On-Line Documentation

Journal of Business and Technical Communication Jan 1997

KATHLEEN McCABE

Abstract

This article considers on-line documentation's place in a two-year college's technical communication program. Such a course can be successful if instructors (1) emphasize design principles rather than a particular software package; (2) build on rhetorical skills students already possess, while developing the new skills necessary for authoring documents for the computer screen; and (3) acknowledge the need for their own professional development.

Journal: Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Published: 1997-01-01
DOI: 10.1177/1050651997011001005
Open Access: Closed
Topics: two-year college multimodality technical communication

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