Dr. Carol Siri Johnson, Humanities, NJIT

Teaching Technical Communication
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Criteria (Course Objectives) for Technical Communication Courses

It is our theory that, in a digital and multicultural world, traditional forms of communication should be augmented with visual and hypertext elements. Communication is a connection between people, a sharing of knowledge that occurs across boundaries of culture, language and space. To make this connection, we need to use all of the tools that we have - not just writing, but graphics, presentation, and positioning (can the reader find the text?). These skills require complex formatting of documents, creation of visual narratives and web work. For this new way of writing we created new criteria, or rubric, with which to assess the results.

Criteria	Descriptors
Writing and Editing	Exhibits clear style (readable, concise, cohesive) Demonstrates accurate language usage (grammar, punctuation, spelling)
Substance and Content	Exhibits clear understanding of assignments Demonstrates accurate, thorough, relevant, and coherent content and ideas Can respond to different rhetorical situations
Audience Awareness	Can adapt content to audience and purpose Can adapt tone for audience
Document Design	Demonstrates cohesion by graphic means (headings, white space) in documents Uses parallel structure with heading and subheadings Includes basic graphics
Textual Attribution	Demonstrates the ability to differentiate between sources and one’s own text Can cite texts in a uniform manner