#14763
Technical Communication Programs in Asia 
A report on the growth of technical communication in Asia, with an emphasis on China and South Korea.
Li, Xiaoli. Intercom (2002). Academic>Education>Regional>Asia
#14972
Technical Communication Skills: Lecture Slides
There is more to the lectures than the basic points printed on these OHP slides. They are not a substitute for being present, paying attention, taking notes, and you know I'm right.
Whitby, Blay. University of Sussex (2000). Academic>Course Materials>Presentations
#14447
Technical Communication Textbooks: An Opinionated Guide 
This guide is intended to help teachers select a textbook for the English 314 (Technical Writing) course. Please note that the statements in the following table represent the opinions of English 314 teachers. Some features listed as advantages by other teachers may seem like disadvantages to you, and vice versa.
Smith Taylor, Summer. Clemson University (1999). Academic>Course Materials
#13539
Technical Communication, Engineering, and ABET's Engineering Criteria 2000: What Lies Ahead? 
The tools engineers use have changed so dramatically over the past 30 years, universities and colleges have adapted by offering their engineering students classes in the latest technologies so they are better prepared to enter the engineering workplace. Engineers often feel less prepared, however, for the nontechnical demands of their jobs. They may possess the technical skills necessary to solve a machine problem in a manufacturing line but feel less prepared to tell the owners of the line what needs to be changed and why. As a result, industry and business have complained to universities and colleges (and particularly to engineering programs) that engineering students are not ready to take on the nontechnical challenges of modern engineering work. And because engineering programs rely on industry and businesses to hire their students, they have taken these demands seriously.
Williams, Julia M. Technical Communication Online (2002). Academic>Education>Engineering>Assessment
#13955
CSIS 500, Technical Communication, Graduate Programs in Software, University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota. The fundamentals of technical communication as practiced in industry are presented, emphasizing clarity and organizational skills. Students engage in exercises that focus on technical writing, editing, public speaking and graphic design, and apply their skills across a broad range of activities, including critique of presentations and writing of proposals, reports, memoranda, user manuals, instructional modules, and specifications. Techniques presented are intended to assist an understanding of the structure of the language, and an appreciation for format and content, to better prepare students for project documentation.
Waite, Bob. University of St. Thomas (2002). Academic>Courses>TC>Technical Writing
#14904
Technical Communications Online
The course emphasizes practical knowledge of technical communications techniques, procedures, and reporting formats used in business and industry. Topics include methods of describing devices and processes, as well as the proper use of standards manuals, guides, specifications, and interpretations of data in report format.
Angelo, Caroline. Athens Technical College. Academic>Courses>Undergraduate>Technical Writing
#27356
In this class, students will learn how to edit technical documents, from proofreading for errors at the surface to ensuring that the document contains appropriate content, organization, and visuals for its audiences. Students will also learn how to use traditional editing marks, editing functions within word processors, and principles of layout and design. Finally, students will learn about the profession of editing and develop pieces to support their careers.
Eaton, Angela. Texas Tech University (2006). Academic>Courses>Technical Editing
#14568
This course will prepare you for the substantive editing and design of complex documents such as technical manuals, proposals, and research reports. You will study the practice of editing as it applies to invention, arrangement, style, and delivery. You will examine strategies for document management and explore the theoretical justifications for your editing decisions.
Dragga, Sam. Texas Tech University (2001). Academic>Courses>Technical Editing
#14124
Principles and practices of editing technical and scientific documents. Overview of the editing process; defining the editor's rules and responsibilities, revising at structural and sentence levels, and addressing stylistic conventions of technical fields. Application to technical and scientific documents such as reports, proposals, and user manuals. Students will learn to recognize and articulate specific problem areas in technical documents. Students will practice identifying and discussing differences between strong and weak technical documents. Students will revise technical documents at macro- and micro- levels of editing. Students will gain strategies for communicating effective and constructive criticism.
Grossenbacher, Laura. University of Wisconsin. Academic>Courses>Undergraduate>Technical Editing
#20511
These documents are suitable for take-home, graded assignments or in-class workshops. As whole documents created in the 'real world,' they complement the sentence- and paragraph-level editing tasks in the textbook Technical Editing.
Rude, Carolyn D. Allyn and Bacon (1998). Academic>Course Materials>Editing
#22188
Technical Editing: Discussion and Application Materials
Assignments to complement Carolyn Rude's Technical Editing textbook. Instructors can load the materials onto a server or student disks so that the students can respond at the computer.
Rude, Carolyn D. Allyn and Bacon (1998). Academic>Course Materials>Technical Editing
#20100
Drafting, rendering, and photographic techniques used in the development of illustrations for advertisements, technical manuals, and other publications.
Eastern Washington University. Academic>Courses>Technical Illustration
#21450
Technical Illustration Gallery
These are typical samples of technical illustrations. Click on an image to see the enlarged version. Furthermore, you can view each illustration in detail with IsoView.
ITEDO Software (2004). Academic>Course Materials>Technical Illustration
#23737
English 5373 covers the management and production of forms of print and online manuals, including software and hardware manuals, instructions, and performance support. Students will learn how to manage projects, and how to address issues of user analysis, text design, graphics design, task orientation, and translation. Class activities will include exercises and presentations focused on student project work.
Barker, Thomas. Texas Tech University (2003). Academic>Courses>Documentation>Technical Writing
#20497
The assignment in this unit is to learn about technical reports, their different types, their typical audiences and situations, and then to plan one of your own. Specifically, your task in this unit is to pick a report topic, report audience and situation, report purpose, and report type.
McMurrey, David A. Illuminati Online (2001). Academic>Course Materials>Reports>Technical Writing
#19082
Technical Writers and Trainers as Facilitators of Change
Effective technical writing/training in my organization involves a model of performance that goes beyond traditional ideas about documentation and passive training methods. It involves a practice which, in a single word, I would call facilitating. Documents are part of it and new or changed behaviors by people in the organization are part of it, but a traditional writer or a traditional trainer, whether alone or working together, will not be able to achieve what we ask of them in our organization. Essentially, the model we have found successful and that we expect our technical writer/trainers to be able to implement involves the following.
Hotz, Glenn. CPTSC Proceedings (2000). Academic>Education>Collaboration
#26018
This course will help those employed within technical fields (scientists, engineers, medical professionals, etc.), as well as those who address technical audiences, to effectively plan, research, write, and present technical information.
Van Valkenburgh, Nicole. Brigham Young University. Academic>Courses>Writing>Technical Writing
#23529
This course provides an introduction to technical writing, which includes technical reports, instructions, proposals, letters of application, resumes, procedures, and manuals; this course is particularly appropriate for students in English, information resources, science, engineering, architecture, education, and other applied sciences, although it is open to students from any major.
Clark, Dave. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (2003). Academic>Courses>Writing>Technical Writing
#23533
The first part of the course will help you acquire reading and writing skills needed in graduate school. Consider these survival skills as well as a way to get a competitive edge. In class, we will focus on the reading and analysis (written and oral) of academic writings in Computer Science and closely related fields. Most weeks you will be expected to read a journal or other technical article and report on it. You may be asked to make a short oral presentation to the class.
Kaczmarczyk, Lisa C. University of Texas (2004). Academic>Courses>Writing>Technical Writing
#23317
English 421 helps students become better professional communicators through contextual research and analysis. The curriculum is informed by current research in rhetoric and professional writing and is guided by the needs and practices of business, the high-tech industry, and society at large.
Karper, Erin. Purdue University. Academic>Courses>Writing>Technical Writing
#21971
This web site contains information about Chris Werry's section of RWS 503W Technical Writing. You'll find the syllabus, course description, on-line readings, assignments, and other course materials here.
Werry, Chris. San Diego State University. Academic>Courses>Writing>Technical Writing
#20711
A brief overview of the field of technical writing, including techniques and strategies of effective writing, and of conventions used in documents such as letters, memos, proposals, abstracts and reports. One lecture hour a week for one semester.
#20559
ENGL 421 helps students become better professional communicators through contextual research and analysis. The curriculum is informed by current research in rhetoric and professional writing and is guided by the needs and practices of business, the high-tech industry, and society at large, as well as by the expectations of Purdue students and programs. Students learn effective strategies for communicating with other people about and with technology, particularly in networked workplaces and through usability testing. They learn how to collaborate with colleagues in project teams as they analyze writing situations and respond to them with informative and visually effective print and electronic documents. The course teaches the rhetorical principles that help students shape their technical writing to suit a range of readers, for multiple purposes, in a variety of professional situations.
Clark, Tracy. Purdue University (2003). Academic>Courses>Writing>Technical Writing
#19651
Technical Writing introduces students to the world of technical and professional communication. The focus of this course is upon writing that you might use on-the-job.
University of Colorado. Academic>Courses>Writing>Technical Writing
#19592
503W is designed to help upper-level students develop the communication skills needed for successful professional careers. The course provides the opportunity to write in the variety of forms you are likely to encounter in your professional lives (that is, memos, manuals, proposals, etc.).
Bekins, Linn. San Diego State University (2002). Academic>Courses>Writing>Technical Writing
