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The course teaches the technical writing skills required to communicate information gained through a technical or experimental work process. The course emphasises the factors that influence the technicality of the language and concepts involved. You'll learn how to write various technical reports, such as laboratory reports, research reports, design and feasibility reports, progress reports, consulting reports, and so on. The course also addresses several language, structure, style, and content issues that you may face when reporting the findings of your research.
Syllabus :
1. From Start to Finish
- What’s in a name?
- Characteristics of Technical Writing
- Measures of Excellence in Technical Documents
- The Content Approach
- Acquiring the Three Types of Knowledge
- Understanding Audience and Purpose
- Collaborative Writing
- Writing for Multiple Audiences
2. Organizing the Information
- Visuals
- Technical definition
- Extensions
- Mechanism Description
- Mechanism in Operation
- Planning Stage
- Report Structure
3. Researching Your Subject
- Academic vs. Workplace Research
- Conducting Secondary Research
- Primary Research
- Focus on Process
- Laboratory Report
- Feasibility, recommendation, and evaluation reports
- Instructions
- Checklist for the technical report
- Style of writing
