technical and business

Lesson 3 Overview, Learning Outcomes, and Checklist

Overview

This lesson helps students to understand, identify, and apply basic standards of document design.

Learning Outcomes

After completing this lesson, students should be able to:

· Design and test documents for easy reading and navigation by:

· identifying characteristics of appropriate document design (7a)

· creating documents for nonacademic audiences, purposes, and occasions (7b)

· creating documents that are standard for business and technical fields (7c)

· creating documents with appropriate document design (7d)

· creating documents with visual typographic cues, such as headings, bulleted lists, and visual aids (7e)

· using visual typographic cues to organize a document (7f)

· Demonstrate critical thinking skills by reading and responding to course materials in a way that demonstrates ability to apply, analyze, evaluate, and synthesize material effectively (8c)

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Read Chapter 5 and 8  (book name

Strategies for Technical Communication in the Workplace, Fourth Edition, by Laura Gurak and John Lannon. 

https://thevisualcommunicationguy.com/information-design-basic-rules/

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/make-your-word-documents-accessible-to-people-with-disabilities-d9bf3683-87ac-47ea-b91a-78dcacb3c66d

https://digital.gov/resources/introduction-accessibility/