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Technical Communication for Engineers

Prof. Arun K. Saraf · IIT Roorkee

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About

The proposed course provides comprehensive understanding about Technical Communication abilities and its applications for Engineering and Science students and professionals. All aspects starting from Introduction to Plagiarism would be deliberated in this course.Further, in the proposed course several modern methods of technical communications would also be discussed.

Intended audience: Under and post-graduate engineering, post graduate and doctoral students

Prerequisites: Current students of engineering, post graduate science students and PhD students should have basic knowledge of English and computers

Lectures

Week 1

  1. Introduction to Technical Communications and their types YouTube
  2. Title and an abstract YouTube
  3. An abstract vs extended abstract vs summary YouTube
  4. Keywords and Introduction sections YouTube
  5. Background and review work YouTube

Week 2

  1. Data inputs and analytical methods YouTube
  2. Results and discussion YouTube
  3. Conclusions and acknowledgement YouTube
  4. Letters, Email, SMS and WhatsApp message YouTube
  5. Key components of a chart and types of plots YouTube

Week 3

  1. Key components of a chart and types of plots YouTube
  2. Tables and captions YouTube
  3. Key elements of a map figure YouTube
  4. Power Point Presentations-1/3 YouTube
  5. Power Point Presentations-2/3 YouTube

Week 4

  1. Power Point Presentations-3/3 YouTube
  2. Project Proposals YouTube
  3. References and bibliography YouTube
  4. What is Plagiarism-01? YouTube
  5. What is Plagiarism-02 YouTube

Syllabus and materials

At NPTEL, as the course publishes them.

Credits and licence

Institution
IIT Roorkee
Department
Multidisciplinary
Teacher
Prof. Arun K. Saraf
Level
Undergraduate
Language
English
Subjects
Society and politics
Source
NPTEL
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA, as NPTEL states it. Non-commercial use only. NPTEL's terms
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