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Final Report Assignment

This page presents teaching and learning resources for the final report section of the technical writing course.

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Slides and Exercises


This module of the course uses a final report of a design project to teach students the principles of writing effective reports. The final report for the design project is an effective assignment because students have significant content to communicate to an actual audience.

Teaching Slides: Forthcoming.

Exercises. Forthcoming.
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Assignment, Templates, and Models


​Write a report that documents your team’s final design in the design course. Follow the report guidelines given below. This report will be submitted for a content grade in the design course and for a style and form grade in the writing course.
Final Report Template
Final Report Model
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