What is technical writing? You can think of technical writing as including technical and professional writing and communications, and in this class, you will learn how to prepare several kinds of these documents. You will work on:
- Resumes and cover letters
- Brochures
- Instructional materials
- Presentations
- Proposals
Furthermore, you will work on a Maker Literacies Project that requires you to use all of the skills you will learn in this class as you create a physical prototype of an item through the UTA FabLab and make a presentation about your proposed uses of said prototype. Before you begin working on these projects, you will also experience a crash course in writing style that emphasizes concision and clarity. I will also teach you some basic graphic design principles. In all cases, you should focus on creating documents that keep their readers’ goals and needs in mind even as you try to fulfill your purposes in these documents.