This course provides the technical writing foundations necessary to produce good quality technical documents, such as degree thesis. The course will focus on the conceptual organization of the material within the document and on the rules of correct graphic presentation to maximize communication.
Learning to accurately plan, write and revise technical scientific documents, e.g.a thesis, in the correct format and to the required standards.
At the end of the course, students will be able to: -- independently deal with the study of a scientific topic, -- present their results in written form, inserting them correctly into the technical/scientific context of reference -- produce a document that correctly uses elements such as sectioning commands, tables, figures, summary, glossary, and bibliography
To fully take advantage of the course, students must have a good knowledge of the English language and a reasonable familiarity with technical documentation, such as scientific articles and books, and text editors/text formatters.
Self-learning course where students can study the material made available autonomously and at their own pace or delve deeper into the contents by independently identifying and using online material.
- Organization of the material in technical writing - Standard structure of a thesis in Computer Science - Use of chapters and sections - Floating elements (tables, figures, graphs) - References - Sitography and bibliography
Online material
MAURA CERIOLI (President)
MATTEO DELL'AMICO
MARINA RIBAUDO (President Substitute)
GIANNA REGGIO (Substitute)
There are no lessons
During the exam, students will demonstrate the skills acquired by illustrating their application in a non-trivial technical document they produce, for example, their thesis.
By structuring a mass of content of significant dimensions, students will be able to demonstrate which principles of technical writing they have understood and to what extent. The drafting of the document will allow the evaluation of the skills acquired in the use of word processing elements to best convey the contents, in compliance with the conventions and uses of the scientific community.
