Introduction
Unlike my previous writing class, ENG 3050 prepares students for writing, researching, writing, and designing technical documents in certain fields, such as computer science and engineering. Although some technical writing are addresses a general audience, technical documents are often written for numerous audiences with different specializations. According to the syllabus, these documents include textual and visual elements of design. At the beginning of the semester, I had limited knowledge about technical writing and originally thought I already knew everything from ENG 1020. However, this was absolutely not the case at all as there were certain guidelines I had to follow in order to write good technical documents. Anderson …show more content…
I will detail my performance, both individually and collaboratively, in regards to particular learning outcomes. The first learning outcome focused on the ability to write and design, which required us to comprehend how to apply suitable writing styles and rules in order to improve the efficiency of our documents. The second learning outcome focused on reading and analyzing, which allowed us to comprehend the use of certain writing mechanics in other people’s works. Understanding the use of those mechanics allowed us to improve our own works. The third learning outcome focused on the ability to research and document. This allowed students to support their work and make it more convincing by applying their research skills and suitable documentation of such findings. The final learning outcome focused on the use of technology and media. This allowed us to use technological resources to create efficient technical documents. I believe that each of the projects I worked on this semester allowed me to exhibit and substantially develop my technical writing skills. The projects I worked on this semester include writing a resume and a cover letter, writing a set of instructions on wikiHow, and writing a two-component report to help an organization solve a certain issue they are facing. A discussion of how I was able to develop my technical writing skills through these projects is indicated in this …show more content…
In this project, we all have to identify a problem a professional organization is facing and, using the data we gather and analyze, propose some recommendations for potential solutions in order to help them resolve the issue. While this project is usually done in groups, I chose to write a feasibility study on my own. Since I did not have to use wiki markup language in this project, I found it to be less complex than the wikiHow assignment. However, it was still challenging due to its length. Working on this project, I believe that I satisfied the requirements for the first, second, and third learning outcomes. The textbook came in handy when I had to evaluate the design of a feasibility study. While my report was not organized in the exact same way as the sample in the textbook, I was able to get an idea about the sections I had to include in mine. In addition, I had to conduct some primary and secondary research. This meant that besides looking at credible articles, I had to conduct other forms of research, which include, but are not limited to, interviews and surveys. Before enrolling in ENG 3050, I was never required to conduct primary research. At this point in the semester, I can see that it will come in handy when working on future
Unlike my previous writing class, ENG 3050 prepares students for writing, researching, writing, and designing technical documents in certain fields, such as computer science and engineering. Although some technical writing are addresses a general audience, technical documents are often written for numerous audiences with different specializations. According to the syllabus, these documents include textual and visual elements of design. At the beginning of the semester, I had limited knowledge about technical writing and originally thought I already knew everything from ENG 1020. However, this was absolutely not the case at all as there were certain guidelines I had to follow in order to write good technical documents. Anderson …show more content…
I will detail my performance, both individually and collaboratively, in regards to particular learning outcomes. The first learning outcome focused on the ability to write and design, which required us to comprehend how to apply suitable writing styles and rules in order to improve the efficiency of our documents. The second learning outcome focused on reading and analyzing, which allowed us to comprehend the use of certain writing mechanics in other people’s works. Understanding the use of those mechanics allowed us to improve our own works. The third learning outcome focused on the ability to research and document. This allowed students to support their work and make it more convincing by applying their research skills and suitable documentation of such findings. The final learning outcome focused on the use of technology and media. This allowed us to use technological resources to create efficient technical documents. I believe that each of the projects I worked on this semester allowed me to exhibit and substantially develop my technical writing skills. The projects I worked on this semester include writing a resume and a cover letter, writing a set of instructions on wikiHow, and writing a two-component report to help an organization solve a certain issue they are facing. A discussion of how I was able to develop my technical writing skills through these projects is indicated in this …show more content…
In this project, we all have to identify a problem a professional organization is facing and, using the data we gather and analyze, propose some recommendations for potential solutions in order to help them resolve the issue. While this project is usually done in groups, I chose to write a feasibility study on my own. Since I did not have to use wiki markup language in this project, I found it to be less complex than the wikiHow assignment. However, it was still challenging due to its length. Working on this project, I believe that I satisfied the requirements for the first, second, and third learning outcomes. The textbook came in handy when I had to evaluate the design of a feasibility study. While my report was not organized in the exact same way as the sample in the textbook, I was able to get an idea about the sections I had to include in mine. In addition, I had to conduct some primary and secondary research. This meant that besides looking at credible articles, I had to conduct other forms of research, which include, but are not limited to, interviews and surveys. Before enrolling in ENG 3050, I was never required to conduct primary research. At this point in the semester, I can see that it will come in handy when working on future