User Manual: Complete an Audience Profile Sheet

Goals

• Analyze the rhetorical situation and determine the appropriate audience or users of written communication, considering the needs of global audiences and people with disabilities. [CLO 1]

The Task

For this Writing Project Activity, review the details on audience analysis and then complete an Audience Profile Sheet to prepare to write your Recommendation Report.

Note: You’ll repeat this activity for every writing project. While the activity is the same, the audience you are analyzing changes. As a result, the information you include on the form should always change.

1. Look back over details on audience analysis in Chapter 5, “Analyzing Your Audience and Purpose,” in Technical Communication.
2. Review the Determining the Important Characteristics of Your Audience page.
3. Learn everything that you can about the readers of your Recommendation Report. Think in particular about how they will react to your analysis and advice.
4. Download a copy of the Audience Profile Sheet, also available in Figure 5.2 of Technical Communication, on page 87. 
5. Complete the Audience Profile Sheet and and then upload your finished file.
   • TIP: If you tried a strategy on paper instead of digitally, take a photo and embed it in the answer. If you need help, consult this Canvas FAQ: How do I embed images from the web in the Rich Content Editor as a student? Links to an external site.
6. Review your answer to make sure that it is clear and that I will understand what you have written.

Grading Process

You will claim the points for your work when you complete the 08/13 Self-Assessment.