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Analyze Ethical Considerations Copyright Law: For our document, we needed 14 scholarly sources and it is plagiarism if we don't cite our sources and that would mean expulsion from universities and you are taking someone's work and declaring it as your own. Liability Law: For our document, we have to make sure that our procedures to solve problems with working in team in a manner that doesn't put anyone in danger.  Obligations to your employer: Loyalty: You should act in the employer's interest, not in your own. For this document in particular, you have remain loyal by giving the most efficient way you know to solve these problems with teamwork. It is unethical to invest in competitor's stock and create a document such as ours and crippling the company you work for, knowing that poor teamwork/communication will reduce productivity and might result in investors investing in competitor's stocks.    Competence and diligence: Relative t...

Reflection on peer review: While peer reviewing Matt's document, I learned many things that I could try and incorporate into our own team's document. While reviewing the "main section" of their document, I learned that dividing that sections into subsections and giving them their own title will give the audience/reader the ability to skip to the part they need. Also, they had amazing transitional sentences that made the paragraphs flow from one another more smoothly. Our draft was very rough and needs a lot of improvement and after reading their's, it gave me a better idea on how to improve the quality of our own document. My peers gave us excellent advice about our paper. With how long we spent on the rough draft, we got tired and aren't able to see the errors in our own document. Peer review is essential to improving rough draft, not only due to the fact that we are lenient/blind to our own errors and need a new set of eyes to tell us the errors in the doc...

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a8STUvNgX1mM7ABZa_ci6ID4IBJGq438eaL_C5Mm-Q8/edit #1 Sentence before: Many skills are required in an engineering workplace, including the ability to work in a team and communicate with colleagues and supervisors. S V/C Pattern Original Sentence: Often these skills are missing or insufficiently developed in recent college graduates (Susan M. Katz). Altered Sentence: Often these teamwork skills are blatantly missing or insufficiently developed in recent inexperienced college graduates Sentence after: The addition of engineering courses that focus more on teamwork based projects rather than individual assignments will give students a stronger foundation on which they can build throughout their lives (Susan M. Katz). #2 Sentence Before: Some Universities have even begun offering a minor in Engineering Communication. S V/C Pattern Original Sentence: This minor provides engineering undergraduates credentials and formal training in co...

R. Lingard and S. Barkataki, “Teaching teamwork in engineering and computer science,” 2011 Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) , 2011. Finding and Evaluating Sources(MLA) Authorship -Robert Lingard and Shan Barkataki wrote this article. The author's name is prominently displayed -This journal article came from IEEEXplore, which means that it has been evaluated by peers Publisher or Sponsorship -IEEEXplore is the publisher and it's known for its journals and reviewed and edited by scholars. -It is from a database paid by for the University of Arizona's Library, which means its a credible source Currency -The information is from 2011, which means the information is relatively current Objectivity -The Author's viewpoint is that we need to improve teamwork in the professional field of engineering and in school. -There isn't really an opposing view but the language of the author favor's for teamwork being beneficial in the engineering field. ...

In chapter 18, the book discusses about using a problem-solving model for preparing recommendation reports. The writing process for a recommendation report is similar to that for any other technical communication includes: planning, drafting, revising, editing, and proofreading. This will act as a sole structure on how our group will complete the task. Also in Chapter 18, the book further discusses each step of the writing process. For example, in Planning, it talks about analyzing your audience, determine your purpose, and visualize the deliverable: the report you will submit. For this project it is vital to know who is going to read your work and to not stray from the purpose of the work. Also in Chapter 18, it talks about drafting as one of the steps of the writing process. Writing multiple drafts of the report is essential to work out any errors in your work and to perfect it. Lastly in Chapter 18, it talks about revising, editing, and proofreading. With these, we will be abl...

audience purpose Individual Collaboration Report Project manager/leader To reflect on one’s personal experience with a group Executive Summary Managers and/or supervisors To concisely talk about the main ideas the document addresses. Acknowledgements Companies who funded your work/whoever you need to kiss up to/whoever you want to thank formally for their participation. Formally give thanks for anyone’s help(higher ups/companies who funded your work) TOC Reader To indicate sections of the book/ To help audience skip to a certain section Problem statement and/or research question Employees of the company/Manager Making sure reader are look the right spot to solve his issue. Methods used to produce the report Employees of the company/HR/Manager To help reader solve their issue as much as possible Tip Sheet Employees of the company Provide quick information easily understood by text and visuals. Documentation of Work Sessions ...

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_QG1rId8H-t0jp5YmVIryERmFr0Owwq5jgOAUQ0b4-Y/edit I was actually glad we did a project like this and was able to look up information about our own individual fields. Also, initially, I didn't realize the importance of visuals/visualization in Engineering. As I was going through my second year in engineering, I was taking courses such as Vector Calculus and Electricity and Magnetism, and every one of my friends, including I, had trouble visualizing the 3-D component of the problems. The purpose of my column was to notify the audience that we need implement classes all around the nation that boost spatial visualization skills. My hope was that the audience was supervisors of university's would read this and realize the importance of early visualizing skills as an engineer and include classes in their own curriculum. Hopefully, my column would be posted on a well known news outlet and be read from your own laptop, all the way down to our mobi...

[1]X. Jiang, “How to Motivate People Working in Teams,”  International Journal of Business and      Management , vol. 5, no. 10, 2010. In Xin Jiang's jounal article "How to motivate people working in teams,"(2010), he claims that there are many benefits in teamwork. The author first describes the benefits of teamwork by providing a list of the benefits, he then goes further into the  benefits by describing each of the listed benefits, and to conclude he wrote in the conclusion of the article that all of these benefits can be funneled down to three main points. His purpose is to provide evidence to the audience in order to prove that there are many benefits in teamwork. He seems to have an innovative audience in mind because he is trying to bring a new idea to the field which could change whether group work is applied or not. [2]K. A. Jehn, “Enhancing Effectiveness: An Investigation Of Advantages And Disadvantages Of Value‐    Based Intragroup Confli...

Being a pretty novice writer trying to improve my writing skills, I can see some problems with my paper. First of all, I can work on the flow of my column. I should include an introductory paragraph to introduce the audience to what I am about to discuss in the column. Second of all, I can work on expanding my vocabulary to entice to readers to read further. Lastly, I can try to make it more understandable by making references the audience would understand.

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Old:There have been studies with the assessment scores of the 3-D Spatial Visualization Tests and they confirmed prior findings of a positive relationship between this spatial test and success in engineering drawing and descriptive geometry courses as well as positive relation between the test and graduation from an engineering college. New: Old: There was an unreliable indication of a difference in level  of spatial visualization ability required to succeed in the four branches of engineering offered by The Cooper Union(mechanical, electrical, civil, and chemical)   Old: In my couple of years as an engineering student, I’ve developed a different way to look at certain situations. Old: I have looked at the 3-D Spatial Visualization Tests and they test you ability to rotate a item a certain way and know what the new view on that same item will be. Old: It is a little hard to explain, but especially in classes such as vector calculus and electricity and magneti...

After looking over my annotated bibliography, I realized that some of it needed to be italicized. Luckily for me, I was able to find a website to do the actual citation but with the bibliography, it doesn't seem like there is any problem with punctuation or capitalization.

As a Mechanical Engineer, I will see many types of visuals in the field. For example: Checklist: When developing a new creation at a company, a instruction manual with a list of required materials will be needed. Also, when operating huge machinery, there will be a safety checklist required to be read before each use. Ethical Issue: Using the checklist at the end of Chapter 2, I can see how a checklist can run into problems with ethics. In the professional world, you have to abide by the appropriate corporate/ professional code. For example, in a safety checklist, you have to make sure the checklist includes everything or else people's lives will be in danger. Tables: Tables are very useful in my field. With Mechanical Engineering, I might be task with finding the cheapest material that will accomplish the task. In order to find those materials, there are hundreds of books with tables of each material and it's properties. Ethical Issue: On the checklist at the end of Ch...

As a Mechanical Engineer, I will see many types of visuals in the field. For example: Checklist: When developing a new creation at a company, a instruction manual with a list of required materials will be needed. Also, when operating huge machinery, there will be a safety checklist required to be read before each use. Tables: Tables are very useful in my field. With Mechanical Engineering, I might be task with finding the cheapest material that will accomplish the task. In order to find those materials, there are hundreds of books with tables of each material and it's properties. Photograph: This previous semester I took a class called "Fluid Mechanics" and there were these photographs of "vortex shedding" when can't really be described in words. Line Graph: Also last semester, I took a class called "Component Design" and in that class we looked at how many numbers of cycles can an object take a load before failure. When talking about the E...

Article 1: Article Title: Increase in spatial visualization test scores during engineering study Authors: Blade, Mary F.; Watson, Walter S. Journal Title:  Psychological Monographs: General and Applied, Vol 69(12), 1955, 1-13. Where/how you found the full text of the article: In order to see full text, you have to purchase the pdf and it is located at the right side of the screen when looking at the abstract. Rhetorical Precis In Mary F Blade's journal article "Increase in Spacial Visualization test scores during engineering study," she suggest that a student's growth/change is measured by the spacial visualization test. The author first suggest that high scores on the spatial visualization test indicate an aptitude for engineering study; she then argues that low scores do not indicate lack of aptitude, and to conclude she suggest that teachers of drawing and descriptive geometry may wish to consider differential programs of study for students who have undevelo...

Citation Style: IEEE Support Links: http://www.bibme.org/items/new http://pitt.libguides.com/c.php?g=12108&p=64736 https://www.ieee.org/documents/ieeecitationref.pdf For engineers, IEEE format is the most used citation format. The Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a professional organization supporting many branches of engineering, computer science, and information technology. In addition to publishing journals, magazines, and conference proceedings, IEEE also makes many standards for a wide variety of industries.

Article 1 Article Title: Ethics and the Engineer: Professional Codes and the Rule of St. Benedict Author: W. Richard Bowen Journal Title:  Volume: 25 issue: 3, page(s): 277-294 Article first published online: July 24, 2012;Issue published: August 1, 2012 Where/how you found the full text of the article: located at the bottom of the abstract is the button to press if you buy the pdf of the full version. Article 2 Article Title: Engineering Practice and Engineering Ethics Authors: William T. Lynch, Ronald Kline Journal Title: Volume: 25 issue: 2, page(s): 195-225 Issue published: April 1, 2000 Where/how you found the full text of the article: located at the bottom of the abstract is the button to press if you buy the pdf of the full version.

Article 1 Article Title: Increase in spatial visualization test scores during engineering study Authors: Blade, Mary F.; Watson, Walter S. Journal Title:  Psychological Monographs: General and Applied, Vol 69(12), 1955, 1-13. Where/how you found the full text of the article: In order to see full text, you have to purchase the pdf and it is located at the right side of the screen when looking at the abstract. Article 2 Article Title: The Development and Assessment of a Course for Enhancing the 3-D Spatial Visualization Skills of First Year Engineering Students Authors: Sheryl A. Sorby, Beverly J. Baartmans Journal Title: Journal of Engineering Educatiuon, Volume 89, Issue 3, July 2000, Pages 301–307 Where/how you found the full text of the article: In order to see full text, you have to purchase the pdf and it is located at the right side of the screen when looking at the abstract.

Article 1 Article Title: Circular Cylinder Wake Configurations: A Flow Visualization Survey Authors: Madeleine Coutanceau, Jean-René Defaye Journal title: Appl. Mech. Rev 44(6), 255-305 (Jun 01, 1991) (51 pages) Database Title: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Digital Collection Article 2 Article Title: FLOW VISUALIZATION AROUND A CIRCULAR CYLINDER NEAR TO A PLANE WALL Authors: S.J. Price, D. Summer, J.G. Smith, K. Leong, M.P. Paidoussis Journal Title: Journal of Fluids and Structures Volume 16, Issue 2, February 2002, Pages 175-191 Database Title: Science Direct

Brainstorm What graphics are important to your field? Most engineering firms have logos/brands and they want their brand to be widely known. Graphics in terms of Charts can be very helpful. Charts such as a Bar Chart can be very helpful. When presenting to a group of people information, they'd rather see a bar chart representing the data you chose instead of seeing boring numbers. How graphics are important to your field? Just like a Bar Chart, you can represent data in a more visual way instead of looking at numbers. When it comes to manuals/instructions, people would rather see a visual with the parts being place together, as it is easier and has less confusion than a verbal description. Why graphics are important to your field? Graphics can save space and communicate steps in a process more effectively than words alone(like described earlier) Presenting information in a paragraph is uneconomical and makes the information hard to remember. Presented as a table however, t...

a. The three largest or most important professional organizations in Mechanical Engineering are American Society of Mechanical Engineers American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics American Society of Civil Engineers http://www.engr.arizona.edu/undergrad/clubs-organizations b. Three important journals read by the people in Mechanical Engineering are Progress in Energy and Combustion Science Advances in Applied Mechanics International Journal Of Plasticity https://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/library-resources/top-10-mechanical-engineering-journals-with-highest-journal-impact-factor/ c. Three important online discussion list or bulletin board in my field are http://www.engineeringclicks.com/forum/ http://ww38.mechengforum.com/index.php https://mechanical-engg.com/forum/ d. Unconventional Resources Technology Conference is in Austin, Texas from July 24, 2017 to July 26, 2017 https://www.asme.org/events-map While looking up every part to this exercis...

This being the first time I created an instruction manual; I actually learned a lot about creating a document and revising it to be readable to a certain audience. For my project, I created instructions on how to use Google Slides. This is applicable to me because in this next semester of 2017, I will be in a Senior Design class and I will have to work with randomly assigned students in my group and we will need a presentation program that all of us can use. The idea that everyone can work on the same program at the same time still blows my mind. During my middle and high school years, I remember when we would be given group work and it was such a hassle to create a presentation together. It was almost always forced onto one person to do the presentation. In Senior Design, I will be given a project and have to present it to a certain company. With the help of Google Slides, it will mitigate any hassle within groups. Along with learning the in's and out's of Google Slides, I als...

Grammar: For some of the steps in my instructions, I realized that the audience might not have a clear idea of what the pronoun is describing, so I took out the pronouns and added the specific subject. For example, I would have the picture of the button and have in the step, "click the button." I changed the wording from click the button to click the specific button even though the picture of the button is below the step. This avoids ambiguous pronoun references. Also, I had to change some of the tenses to match each other. In an instruction manual, the tense should be in the present. In the present, you are doing the actions currently. Sentences: In my instructions, I did have new or important information near the end. Usually, I had the specific button specified at the end of each step. Along with the picture of the button, it gives little room to be confused and negates ambiguity. I simplified some of the steps to fit an "appropriate" length. A step that is t...

After reading over the Writer's Checklist in Chapter 9, I learned some things about how titles, headings, paragraphs should look. In my project, I changed the title of my third manual from " How to change the template/layout of each of your Google Slides/ Slide Theme/ and Slide Transition" to "How To Change the Layout, Theme, or Transition of each of your Google Slides." The revised title is less wordy and more straight forward. I changed the wording of the descriptions for each of the titles to be more accurate, including what I assumed what the user already knows. This provides appropriate support to the titles and ensures that the audience is able to reach Step 1.

Kendra Hernandez did a run with my instructions on 6/12/17 in class. After seeing her read aloud and follow my instructions, I saw flaws in my instructions that needed fixing. I couldn't find "TC's Basic Usability Survey, p.466" but I did find pages in the book about "Conducting Usability Evaluations, p.345-348" Within these pages, it talks about 3 categories of people in addition to the writer. Users, Subject-matter experts, and usability experts. Like I said in my reflection of peer reviews, the instructions have to be readable to everyone. Users can be current or in the future. Subject-matter experts include people who are experts in a certain subject. Usability experts evaluate a draft himself or herself. Usability evaluations usually take one of five major forms. The ones that I used were surveying users and observing users. While observing Kendra following my instructions, I would see her pause and seemed puzzle and I would ask what needs changing.

I learned that you can't assume the knowledge of the audience. You have to make the instructions readable by everyone. From a master of the application to a person that only knows how to click on a computer, you have the make the instruction friendly to them. I also learned how much a picture can help further explain a simple step. Also with pictures, at least for me, I prefer to look at those than to read instructions. Also, back to what I was saying about how the instructions should be readable to everyone, you have to take each step and break it down to its core so everyone is able to follow the instructions without confusion.

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Outline Project #1 Creating your own google account In the first pamphlet, I will be giving specific instructions on how to create your own google account 1. Use either of the internet browsers by double clicking using your mouse, Internet Explorer, Mozilla, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, or Google Chrome(Have pictures of each logo) 2. Go to the address bar at the top(have picture of address bar) and type in www.google.com, then press Enter on your keyboard 3. On the next screen, you will see a button In the second pamphlet, I will be giving specific instruction on how to invite other people to view/edit the document. 1.When creating a project, you have the option to invite others edit your file In the third pamphlet, I will be giving specific instructions on how to change the design of each slide of all of the slides at the same time. Also I can instruct on how to change the template of the slide, whether you want to have one side to be a picture and the other side to have bul...

AUDIENCE PROFILE SHEET Reader’s Name: Christopher Sloman Reader’s Job Title: Vice President of Google Kind of Reader: Primary X Secondary Education:   Professional Experience:   Job Responsibilities: Manages the Google Team, Gives Final Okay on Final Drafts Personal Characteristics:   Personal Preferences: Advised that pictures be inserted in almost every step to further explain each step Cultural Characteristics: Attitude Toward the Writer: It better be perfect, because that is what is paid to do. Attitude Toward the Subject: I need a manual to help people troubleshoot the program. Expectations about the Subject: It needs to be accessible to the public. Easy words and simple steps is recommended. Expectations about the Document: Professional, easy to read, not intimidating   Reasons for Reading the Document: To acquire assistance on how to use Google Slides Way of Reading the Document: ...

I typed in Google, "Google Slides Tutorial," and clicked the first link, https://gsuite.google.com/learning-center/products/slides/get-started/, and it brought me to a page with all the basic information on how to use Google Slides. Something I learned from this website is that you can import a Microsoft PowerPoint to Google Slides. If you didn't know how to start your own Google Slide(which is what one of my pamphlets will conveniently cover), you could've started working on your project in Microsoft PowerPoint, then late import it to Google Slides. Also, I learned that you can restrict people to only being able to view the slides or actually being able to edit the information in them.

To: Christopher Sloman From: William Chan Subject: Evaluation of a Microsoft Word Template Date: June 8, 2017 The purpose of this memo is to present my impressions of a template on Microsoft Word. The goal of the template is to give the user an easy way to create their own cover letter. Summary In general, I think the template itself is very effective in being clear and giving the user an easy way to create their own cover letter Discussion In Microsoft Word, there is a template called "Polished cover letter," designed by MOO. In this template, you are able to simply plug in your information and turn it in with your application for a job. It is clear and professional looking. The template seems straight forward and one page. You are able to easily locate the fundamental sections needed in every cover letter. The template is user-friendly and easy to use for essentially all users. If I were to change the template to improve it, I would delete the initials on the top ...

iMovie https://help.apple.com/imovie/mac/10.1/#/ The reader's expectation when arriving to this website is to set up iMovie and how to use iMovie to its full capacity. Only one set of instructions will suffice as the only people that will need it are the users of the application. On the other hand, I didn't see the set of instructions available in other languages. The design of the manual doesn't seem intimidating due to the fact that it looks plain. As soon as you arrive to the page, you can see a list of options that will help you with your needs. As you click through the options, there are images that do help further explain each step. Prezi http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/ALofquist/files/Prezi%20Instructions.pdf The reader's expectation when arriving to this website is to learn how to use Prezi to its fullest capabilities. I essentially feel the same way about this manual compared to iMovie. It doesn't have the option available to read the documen...