21CV483 Technical Writing Skills syllabus for CV

Technical Report Writing:

Introduction to Technical writing process, Understanding of writing process, Introduction to various Technical Report writing..

Art of condensation and Paragraph Writing:

Introduction and importance, Types and principles of condensation. Importance of paragraph writing, Features and its construction styles.

Business Report Writing:

Introduction, Definition and Salient features of Business reports. Significance and types of report writing. (Formal and Informal). Resume building and Types of resumes. (samples of resumes)

Technical Articles and Proposals:

Nature and significance, Types of technical Articles Journal articles and conference papers. Elements of technical articles .Introduction to technical proposal writing, Purpose, importance, structure and types of technical proposals.

Social media posts and Blog Writing:

Ethics and practices of social media posts, Principles and fundamentals, Guiding principles for composition of articles, some common pitfalls. Maintaining common etiquette. Blogs and Blog writings strategies.

Course outcome (Course Skill Set)

At the end of the course the student will be able to :

1. Effectively communicate in technical matters.

2. Practice preparation of gist, abstract and notes from a technical article.

3. Prepare a business proposals and reports.

4. Write and respond in social media and write blogs.

Assessment Details (both CIE and SEE)

• The weightage of Continuous Internal Evaluation (CIE) is 50% and for Semester End Exam (SEE) is 50%.
• The minimum passing mark for the CIE is 40% of the maximum marks (20 marks).
• A student shall be deemed to have satisfied the academic requirements and earned the credits allotted to each subject/ course if the student secures not less than 35% ( 18 Marks out of 50)in the semester-end examination(SEE), and a minimum of 40% (40 marks out of 100) in the sum total of the CIE (Continuous Internal Evaluation) and SEE (Semester End Examination) taken together

Continuous Internal Evaluation:

Three Unit Tests each of 20 Marks (duration 01 hour)

1. First test at the end of 5th week of the semester

2. Second test at the end of the 10th week of the semester

3. Third test at the end of the 15th week of the semester

Two assignments each of 10 Marks

4. First assignment at the end of 4th week of the semester

5. Second assignment at the end of 9th week of the semester

Group discussion/Seminar/quiz any one of three suitably planned to attain the COs and POs for 20 Marks (duration 01 hours)

6. At the end of the 13th week of the semester

The sum of three tests, two assignments, and quiz/seminar/group discussion will be out of 100 marks and will be scaled down to 50 marks (to have less stressed CIE, the portion of the syllabus should not be common /repeated for any of the methods of the CIE. Each method of CIE should have a different syllabus portion of the course).

CIE methods /question paper is designed to attain the different levels of Bloom’s taxonomy as per the outcome defined for the course.

Semester End Examination:

• SEE paper shall be set for 50 questions, each of 01 mark.
• The pattern of the question paper is MCQ (multiple choice questions).
• The time allotted for SEE is 01 hour.
• The student has to secure minimum of 35% of the maximum marks meant for SEE.

Suggested Learning Resources:

Books

1. Sanjay Kumar and Pushpalata, ‘Communication Skills’, Oxford University Press. 2018.

2. M. Ashraf Rizvi, ‘Effective Technical Communication’, McGraw Hill, 2018.

3. Gajendra Singh Chauhan and et.al. ‘Technical Communication’, Cengage Publication, 2018.

4. Meenakshi Raman and Sangeeta Sharma, Technical Communication Principles and Practice, Oxford University Press, 2018.