EXERCISE PURPOSE

The first six exercises will each help you to master a method or concept of technical writing. The last three exercises will guide you as you prepare to write a short research report.  Each entry should be on an appropriately limited topic, focused and appropriate for a general audience, such as the members of this course. Each exercise should be about the length of a typed page of text (250 words); it may be longer if needed. You will share your writing with an audience of your fellow Technical Writing students by posting your exercises on the Technical Writing Forums.

The Forums allow students to post assignments and messages which all members of the course can read and learn from. The instructor's responses to those assignments will also be on the forums, allowing students to get a better sense of what the instructor expects from each assignment. The forums will help you to see what kind of work other students are doing in response to the assignments, and will also give you a real audience for your own writing.