Course: Technical Communication

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Course title Technical Communication
Course code KST/TEK*M
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Fliegel Vítězslav, doc. Ing. CSc.
Course content
Obsah přednášek Legislature concerning proceedings and management project documentation, project and Multimedia documentation Basic groundwork technical communication, creators technical communication Guides production project and documentation, internal and external technical documentation. Technical documentation for international market. Technical report (guide, instruction, handbook), design documentation, parameters and their sorting. Change proceedings, management change bit proceedings and their registration. Systems for sharing and management technical documentation Information system company, historically unlimited readability dates independently of computer platform Structuralization and standardization (SSP Single- Source- Publishing) Summary of EDM/PDM systems, function systems Standards for proceedings life cycle IT, COBIT, ITIL, ISO 17799 Juristic and normative requirements technical communication Step by step documentation project, CAD management, Content management Adobe FrameMaker, XML source text and transmission data format in company. Obsah cvičení Systems on support proceedings projects Scheduling documentation project Elaboration sketch Collecting information Elaboration manuskriptu Self-work production document Verification and testing project PDM Tools, Adobe FrameMaker

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Dialogue metods(conversation,discussion,brainstorming), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments), Observation, Demonstration, Project teaching, Individual creative and artistic activities
  • Class attendance - 56 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to teach students the basic rules of technical communication. The course includes principles and methods for information management and management, data organization and dissemination processes. It provides an overview of communication technologies such as document creation and management systems, enterprise information systems ERP / PDM. It is based on the standards for IT life cycle management Cobit, ITIL, ISO 17799. It also includes legal and normative requirements of technical communication. It deals with means and principles of data communication, information security, especially following topics
Students obtain knowledge in given course in accordance with requirements and sourse programme.
Prerequisites
Students should know the process of organizing and disseminating data on the procedures in the field. Should use communications technologies, which are necessary for successful product lifecycle management. Technical communication gives an overview of the following major processes: systems for creating and managing documents, systems management products, systems, product lifecycle management, management of proposals and projects, information systems, manage CAD projects, content management ..

Assessment methods and criteria
Combined examination, Oral exam, Practical demonstration of acquired skills, Interview, Presentation of acquired experience via portfolio

Zápočet: At least 75 % active attendance on practices ,elabortion dated up exercises. Zkouška: Written and mouth examination - condition written out credit.
Recommended literature
  • Brenda Huettner. Career Tactics for Technical Communicators. 2004. ISBN 097059481X.
  • Dan Jones- Karen Lane. Technial Communication: Strategies for College and the Workplace,. 2004. ISBN 205325211.
  • Kay Ether. XML and FrameMaker. 2004. ISBN 159059276X.
  • Michael Doyle. Dreamweaver MX e-learning Toolkit. 2003. ISBN 764526057.
  • Susan Bilheimer. How to Become a Technical Writer. 2003. ISBN 0970196415.
  • Susan Fowler. Web Application Design. 2004. ISBN 1558607528.
  • Thomas Barker. Writing Software Documentation. 2003. ISBN 0321103289.


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