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Learner Outcome
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Activity (optional)
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Assessment
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1. Analyze organizational contexts
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1. Students will write situational analyses (audience, purpose for writing, and organizational culture) for all writing assignments
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2. Analyze the ethical considerations involved in the technical communication
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2. Students will discuss, list, and present ethical considerations for various writing situations as a group exercise
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3. Analyze the cultural considerations involved in technical communication
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3. Students will discuss, list, present and apply communication etiquette expected in a variety of cultures
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4. Use and improve appropriate conventions and formal elements
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4. Students will write documents, including memos, letters, and reports, that meet the needs of specific audiences, accomplish specific goals, and follow formal writing conventions
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5. Construct arguments that are based on sound evidence and appeal to several audiences at once
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5. Students will write reports that present a case supported by evidence using conventions and formal elements appropriate to a varied audience
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6. Conduct research that can be used to support arguments
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6. Students will write technical proposals that present a case supported by evidence using conventions and formal elements appropriate to a specific audience
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7. Test, edit and revise designs and ideas in online documents
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7. Students will proofread and edit at least one classmate’s report by using a tracking/mark up computer application
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8. Understand the differences necessary in writing for different levels of audience
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8. Students will revise a report or document by putting it into a different genre (i.e., from technical report to brochure) or addressing a different audience (i.e., from instructions for nutritionist to fact-sheet for patients)
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9. Work in an editor’s role to improve the documents, presentations and critical thought of others
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9. Students will participate in writing groups (formal on line discussion groups) that analyze one another’s rhetorical situations, hone report topics, determine scope, and edit drafts
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10. Identify and incorporate cultural differences as they communicate with audiences from another culture
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10. Students will write an effective memo to, and edit a brief report from, an audience from a different culture
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