Book Title: Technical Writing Essentials – H5P Edition
Subtitle: Introduction to Professional Communications in the Technical Fields
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Book Description: This open textbook is designed to introduce readers to the basics of technical communication: audience and task analysis in workplace contexts, clear and concise communications style, effective document design, teamwork and collaboration, and fundamental research skills. This text includes over 40 interactive H5P activities.
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This book is a cloned version of Technical Writing Essentials by Suzan Last, published using Pressbooks by University of Victoria under a CC BY (Attribution) license. It may differ from the original.
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Technical Writing Essentials - H5P Edition Copyright © 2022 by Suzan Last is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
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Language learning for academic, technical and scientific purposes
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Technical Writing Essentials - H5P Edition Copyright © 2022 by Suzan Last is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.
© 2022 Suzan Last
Technical Writing Essentials – H5P Edition was adapted from Technical Writing Essentials by Suzan Last, originally published in 2019 by the University of Victoria. In 2022, the H5P Edition was published by BCcampus. This edition includes over 40 interactive H5P activities by Deb Nielsen, which are licensed under a CC BY 4.0 licence. In addition, BCcampus fixed formatting issues and remediated the book for accessibility.
The CC licence permits you to retain, reuse, copy, redistribute, and revise this book—in whole or in part—for free providing the author is attributed as follows:
Technical Writing Essentials – H5P Edition by Suzan Last is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 licence.Exceptions to the Creative Commons licence:
- S.1. Excerpt from T. Wells, Scientific Sailboat Racing, New York: Dodd, Mead, and Co., 1950, pp. 94-96. This book is out of print, and every attempt has been made to locate the copyright owner. For noncommercial, educational use only.
- Fig. 1.5.1. Tufts University. “The Engineering design process”. Every attempt has been made to locate the copyright owner. For noncommercial, educational use only.
- Fig. 3.4.1; 3.4.2. EPCOR, Edmonton’s Water Utility. “Water Consumption in Edmonton during 2010 Gold Medal hockey game”. This data is credited to EPCOR. Publication details of the originating report are unavailable. For noncommercial, educational use only.
- Fig. 5.2.1. Cover images from journals are used to illustrate difference between popular and scholarly journals, and are for noncommercial, educational use only.
- Fig. 5.2.2. DeSmog Blog. “Why climate deniers have no credibility — in one pie chart”. For noncommercial, educational use only.
- Fig. 5.3.1. “Concept map for refining a topic on climate change”. Every attempt has been made to locate the copyright owner. For noncommercial, educational use only.
- Fig. 7.4.1. Thumbnail cover of R. Sturnback and M. Okuna, Star Trek: The Next Generation: Technical Manual. New York: Pocket Books, 1991. For noncommercial, educational use only.
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Ebook ISBN: 978-1-77420-171-8
Print ISBN: 978-1-77420-170-1
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