Information Technology IT1103 Good Practice (in Report Writing)
Lecture Outline
Characteristics of a good document
Aim
Audience
Who is the audience?
What do they know?
What do they need to know?
What will they do with the information?
Humour
Jargon
Organisation
Why plan?
Document layout
Writing
Readability
Gunning ‘Fog Index’
Readability Score
Graphical Communication
Data in table form
Data in graphical form 1: Bar charts
Data in graphical form 2: Line graphs
Data in graphical form 3: Combinations
Data in graphical form 4: pie charts
Drawings & diagrams
Photographs
Placement of graphics
Writing using a computer
Proofing
Summary
References
Rest of term
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