Paper #2: Instructional Manual (Process Writing)
You may create the electronic instructional manual as a Word Document or PowerPoint. Writing Scenario: You are working for Broward College in the marketing department. Your supervisor has requested that you create an electronic manual to help new students successfully navigate their first semester at BC. You may use AI tools to create the document, but your supervisor wants to make sure that it does not read like an artificial (robotic) output of ChatGPT and that it does not include inaccurate information produced by ChatGPT. The goal of the instructional manual is to appeal to students in a more personable tone and promote enthusiasm with excellent advice on how to successfully navigate their first semester so they can continue and, ultimately, graduate from BC. First, produce your outline to include major parts or sections (on your own without AI help). You might want to produce a brainstorming list on how a student would navigate the first semester for success. Then, you can ask ChatGPT to write the foundation (first publish) of the manual. Finally, you begin to revise with the goal of the manual to speak to students in a welcoming, personable, human, positive, etc. tone instructing the student in successfully navigating their first semester at BC. You will use the second person “You” in giving instructions to the student. One purpose of process writing is to teach your readers a process (how to do something).
For paper #2, you will create an electronic instructional manual (as a Word document or PowerPoint). You will only need to follow MLA formatting for the Works Cited page and the in-text citations. On the rest of the manual, use your creativity in terms of style, including fonts and images. You will include at least 2 images and 2 outside sources (short quotes or paraphrases). Sources of images and quotes/paraphrases must be cited in MLA.
Only use the 5 paragraph model as a concept or foundation to write and create the content of the manual. You can start with brainstorming a list of ideas for the student to be successful in his/her/their first semester