david h. covington
department of english
north carolina state university
raleigh, nc
teaching
- ENG 314 Technical Document Design and Editing
- Layout and design principles for written documents; desktop building; legibility, readability testing; conventions of proposals, instructions, and reports; basics of technical editing: usage, vocabulary, style manuals, editing mathematical equations, graphs, tables.
- ENG 317 Designing Web Communication
- A course in the layout, design, and composition of web-based communication. Students will learn to analyze audiences and their uses of information in order to plan, compose, and critically evaluate web-based communication. Students will acquire skill with HTML coding, screen design, and multimedia authoring and will apply those skills to the composition of a variety of web texts (i.e. websites). Course work will require students to become proficient with commercially available HTML and photoeditors.
- ENG 331 Communication for Engineering and Technology
- Written communication in industrial and technical organizations, emphasizing internal communication with managers and technical personnel and including external communication with regulators, vendors, and clients. Intensive practice in writing; relationship of writing to oral and visual communication. For students in engineering and other primarily technological curricula.
- ENG 332 Communication for Business and Management
- Written communication in business and public organizations, including both internal communication (such as instructions, policies, management reports) and external communication with clients, vendors, and publics. Intensive practice in writing; relationship of writing to oral and visual communication. For students in business and management-related programs.
- ENG 421 Computer Documentation Design
- Theory and design of documentation for computer hardware and software, including user guides, reference manuals, quick reference guides, tutorials, online documentation, and CD-based media delivery. Training in alternative documentation testing procedures, usability testing, and collaborative revision.
- ENG 517 Advanced Technical Writing and Editing
- Advanced study of document design, technical editing and usability. For students planning careers as technical communicators.
- ENG 675 Projects in Technical Communication
- Capstone course for M.S. in Technical Communication. Students engage in major semester-long individual project under direction of instructor.