Technical Communication Assignment Guidelines

ENC 3241 Writing for the Technical Professional

Project 1 requires students to consider their future industry and asks them to find an internship or entry level position for which they can apply. They are tasked with writing and designing an effective resume and a corresponding job application letter.

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Project 2 requires students to break down tasks into units and then their smallest actions. They practice using plain language, images, and design.  

Project #2: Instructions

Project 3 requires students to collaborate with a team of other students to write a proposal to solve an issue in their industry. 

Project #3: Proposal

Project 4 requires students to revise and edit Projects 1, 2, & 3, design a usable, professional, and accessible website, and populate their projects to show prospective employers.


Project #4: Digital Portfolio

ENC 4265 Writing for the Computer Industry

Project 1 requires students to find a published software tutorial from a company and rhetorically analyze it in a memo format.

Project 1: Tutorial Critique

Project 2 requires students to write and a full length, original tutorial on a software of their choice in either a PDF or website format.


Project 2: Tutorial Assignment

ENC 4293 Documentation and Project Management

Editor's Style Sheet Instructions
Style Guide Rhetorical Analysis
Final Style Guide Project

These assignments require that students work collaboratively all semester long on a style guide project.  First, the editor's team needs to create a style sheet that all other teams must abide by as they format chapters of a tutorial for UCF technical writers to use.  Students learn time management, technology, organizational, collaboration, and project management skills while enhancing their technical communication abilities and experience.