Certificate in Professional Technical Communication - Portfolio
Contact Hours: 140 (an estimated time frame devoted to a course of study from start to finish that can vary from student to student)
In this Portfolio program, under the direction and advice of your instructor, you write some of the most important documents that a technical communicator creates and build them into a powerful online or hardcopy portfolio. The portfolio, which will demonstrate the skills you have acquired in this course, will be an essential tool in your employment and advancement as a technical communicator.
The lessons in this course include readings, strategies, exercises, and writing assignments on the following:
As a result of engaging in this course of study, all serious-minded students will benefit in the following ways:
In this course, you must engage in independent and self-paced study. The instructional developer of this program has been careful to provide a detailed method of study for each unit.
For each unit, you will submit one more writing projects and related practice exercises to your instructor. Your instructor will evaluate your writing projects according to the stated guidelines as well as according to the standards of good technical writing and advise you on revising those projects.
Toward the end of this course, you will develop an online portfolio that shows the impressive work you've done in this course.
No books are required for this course; the lessons contain informative readings and links to related resources.