Course Overview
Teaches techniques for planning, researching, organizing, formatting, and writing a manual. The course also covers testing and packaging the finished product, and translating technical material for the non-technical reader. Students in a BCIT Diploma program must complete COMM 1103 before taking this course. Student interest in COMM 2205 is always extremely high. Register EARLY to reserve a seat. This course is often fully booked weeks in advance of first class.
Prerequisite(s)
- English 12 or equivalent.
Credits
1.5
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
- Describe the documentation process.
- Perform user and task analyses for software documentation.
- Choose appropriate formats and styles for different types of documentation.
- Choose effective writing styles ad document layouts for different types of documentation.
- Understand the basics of reviewing, editing, and usability-testing your documentation.
Effective as of Fall 2003
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