Criteria and Constraints: Your documentation will contain the following information about the appliance.

• Complete written description
• Sketches showing different views of the appliance
• Safety warnings and precautions
• Operation instructions
• Cleaning procedures

Background Information: Technical writers are people who design, create and update documentation for various products. The primary responsibility of the technical writer is to effectively communicate a technical message. The message should be complete, yet concise and well as easy for the intended audience to read and comprehend. For more information on technical writing, read this article from Wikipedia.

Materials:

• Word processing program
• Basic electronic drawing tools

Assignment: After you have completed your documentation, you will share it with the rest of your class to get feedback. Post a message to the Technical Writing Discussion Board with the name of your kitchen appliance as the subject heading. Attach your documentation to the message. (10 points) Evaluation: You will give feedback about the documentation written by 2 other students. Your feedback should comment on how the student could write the documentation more clearly, more concisely, or in a way that is more understandable. (5 points each, 10 points total)