Technical Writing Skills (BCV456D)

Technical Writing Skills

Course Code BCV456D 
CIE Marks 50
Teaching Hours/Week (L: T:P: S) 1:0:0:0 
SEE Marks 50
Total Hours of Pedagogy 15 
Total Marks 100
Credits 01 Exam Hours 1
Examination type (SEE) Theory

Module-1

Technical Report Writing: Introduction to Technical writing process, Understanding of

writing process, Introduction to various Technical Report writing.

Module-2

Art of condensation and Paragraph Writing: Introduction and importance, Types and

principles of condensation. Importance of paragraph writing, Features and its construction

styles.

Module-3

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)

Module-4

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.

Module-5

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.

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.

Web links and Video Lectures (e-Resources):

 https://developers.google.com/tech-writing/announcements

 https://www.classcentral.com/course/technical-writing-7117.

Activity Based Learning (Suggested Activities in Class)/ Practical Based learning

 Demonstrations of Videos

 Group Discussion

 Practice sessions

 Presentation on any social issues

 Quizzes