Congrats on completing the first major project of the course. In the next unit, we will move into the final major project of the course. This project requires multiple assignments and will be a culmination of all the lessons you've learned over the course of the semester.

For this unit, you will conduct library, internet, and field research in order to write several genres of technical writing: a research-based proposal and presentation.

Recognize, analyze, and accommodate diverse audiences.
- Produce research-based project proposal and oral presentation that accounts for audiences' needs.
- Lessons 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Produce documents appropriate to audience, purpose, and genre.
- Produce annotated bibliography, proposal, and oral presentation that adheres to genres' conventions and audiences' needs.
- Lessons 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Analyze the ethical responsibilities involved in technical communication.
- Evaluate the effectiveness and legitimacy of primary and secondary sources in the library databases and online.
- Integrate primary and secondary sources into annotated bibliography, proposal, and oral presentation.
- Lessons 9, 10, 11
Locate, evaluate, and incorporate pertinent information.
- Evaluate the effectiveness and legitimacy of primary and secondary sources in the library databases and online.
- Produce annotated bibliography, proposal, and oral presentation that adheres to genres' conventions and audiences' needs.
- Lessons 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Develop verbal, visual, and multimedia materials as necessary, in individual and/or collaborative projects, as appropriate.
- Produce collaborative proposal and oral presentation that adheres to genres' conventions and audiences' needs.
- Lessons 10, 11, 12, 13
Edit for appropriate style, including attention to word choice, sentence structure, punctuation, and spelling.
- Produce annotated bibliography, proposal, and oral presentation that avoid fragments and run-on sentences, integrate subject headings, and cutting excess words for clarity.
- Lessons 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
Design and test documents for easy reading and navigation.
- Produce and revise rough drafts of research-based project proposal.
- Lessons 9, 10, 11, 12, 13

This unit aligns with the core competencies:

Critical Thinking Skills (CT) - to include creative thinking, innovation, inquiry, and analysis, evaluation and synthesis of information
Communication Skills (COM) - to include effective development, interpretation and expression of ideas through written, oral, and visual communication
Teamwork (TW) - to include the ability to consider different points of view and to work effectively with others to support a shared purpose or goal
Personal Responsibility (PR )- to include the ability to connect choices, actions, and consequences to ethical decision-making [Rev. 5-2014 THECB]