Description
The goal of this activity is to focus on the relationship between purpose, audience, and document design. Document design is key not only to the accessibility and readability/skimmability of your report, but to the achievement of the report’s purpose with its target audience. This analysis will help you get ideas for the document design of your report, and the impact those design decisions have on achieving your purpose for your target audience.
To learn about document design, you will closely analyze specific design elements in an exemplar report with an eye toward purpose and audience.
The Activity
- Pick one of the following examples to analyze.
- First, identify the purpose the report, and state who you think the target audience is.
Then, look at your report. Analyze the document design for the following elements. Describe how your report handles these elements and whether you think it’s effective for the target audience:
- Title Page
- Use of headers/footers (e.g., page numbers)
- Use of headings
- Use of bold, underline or italics
- Use of citations (footnotes, endnotes, hyperlinks, etc.)
- Use and integration of visuals
- Organization of sections (i.e., analysis of the table of contents)
- Use of research (especially in the problem and recommendation/solution sections)
Explanation & Answer
View attached explanation and answer. Let me know if you have any questions.
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Running head: REPORT DESIGN ANALYSIS
Report design analysis
Student’s name
Institution
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REPORT DESIGN ANALYSIS
Report design analysis
A. Report selected for analysis
B. Purpose of the report
C. Document design analysis
1. Title Page
2. Use of headers/footers (e.g., page numbers)
3. Use of headings
4. Use of bold, underline, or italics.
5. Use of citations (footnotes, endnotes, hyperlinks, etc.)
6. Use and integration of visuals
7. Organization of sections (i.e., analysis of the table of contents)
8. Use of research (especially in the problem and recommendation/solution sections)
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Running head: REPORT DESIGN ANALYSIS
Report design analysis
Student’s name
Institution
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REPORT DESIGN ANALYSIS
Report design analysis
A. Report selected for analysis
The Joint NGO recommendation for deep-sea fishing limits is the report selected for
analysis in this question.
B. Purpose of the report
The report's primary purpose is to address the fishing activiti...
