ENG 204-001

When using icons in our instructions do we need to cite where we got the icons from?

If we need to get some cautionary symbols or other pictures for our project, do you know of a good web-site that has them free for download?

When getting our infomation how would you like us to cite where we got our information from?

What format would you like us to cite our information in?

How different must the instructions be for the two target groups? Can We just make changes where they are needed and leave the instructions relatively similar?

When writing the instructions for the two groups, can we write one set in paragraph style and the other in a numbered, step-by-step style? Or do they have to be in the same form?

1. How different are we allowed to make the instructions? Can they be for similar things but with drastically different skill requirements and steps?

2. What sort of document design software do you recommend that will carry us through to the workplace?

If we have to include pictures in our instructions, what's the best way to cite our sources for you? Would you need a separate list?

From your perspective, what two audiences would be a good choice?

Does it have to be about something the reader is going to put together? Or can it be instructions on how to do something/make something work?

What is the best way to distinguish what is important for the expert group and not for the beginner group and vice versa?

When defining the audiences, how specific or generic do you want us to be?

when writing our instructions, do we have to pick something that we already know how to do well? or can we choose something we want to learn how to do and write instructions as we learn?

You said that we have to incorporate some form of multimedia and that it could be "low-tech". Would different images throughout the instructions suffice?

You said that for our project we were targeting two different audiences. Can one audience be foreign speaking (i.e. could one set of directions be in another language)?

I have had friends in public speaking classes and one project that almost all will have to complete when taking one of these classes, is to describe a simple activity, write a text on the mechanics of this activity and then perform the activity in front of the class. I'm getting to my point and that is, how do we know what level of knowledge the audience already has? I understand that we are supposed to create two sets of instructions, one for an informed audience and one for an audience that does not understand the subject of which we are describing, but how detailed are we supposed to be? One example that someone in a communications class picked was to describe how to kick a soccer ball. For our project, how do we draw the line between making the audience feel informed and feel as if they are being over informed, or babied if you will?

I was a little unclear about how to establish and make my instructions set pertain to two different audiences. Is it better to have two audiences, one being for beginners and one for expert? Or is it better not to include a person’s skill level when distinguishing between audiences?