About the Assignment
Technical writing is a skill everyone needs at some point. In this course, you learned about the technical writing process, technical editing and the various types of technical correspondence. For this assignment you will answer one of the prompts below by including the technical document(s) specified in 800-1200 words. Use concepts you learned from the course as well as three credible sources to support your arguments. Also include three visuals from open-access sources.
Prompts
1. Consider a product that you frequently use or know a lot about. Identify an audience who is unfamiliar with your product and then write both a product description and a user manual addressing the product features you want to highlight and how to use them. All ideas should be geared to the audience and its specific needs and backed by research. Select your product with careful consideration. Electronic or mechanical products work best. Things like potato chips and T-shirts are products, but they don’t call for user manuals and wouldn’t be ideal for this assignment.
2. Take a look at your phone and think about 2-3 features that you want to see improved. Imagine you are an employee for the company who makes your phone. Prepare an unsolicited proposal you’ll be emailing to the company’s CTO covering the new features, their key audience, and how they will improve the product and why. All ideas should be geared to the audience and its specific needs and backed by research.