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ENGL-3814: Creating User Documentation

Description: This course prepares students to produce both print and online user documentation that enables people to accomplish a given set of tasks (e.g., user guides, online help, policy and procedure manuals, tutorials, and how-to books). Readings include rhetorical theory and discussions of professional practice. Students learn the principles of user and task analysis, information design, usability testing, and indexing. In addition, they have opportunities for hands-on experience with clients and end-users. Must have pre-requisites or the consent of the Director of Professional Writing.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: COMM-1016 or ENGL-1106 or ENGL-1204H

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 41

Average GPA: 3.58 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 60.07%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.19%

Meng Yu2023100.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.891
Lum Sidouane Patcha202395.3%0.0%2.4%0.0%0.0%2.4%3.942
Chris A Lindgren202493.6%1.7%0.0%0.0%1.6%3.2%3.893
Kevin Lewis201650.0%42.9%4.8%0.0%2.1%0.0%3.342
Julia M Hurley201976.6%14.6%7.4%1.4%0.0%0.0%3.674
Staff Evia201161.1%29.9%5.5%1.1%2.3%0.0%3.4010
Matthew R Sharp201378.2%21.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.813
Charles D Fisher201069.6%20.8%7.5%0.0%2.1%0.0%3.533
Brian Gaines202177.1%16.4%4.7%0.0%1.8%0.0%3.653
Puerto Carlos Evia202255.3%28.5%8.1%3.6%0.0%4.6%3.355
Sweta Baniya202482.1%10.8%2.4%0.0%2.4%2.4%3.695

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