Technical Writing- Spring 2015 Project Plan Sheet Heading (Don’t change these) Topic/ Subject Your Input (Write your answers in this column) Fitbits, found it interesting especially when I found a lot of people are in need of it, it will keep people fit and healthy. What is the topic of your report? Why did you choose this topic? Identify the technical problem that you will address. Audience Primary unhealthy and non-fit people, Secondary to whom are interested and might improve their body skills, they will Who is the target benefit in a way it can make them burn more calories rapidly audience of your report? and fix their sleeping and have a good food plans, We are (primary and secondary). expecting the audience to have a general idea about this How will they benefit product especially that it’s a modern product, we will use from this information? interesting terms in order to attract their attention and see What do they already how will they get into this product and check the how much know about the topic? they are in need of it. What kind of terms should you define in order to enhance their understanding of your report? Purpose To make a transformation for people from being non fit and unhealthy people to fit and happy people in their life, it has a What is the purpose of good themes such like counting calories and waking up alarm this project? What kind of and how it follows up the evolution. themes does it shed the light on? Research We will mainly concentrate on the website of this product because it shows everything and we will check the reviews of What kind of research will others and how do they feel about this product, there were you conduct? What kind no other sources because this product is still new. of keywords will you search for? What are the best sources of information on your topic? Why will you use this source of information in particular ? (newspapers? The web? Why?) Process/ Project Design We will first check the original website and learn more about this product and ask people who have it and tell us more about their experience with this product. How will you divide the work into steps? How will you start? What is the first thing you will do? How will you proceed? Division of the tasks We will divide it fairly and equally into two halves. One will talk about the Pros and the other will talk about the How did you divide the Cons. work between you and your group members? Author We have to be legal, honest, fair and professional. We will present our information truthfully and accurately. What are your We will be tactful and factual while providing our responsibilities as an information. author working on this We will try to attract as much attention as we can and make project? them like and enjoy this product. Limitations We might face any other competing product or bad reviews about this product or a higher disadvantage than advantages. What are some limitations or difficulties you might face in the process or in the research? How will you resolve this? Graphics and Illustrations We will place graphic such like the product pictures in different styles colors and designs. What kind of graphic do you need for your report? How are you going to locate these graphics? Are you expecting to find them or to design them yourself? Focus on the technicality of how fitbits work...what is the technology that enables these devices to give the services that they do? you do not have to go into very specific details but your report should show some understanding of this. when you discuss the definition, you might want to talk about the options as well. what does a fit bit do? and this is where you reach your point: WHy are people wearing fitbits nowadays?who are the people wearing fitbits and why do they wear it. Pros and Cons Features Specifications Different Types of products Other competing products: Apple watch and Nike wristband Report Instruction page by page For your paper: Font: Times New Roman or Cambria ONLY Font Size: 12 for writing and 14 for headings Word Count: Your project will be approximately 11 pages and the report proper will be 2000-2500 words The Front Matter Page 1: Cover page This page contains - The title of your project - Your name and the names of your group members - Your instructor’s name - The date the project was submitted Follow this link for more instructions on the title page https://awc.ashford.edu/PDFHandouts/sample_apa_title_page.pdf Page 2: The table of contents This page contains the sub-headings of your project and the corresponding page numbers where these sub-headings can be found Page 3: List of figures and graphs This page follows the same format as the table of contents. However, it does not include the subheadings in your paper. It rather includes the list of tables and graphs in your report and the corresponding page on which they can be found. Page 4: Abstract The abstract is a half a page summary of your project. In this one-paragraph summary, you identify the technical problem and summarize only the MAIN or MAJOR solutions and findings based on your research. Make sure the abstract is BRIEF. If you write more than half a page, it means you wrote too much. The Report Proper (5 pages minimum, 6 pages maximum) Pages 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 These pages will contain the actual write up of your research findings. Here are some important tips - Make sure to use IN TEXT citations in this part of your project, for example (Richardson, 2013). If you do not use in-text citations, this part will be considered as plagiarized, and you will receive a grade of zero for writing. - As you will be using information from your SOURCES, make sure to PARAPHRASE and QUOTE. After you paraphrase (which means re-write the information and ideas from your sources in your own words), you have to cite (use in text citation). If you quote, you also use an in-text citation. Every paragraph must contain at least ONE in text citation from a source. No intext citation means the information is plagiarized even if you paraphrase and quote. Keep quotations to a minimum (one short quotation per page). Paraphrase as much as you can. - Make sure to include ONE GRAPH on each page and not more. This is a brief project. There should not be too many graphs on each page. - Make sure to use information from a variety of sources. All the topics you were assigned are recent and there is a lot about them on the internet. Check out the SOURCES file on Blackboard to see how you can use Magazine portals to find magazine articles on your project. The End Matter Page 10: Bibliography This page is a full list of the information cited in the text. While you used short in-text citations in the body of your project, you will write the full information about each source here. Refer to the APA lecture notes on Blackboard for more information about how to cite in full, whether the information is from a book, magazine, or website. Page 11 (Optional): Appendix This page is optional and it is not mandatory. It includes any extra information that is interesting and that you came across during your research. However, you were not able to include this information in your project. In other words, this is extra interesting information about your project for your reader in case they want to read more about the topic.
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