INSTRUCTIONS ASSIGNMENT / USE POWERPOINT TO DO IT

Checklist for Editing Your Instructions Assignment

Use the following checklist to ensure that your Instructions assignment is successful, effective, and complete.

Your introduction should:

· Describe the process.

· Explain its importance.

· State the goals of the process.

· Include a list of materials, tools, and equipment (if appropriate).

Your instructions should:

· Include numbered steps.

· Use command verbs. (Press the button instead of You should press the button.)

· Use precise terminology.

· Use short, simple sentences.

· Give feedback information after numbered steps. (NOTE: Feedback information is what happens after a step is complete. For example: Press the button. A pop-up window will appear. This underlined feedback information should follow the step that indicates the action the user takes. It should not be a numbered step. Think of it as the result of the step.)

· Include clear warnings and cautions (if necessary).

· Include illustrations located next to the step the illustrate (as appropriate).

· Include consistent formatting for each step, warning, and caution.

· Include consistent punctuation. (HINT: Look for periods – or no periods – at the end of every sentence, step, or item in a bulleted list. Also, compare capitalization from one step to the next and among all your headings.)

· Provide all the information needed to a user who has never performed the process.

Make sure you also include:

· Credit to photos that are not your own.

· A title that identifies the process.

· Instructions in a .ppt, .pptx, .doc, .docx, or .pdf file. (Any other file type cannot be opened and will be marked late.) I STRONGLY recommend saving your file as a .pdf file so that your formatting does not change in the conversion process on Blackboard.

· User Questions, User Responses, and Testing Observations submitted to the Test User Report Materials assignment.