In 2003, I started work on a certificate in Technical Writing to
supplement my Graphic Design experience and my Engineering
background. I expect to finish my coursework at the end of the Fall
term in 2005. Below are links to my class projects, in PDF format.
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Principles of Technical Communication. (42-401-001) Our assignment
was to discover and convey "Ten Design Elements which are
essential for Effective Technical Writing." We were also to
give a 10 minute presentation of any aspect of our paper or
research.
Principles of Technical Communication. (42-401-001) Our second
assignment was to write a procedure which had at least 10 steps
to take something apart and 10 to put it back together again.
My original draft included everything from choosing, dissassembling
and cleaning a store-bought frame, to how to hang the finished
artwork on the wall. This, of course, made the project far too
long, and I cut it down to just cutting a mat for a ready-made
frame and wrote it as if it were part of a series of pamphlets
put out by a frame company to inform their customers "How
to Get the Most of Your Frame."
Teach Yourself Basic HTML
(Part 1 •
Part 2)
Software Writing. (42-402-001) This course was postponed from the
Spring term. I elected to complete it as an independent study during
the summer, rather than wait a year for another opportunity to take
it as a class. The project was to write an HTML manual. We had to
turn in a schedule and a document plan for the manual. As part of
the project, I developed a tutorial for each chapter to highlight
the tags learned. The files for the tutorials are available upon
request.
These directions were written for a quilting list I am on. We had
a block swap and we wanted to exchange pieced blocks of cats. I had
found a cat block that I liked but it was not 12-1/2 inches square,
so I adapted it.