Wikipedia:Wiki Ed/CSU Los Angeles/Introduction to Technical Writing (Fall 2024)
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- Course name
- Introduction to Technical Writing
- Institution
- CSU Los Angeles
- Instructor
- Christopher Harris
- Wikipedia Expert
- Ian (Wiki Ed)
- Subject
- Science Communication
- Course dates
- 2024-08-13 00:00:00 UTC – 2024-12-17 23:59:59 UTC
- Approximate number of student editors
- 50
Official description: Instruction in designing effective print and digital technical documents, with particular emphasis on common genres, such as instructions, procedures, definitions, descriptions, specifications, reports, and manuals.
We focus on public-facing writing, community engagement, and features of technical writing. The current capstone assignment is to write an iFixit repair guide while working with iFixit's professional technical writers.
The two-week multimodal assignment for Wikipedia would be a great component of the class since images, video, etc. are prominent features of contemporary writing.
Students see value in writing for the real world.