To continue on with the discussion about developing an audience profile you will practice analyzing an audience and writing to different audiences. Respond to the following 4 questions. Provide thorough and detailed responses. To respond sufficiently your submission should be at least 1 page in length.
1. Fully describe the different types of audiences (not all of them will have technical backgrounds) who might read develop documents you prepare in industry and explain why they will read.
2. Fully explain each audience member’s communication needs. Think about their characteristics (e,g., what is their background, what is the motivation for them to read the documentation). Describe the things you need to do to be sure you are including the right type and quantity of information for each of those audiences. Based on their needs, what would you choose to include, exclude, adapt, expand on, etc. What choices would you make for level of formality, tone, vocabulary, etc.
3. Now, you will practice writing to different audiences, purposes, and contexts. Imagine you are writing an email to two people (a friend or family member not familiar with coding and a classmate) about your ECET (Electrical & Computer Engineering Technology) lab. Write a short message (~3-5 sentences) for the two scenarios below.
· Explain your most recent lab to a friend/family member to tell them what you have been working on in your ECET class and why it’s important. In clear, simple English, explain the purpose of your lab and the code you worked with. Do not use any jargon or coding terminology – use only clear and simple English. Why does it exist? What is the function? What will it do and when? What will it be used? Place this description in a broader context for why it was completed.
Here is my most recent lab from I learned:
Previous Lab I learned how to use internal registers and labeled memory locations to store and manipulate values as well as proper placement of sections for constants, uninitialized data and code instructions. In this lab I apply knowledge gained from previous concepts, build from that knowledge and learn how to read and write data to/from registers and memory locations. Specifically, the eight dip switches and the eight LEDs on our training board. I will write simple programs to demonstrate reading and writing to these two I/O Ports.
· Explain the exact same lab content to a fellow student who missed class and needs to know the details of what you did in class and why.
4. Explain what the differences are between the two emails from question 3. What choices did you make with regard to formality, tone, vocabulary, etc.