Get the Most out of Technical Communication, Eleventh Edition

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Get the Most out of

Technical Communication, Eleventh Edition

The Two-Millionth Edition of Technical Communication lives not only in print but online, where you and your students will find an array of engaging resources to enhance your course. Bedford/St. Martin’s offers resources and format choices that help you and your students get even more out of your book and course. To learn more about or to order any of the following products, contact your Macmillan sales representative, email sales support (Sales_Support@macmillanusa.com), or visit the website at macmillanhighered.com/techcomm11e.

LaunchPad for Technical Communication: Where Students Learn

LaunchPad provides engaging content and new ways to get the most out of your course. Get an interactive e-book combined with unique, book-specific materials in a fully customizable course space; then mix our resources with yours.

LaunchPad for Technical Communication, Eleventh Edition, includes the following book-specific media materials:

For a complete list of LaunchPad content, see the inside front cover of this book.

To get the most out of your course, order LaunchPad for Technical Communication packaged with the print book at no additional charge. (LaunchPad for Technical Communication can also be purchased on its own.) An activation code is required. To order LaunchPad for Technical Communication with the print book, use ISBN 978-1-319-00982-3.

Choose from Alternative Formats of Technical Communication

Bedford/St. Martin’s offers a range of affordable formats, allowing students to choose the one that works best for them. For details, visit macmillanhighered.com/techcomm11e/formats.

Select Value Packages

Add more value to your text by packaging one of the following resources with Technical Communication, Eleventh Edition. To learn more about package options for any of the products below, contact your Macmillan sales representative or visit macmillanhighered.com/catalog/techcomm11e.

Document-Based Cases for Technical Communication, Second Edition, by Roger Munger, Boise State University, offers realistic writing tasks based on seven context-rich scenarios, with more than 50 examples of documents that students are likely to encounter in the workplace. To order the textbook packaged with Document-Based Cases for Technical Communication for free, use ISBN 978-1-319-00980-9.

Team Writing by Joanna Wolfe, University of Louisville, is a print supplement with online videos that provides guidelines and examples of collaborating to manage written projects by documenting tasks, deadlines, and team goals. Two- to five-minute videos corresponding with the chapters in Team Writing give students the opportunity to analyze team interactions and learn about communication styles. Practical troubleshooting tips show students how best to handle various types of conflicts within peer groups. To order the textbook packaged with Team Writing, use ISBN 978-1-319-00981-6.

Instructor Resources

You have a lot to do in your course. Bedford/St. Martin’s wants to make it easy for you to find the support you need—and to get it quickly.

Computerized Test Bank for Technical Communication, Eleventh Edition, is a new test bank that combines—and builds upon—existing assessment resources, including the self-assessment quizzes previously available on TechComm Web and reading quizzes. The test bank offers a convenient way to provide additional assessment to students. Instructors using LaunchPad will find the test bank material available in the “Resources” section, where they can add the items they wish to their units for the course. The test bank files are also available to download from the Bedford/St. Martin’s online catalog macmillanhighered.com/catalog/techcomm11e.

Instructor’s Resource Manual for Technical Communication, Eleventh Edition, is available in the “Resources” section of LaunchPad and as a PDF file that can be downloaded from the Bedford/St. Martin’s online catalog macmillanhighered.com/catalog/techcomm11e. In addition to sample syllabi, chapter summaries, and suggested teaching approaches, the Instructor’s Resource Manual includes suggested responses to every Document Analysis Activity, exercise, and case in the book. The manual also includes a unique series of teaching topics.

Additional Cases and Exercises for every chapter are available in the LaunchPad, and you can choose which ones you assign to students. Suggested responses to each case and exercise are also available.

Presentation Slides are available to download and adapt for each chapter.