2014-11-01
• Genre: Business & Economics
• Pages : 464
• ISBN 10 : 0199379998

Practical, concise, and reasonably priced, The Essentials of Technical Communication, Third Edition, gives students the tools they need to get their message across in today's workplace.

Technical Communication

• Author : Mike Markel
• Publisher : Macmillan
• Release Date : 2009-02-03
• Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
• Pages : 804
• ISBN 10 : 0312485972

Comprehensive and truly accessible, Technical Communication guides students through planning, drafting, and designing the documents that will matter in their professional lives. Known for his student-friendly voice and eye for technology trends, Mike Markel addresses the realities of the digital workplace through fresh samples and cases, practical writing advice, and a companion Web site — TechComm Web — that continues to set the standard with content developed and maintained by the author. The text is also available in a convenient, affordable e-book format.

The Technical Communication Handbook

• Author : Laura J. Gurak
• Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
• Release Date : 2009
• Genre: Technology & Engineering
• Pages : 660
• ISBN 10 : UCSC:32106019866240

The Technical Communication Handbook, a life-long companion for technical communicators, is a comprehensive reference guidefor technical communication students at all levels, as well as by practicing technical communicators and others writing in the technical workplace. The handbook boasts a full-color design, extensively annotated model documents, and coverage of current topics in intellectual property, digital communication, collaboration, and accessibility issues.

A Strategic Guide to Technical Communication Second Edition US

• Author : Heather Graves
• Publisher : Broadview Press
• Release Date : 2012-05-23
• Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
• Pages : 325
• ISBN 10 : 9781770483385

A Strategic Guide to Technical Communication incorporates useful and specific strategies for writers, to enable them to create aesthetically appealing and usable technical documentation. These strategies have been developed and tested on a thousand students from a number of different disciplines over twelve years and three institutions. The second edition adds a chapter on business communication, reworks the discussion on technical style, and expands the information on visual communication and ethics into free-standing chapters. The text is accompanied by a passcode-protected website containing materials for instructors (PowerPoint lectures, lesson plans, sample student work, and helpful links).

Central Works in Technical Communication

• Author : Johndan Johnson-Eilola
• Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
• Release Date : 2004
• Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
• Pages : 512
• ISBN 10 : 0195157052

Bringing together thirty-two landmark essays, Central Works in Technical Communication provides a broad and representative overview of the field. It introduces students, new teachers, and new practitioners to the community of technical communication as an intellectual and communal endeavor that encompasses such complex theoretical topics as research methods, social issues, and ethics. Editors Johndan Johnson-Eilola and Stuart A. Selber engaged in a comprehensive selection process--including the consultation of a review board of leading teachers and scholars--and have included some of the most influential articles and book chapters published in technical communication over the last twenty-five years. Each essay is accompanied by a reflective piece written by its author specifically for this volume. These commentaries provide context for the essays and allow the authors to add to or challenge their original ideas and resituate them in a contemporary environment. The book also features section introductions written by the editors that offer historical and conceptual approaches to understanding the contributions each work makes to the field of technical communication. Central Works in Technical Communication is organized around eight major conceptual categories: histories, rhetorical perspectives, philosophies and theories, ethical and power issues, research methods, workplace studies, online environments, and pedagogical directions. An alternative table of contents groups the essays into additional categories including collaboration, gender, genre, usability, and visual theory and practice. Ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in technical communication, this collection is also a compact and convenient resource for practicing professionals and academics new to the field.

A Concise Guide to Technical Communication

• Author : Heather Graves
• Publisher : Broadview Press
• Release Date : 2020-10-26
• Genre: Business & Economics
• Pages : 176
• ISBN 10 : 9781770487604

This compact but complete guide shows that less is more—with fewer extraneous details getting in the way of students trying to learn on the run, it allows them to focus on the most important principles of effective technical communication. The Concise Guide takes a rhetorical approach to technical communication; instead of setting up a list of rules that should be applied uniformly to all writing situations, it introduces students to the bigger picture of how the words they write can affect the people intended to read them. Assignments and exercises are integrated throughout to reinforce and test knowledge.

How to Write That F ing Manual

• Author : Marc Achtelig
• Publisher : Indoition Publishing E.K.
• Release Date : 2012
• Genre: Uncategoriezed
• Pages : 210
• ISBN 10 : 3943860000

Do you need to create some user assistance for your product? Do you want to make your user manual and online help system stand out from those of your competitors but don't have the time to study a dozen all-embracing textbooks about technical writing before getting down to work? This book provides you with a compilation of those rules that really matter. If you follow the given recommendations, this will significantly improve the quality of what you write, all with the least amount of effort. You get hands-on advice and simple, catchy examples-free from theoretical elaborations and highbrow grammar terms. The book is exemplary for what you need to achieve, too. It contains lots of valuable information on as few pages as possible in a clear and simple form. Topics covered: Structuring principles, including building topics, establishing headings, and determining the best possible order of information; Layout and formatting essentials; General technical writing rules; Rules for building sections; Rules for building sentences; Plain language; Grammar and word choice FAQ. Audience: developers, marketing professionals, product managers.

Designing Engineers

• Author : Susan McCahan
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release Date : 2015-01-27
• Genre: Technology & Engineering
• Pages : 624
• ISBN 10 : 9780470939499

Designing Engineers First Edition is written in short modules, where each module is built around a specific learning outcome and is cross-referenced to the other modules that should be read as pre-requisites, and could be read in tandem with or following that module. The book begins with a brief orientation to the design process, followed by coverage of the design process in a series of short modules. The rest of the book contains a set of modules organized in several major categories: Communication & Critical Thinking, Teamwork & Project Management, and Design for Specific Factors (e.g. environmental, human factors, intellectual property). A resource section provides brief reference material on economics, failure and risk, probability and statistics, principles & problem solving, and estimation.

Technical Writing Essentials

• Author : Jon Balzotti
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 2018-07-31
• Genre: Uncategoriezed
• Pages : null
• ISBN 10 : 1611650372

Teaching Professional and Technical Communication

• Author : Tracy Bridgeford
• Publisher : University Press of Colorado
• Release Date : 2018-09-21
• Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
• Pages : 255
• ISBN 10 : 9781607326809

Teaching Professional and Technical Communication guides new instructors in teaching professional and technical communication (PTC). The essays in this volume provide theoretical and applied discussions about the teaching of this diverse subject, including relevant pedagogical approaches, how to apply practical aspects of PTC theory, and how to design assignments. This practicum features chapters by prominent PTC scholars and teachers on rhetoric, style, ethics, design, usability, genre, and other central concerns of PTC programs. Each chapter includes a scenario or personal narrative of teaching a particular topic, provides a theoretical basis for interpreting the narrative, illustrates the practical aspects of the approach, describes relevant assignments, and presents a list of questions to prompt pedagogical discussions. Teaching Professional and Technical Communication is not a compendium of best practices but instead offers a practical collection of rich, detailed narratives that show inexperienced PTC instructors how to work most effectively in the classroom. Contributors: Pam Estes Brewer, Eva Brumberger, Dave Clark, Paul Dombrowski, James M. Dubinsky, Peter S. England, David K. Farkas, Brent Henze, Tharon W. Howard, Dan Jones, Karla Saari Kitalong, Traci Nathans-Kelly, Christine G. Nicometo, Kirk St.Amant

Technical Communication

• Author : Jon Balzotti
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release Date : 2021-09-03
• Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
• Pages : 482
• ISBN 10 : 9781000450286

Technical Communication: A Design-Centric Approach is a comprehensive textbook for introductory courses in technical communication and professional writing. Technical Communication takes a design approach to foundational and emergent technical communication skills such as document design, job applications and interviews, workplace collaboration, and report writing, providing students with practical guidance on matters of ethics, style, and problem-solving in a range of professional and organizational contexts. This is a core textbook suitable for undergraduate courses in technical and professional communication. The book is supplemented by an innovative website featuring interactive simulations of various real-world technical communication challenges. Visit https://microcore.byu.edu/

Technical Writing First Edition

• Author : Suzanne Disheroon
• Publisher : Cognella Academic Publishing
• Release Date : 2018-07-26
• Genre: Uncategoriezed
• Pages : null
• ISBN 10 : 1516510305

Technical Writing equips students with the tools and knowledge required to write clear, concise, and well-organized technical documents. This comprehensive guide encourages students to carefully consider word choice, sentence construction, document organization and formatting, the use of visual queuing, and more to create easy-to-read, high-impact technical documents. The text begins by outlining the major differences between academic papers and technical documents, and discussing critical elements to consider when writing technical documents including audience, the goal of the document, readers' expectations, organization, and more. Later chapters address technical writing style, the importance of design, the basics of cognitive theory, and various types of communication documents. Students learn how to tailor writing for the technology industry, successfully incorporate research into technical documents, and create technical reports. The book concludes by walking students through setting up a professional portfolio of their work, addressing portfolio organization, topical strategy, strategic layout, and potential legal issues. Technical Writing is an accessible and comprehensive guide designed to help students write technical documents confidently and efficiently. The text is well suited for undergraduate courses in technical writing, communications, computer science, and engineering.

International Technical Communication

• Author : Nancy L. Hoft
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons Incorporated
• Release Date : 1995-05
• Genre: Computers
• Pages : 372
• ISBN 10 : UOM:39015040076039

A complete guide to planning, writing and designing documentation for distribution to an international audience. Shows publication departments and design teams how to create one document for world-wide distribution; covers all forms of documentation; carefully describes the do's and taboos of page layout, color, example choices and much more.