This section provides resources for anyone facilitating or considering facilitating technical writing courses. The following table contains links to relevant material for facilitators:
| for facilitators | for students | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course | Facilitator's Guide | slide deck | log | pre-class | in-class |
| Technical Writing One | Facilitator's Guide | slide deck | log | pre-class | in-class |
| Technical Writing One: Virtual Edition | Facilitator's Guide | slide deck | log | pre-class | in-class |
| Technical Writing Two | Facilitator's Guide | slide deck | log | pre-class | in-class |
| Technical Writing Two: Virtual Edition | Facilitator's Guide | slide deck | log | pre-class | in-class |
If you'd like to facilitate a particular course, please start by reading the course's Facilitator's Guide.
To access slide decks, please read Gaining access to the slide decks.
Facilitator video guides
This page also provides links to a series of videos that go beyond the speaker notes in the slides and aim to help you prepare to facilitate your own classes.
Technical Writing One
The embedded video in this section introduces Technical Writing One. The following videos cover the activities in Technical Writing One:
- Exercise 1: Audience
- Exercise 2: Active voice
- Exercise 3: Lists
- Intermezzo
- Exercise 4: Sentence length
- Exercise 5: Clarifying paragraphs
- Exercise 6: Describing a project
Technical Writing Two
The embedded video in this section introduces Technical Writing Two. The following videos cover the activities in Technical Writing Two:
- Exercise 1: Writing is Rewriting
- Exercise 2: Illustrations
- First intermezzo
- Exercise 3: Descriptions
- Second intermezzo
- Exercise 4: Tutorials
Virtual class logistics
You can also watch a short video that explains the basic technical requirements for running the virtual editions of Technical Writing One and Technical Writing Two.