adhering to students' rights, including due process rights and protection from discrimination. Ethical
concerns arise regarding whether such policies are effective or whether they disproportionately harm
vulnerable student populations.#### 15.2 **Access to Education and Inequality**Access to quality
education is a critical issue in ensuring social mobility and equality. Ethical dilemmas exist around
the allocation of resources to ensure that all students, regardless of background, have equal
opportunities for education. Legal issues often arise regarding policies around school funding,
particularly when public schools in poorer areas are underfunded, leading to disparities in
educational quality.From a legal standpoint, debates persist over the role of the state in funding
education and ensuring that private institutions do not exploit underprivileged students. Ethical
considerations also include the responsibility of
Instructor’s Resource Manual for
Technical Communication, Twelfth Edition
Mike Markel
Boise State University
Stuart Selber
Penn State University
ISBN: 978-1-319-12397-
,adhering to students' rights, including due process rights and protection from discrimination. Ethical
concerns arise regarding whether such policies are effective or whether they disproportionately harm
vulnerable student populations.#### 15.2 **Access to Education and Inequality**Access to quality
education is a critical issue in ensuring social mobility and equality. Ethical dilemmas exist around
the allocation of resources to ensure that all students, regardless of background, have equal
opportunities for education. Legal issues often arise regarding policies around school funding,
particularly when public schools in poorer areas are underfunded, leading to disparities in
educational quality.From a legal standpoint, debates persist over the role of the state in funding
education and ensuring that private institutions do not exploit underprivileged students. Ethical
considerations also include the responsibility of
How To Use This Instructor’s Resource Manual
The purpose of this Instructor’s Resource Manual is to help instructors use Technical
Communication, Twelfth Edition, and LaunchPad, its interactive online course space. The
Instructor’s Resource Manual consists of four parts:
Part 1: Teaching Topics. These brief essays discuss issues important to tech-comm teachers. The
six Teaching Topics present concise, classroom-tested advice and techniques for creating a
positive atmosphere for learning. Each Teaching Topic provides links to Internet resources for
further study.
• ―Making the Transition from Comp to Tech Comm‖ explains the continuity between
composition and technical communication and suggests resources instructors might consult
to learn more about tech comm.
• ―Addressing Plagiarism in the Tech-Comm Course‖ focuses on techniques for preventing
and detecting plagiarism and for crafting assignments that discourage plagiarism.
• ―Integrating Technology in the Tech-Comm Course‖ explains how to decide what
technology skills you wish your students to acquire in the course and suggests ways to
integrate those skills into your assignments.
• ―Teaching Distance Education with Technical Communication‖ explains how to use the text
effectively in an online environment.
• ―Including Service Learning in the Tech-Comm Course‖ explains why you might want to
add a service-learning component to your course and how to do so effectively.
• ―Introducing Green Writing in the Tech-Comm Classroom‖ explains how you can model
practices and create assignments that help students understand how to reduce their carbon
footprint as they write and distribute documents.
Part 2: Major Features of Technical Communication and LaunchPad. This section provides a
brief overview of the contents of the text and the interactive course space, LaunchPad, as well as
suggestions about how to use these integrated resources effectively in the classroom.
Part 3: Sample Syllabi. This section presents five schedules, each with a different focus, that
you can adapt to meet your own objectives and your students’ needs.
Part 4: Chapter-by-Chapter Guide. For each chapter, this section provides a summary,
teaching goals, teaching tips for both traditional and technology-enhanced classrooms, and
suggestions for responding to every exercise in the book, as well as to all the Document
,Analysis Activities and Cases.
© 2018 Bedford/St. Martin’s. All rights reserved. iii
Contents
How To Use This Instructor’s Resource Manual iii
Part 1 Teaching Topics 1
Making the Transition from Comp to Tech Comm 1
Addressing Plagiarism in the Tech-Comm Course 4
Integrating Technology in the Tech-Comm Course 7
Teaching Distance Education with Technical Communication 11
Including Service Learning in the Tech-Comm Course 15
Introducing Green Writing in the Tech-Comm Classroom 18
Part 2 Major Features of Technical Communication and LaunchPad 22
Part 3 Sample Syllabi 25
Part 4 Chapter-by-Chapter Guide 32
Part 1: Understanding the Technical Communication Environment
Chapter 1. Introduction to Technical Communication 34
Chapter 2. Understanding Ethical and Legal Considerations 42
Chapter 3. Writing Technical Documents 48
Chapter 4. Writing Collaboratively 53
Part 2: Planning the Document
Chapter 5. Analyzing Your Audience and Purpose 59
Chapter 6. Researching Your Subject 64
Chapter 7. Organizing Your Information 72
Part 3: Developing and Testing the Verbal and Visual Information
Chapter 8. Communicating Persuasively 77
Chapter 9. Emphasizing Important Information 83
Chapter 10. Writing Correct and Effective Sentences 89
Chapter 11. Designing Print and Online Documents 98
Chapter 12. Creating Graphics 105
Chapter 13. Evaluating and Testing Technical Documents 114
, Part 4: Learning Important Applications
Chapter 14. Corresponding in Print and Online 118
Chapter 15. Applying for a Job 126
Chapter 16. Writing Proposals 133
Chapter 17. Writing Informational Reports 141
Chapter 18. Writing Recommendation Reports 150
Chapter 19. Writing Lab Reports 156
Chapter 20. Writing Definitions, Descriptions, and Instructions 161
Chapter 21. Making Oral Presentations 178
concerns arise regarding whether such policies are effective or whether they disproportionately harm
vulnerable student populations.#### 15.2 **Access to Education and Inequality**Access to quality
education is a critical issue in ensuring social mobility and equality. Ethical dilemmas exist around
the allocation of resources to ensure that all students, regardless of background, have equal
opportunities for education. Legal issues often arise regarding policies around school funding,
particularly when public schools in poorer areas are underfunded, leading to disparities in
educational quality.From a legal standpoint, debates persist over the role of the state in funding
education and ensuring that private institutions do not exploit underprivileged students. Ethical
considerations also include the responsibility of
Instructor’s Resource Manual for
Technical Communication, Twelfth Edition
Mike Markel
Boise State University
Stuart Selber
Penn State University
ISBN: 978-1-319-12397-
,adhering to students' rights, including due process rights and protection from discrimination. Ethical
concerns arise regarding whether such policies are effective or whether they disproportionately harm
vulnerable student populations.#### 15.2 **Access to Education and Inequality**Access to quality
education is a critical issue in ensuring social mobility and equality. Ethical dilemmas exist around
the allocation of resources to ensure that all students, regardless of background, have equal
opportunities for education. Legal issues often arise regarding policies around school funding,
particularly when public schools in poorer areas are underfunded, leading to disparities in
educational quality.From a legal standpoint, debates persist over the role of the state in funding
education and ensuring that private institutions do not exploit underprivileged students. Ethical
considerations also include the responsibility of
How To Use This Instructor’s Resource Manual
The purpose of this Instructor’s Resource Manual is to help instructors use Technical
Communication, Twelfth Edition, and LaunchPad, its interactive online course space. The
Instructor’s Resource Manual consists of four parts:
Part 1: Teaching Topics. These brief essays discuss issues important to tech-comm teachers. The
six Teaching Topics present concise, classroom-tested advice and techniques for creating a
positive atmosphere for learning. Each Teaching Topic provides links to Internet resources for
further study.
• ―Making the Transition from Comp to Tech Comm‖ explains the continuity between
composition and technical communication and suggests resources instructors might consult
to learn more about tech comm.
• ―Addressing Plagiarism in the Tech-Comm Course‖ focuses on techniques for preventing
and detecting plagiarism and for crafting assignments that discourage plagiarism.
• ―Integrating Technology in the Tech-Comm Course‖ explains how to decide what
technology skills you wish your students to acquire in the course and suggests ways to
integrate those skills into your assignments.
• ―Teaching Distance Education with Technical Communication‖ explains how to use the text
effectively in an online environment.
• ―Including Service Learning in the Tech-Comm Course‖ explains why you might want to
add a service-learning component to your course and how to do so effectively.
• ―Introducing Green Writing in the Tech-Comm Classroom‖ explains how you can model
practices and create assignments that help students understand how to reduce their carbon
footprint as they write and distribute documents.
Part 2: Major Features of Technical Communication and LaunchPad. This section provides a
brief overview of the contents of the text and the interactive course space, LaunchPad, as well as
suggestions about how to use these integrated resources effectively in the classroom.
Part 3: Sample Syllabi. This section presents five schedules, each with a different focus, that
you can adapt to meet your own objectives and your students’ needs.
Part 4: Chapter-by-Chapter Guide. For each chapter, this section provides a summary,
teaching goals, teaching tips for both traditional and technology-enhanced classrooms, and
suggestions for responding to every exercise in the book, as well as to all the Document
,Analysis Activities and Cases.
© 2018 Bedford/St. Martin’s. All rights reserved. iii
Contents
How To Use This Instructor’s Resource Manual iii
Part 1 Teaching Topics 1
Making the Transition from Comp to Tech Comm 1
Addressing Plagiarism in the Tech-Comm Course 4
Integrating Technology in the Tech-Comm Course 7
Teaching Distance Education with Technical Communication 11
Including Service Learning in the Tech-Comm Course 15
Introducing Green Writing in the Tech-Comm Classroom 18
Part 2 Major Features of Technical Communication and LaunchPad 22
Part 3 Sample Syllabi 25
Part 4 Chapter-by-Chapter Guide 32
Part 1: Understanding the Technical Communication Environment
Chapter 1. Introduction to Technical Communication 34
Chapter 2. Understanding Ethical and Legal Considerations 42
Chapter 3. Writing Technical Documents 48
Chapter 4. Writing Collaboratively 53
Part 2: Planning the Document
Chapter 5. Analyzing Your Audience and Purpose 59
Chapter 6. Researching Your Subject 64
Chapter 7. Organizing Your Information 72
Part 3: Developing and Testing the Verbal and Visual Information
Chapter 8. Communicating Persuasively 77
Chapter 9. Emphasizing Important Information 83
Chapter 10. Writing Correct and Effective Sentences 89
Chapter 11. Designing Print and Online Documents 98
Chapter 12. Creating Graphics 105
Chapter 13. Evaluating and Testing Technical Documents 114
, Part 4: Learning Important Applications
Chapter 14. Corresponding in Print and Online 118
Chapter 15. Applying for a Job 126
Chapter 16. Writing Proposals 133
Chapter 17. Writing Informational Reports 141
Chapter 18. Writing Recommendation Reports 150
Chapter 19. Writing Lab Reports 156
Chapter 20. Writing Definitions, Descriptions, and Instructions 161
Chapter 21. Making Oral Presentations 178
