As a Sr. Technical Writer, you have been tasked to train a team of communicators about how to utilize visual and textual elements in documentation effectively. 

 

Please include all the information in a way that will communicate best practices to your team.

 

For the training, explain differentiates between effective and ineffective visual and textual communications, analyzes why, and provides examples from the mortgage Ad above.

 

• Provide an example of documentation with ineffective visual and textual elements.
• Analyze the ineffective visual and textual example by including the following:
• Discuss why the visual and textual elements are problematic.
• Construct the steps necessary to fix the issues.
• Explain the rationale behind these recommendations and how they would improve the document.
• Explain how the recommendations would help the audience receive the communication more clearly.
• Using the recommendations discussed, present the revised example of the visual and textual elements, and include the additional analysis:
• Discuss how this methodology could be used for other topics.
• Integrate the use of Kaushik's algorithm/checklist.

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This is a mortgage ad. How to Play Dominoes 1. A domino is a tile that represents the roll of two dice. To begin a game, shuffle the dominoes face down on a table. Two players should each draw a domino and the player whose domino has the highest numeric value will go first. Put the dominoes back on the table to be drawn again. 2. After deciding who will go first, each player should draw seven tiles, keeping the value of each domino hidden from their opponent. The first player will place down one domino face up on the table, which starts the "line of play." 3. Players will then take turns placing down dominos so that the adjacent sides of the tiles in the line of play have a matching numerical value. The player who places down their last domino before their opponent wins that game. 4. If no players are able to place down their last domino, the players will count up the dots on their remaining tiles and give their opponent a point for every dot on the dominoes they have left. Worry less about your mortgage and more about your free time. Mortgages made easy. efirstbankmortgages.com Member FDIC 000-000-0000 1STBANK This is a mortgage ad. How to Play Dominoes 1. A domino is a tile that represents the roll of two dice. To begin a game, shuffle the dominoes face down on a table. Two players should each draw a domino and the player whose domino has the highest numeric value will go first. Put the dominoes back on the table to be drawn again. 2. After deciding who will go first, each player should draw seven tiles, keeping the value of each domino hidden from their opponent. The first player will place down one domino face up on the table, which starts the "line of play." 3. Players will then take turns placing down dominos so that the adjacent sides of the tiles in the line of play have a matching numerical value. The player who places down their last domino before their opponent wins that game. 4. If no players are able to place down their last domino, the players will count up the dots on their remaining tiles and give their opponent a point for every dot on the dominoes they have left. Worry less about your mortgage and more about your free time. Mortgages made easy. efirstbankmortgages.com Member FDIC 000-000-0000 1STBANK

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