Technical Communication

Code:

DIP463

Acronym:

DIP463

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Personal and Communicational Development
OFICIAL	Personal and Communicational Development

Instance: 2013/2014 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Computer Science
Course/CS Responsible:	Master's Degree in Network and Information Systems Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
M:CC	6	PE do Mestrado em Ciência de Computadores	2	-	2,5	25	67,5
MI:ERS	29	Plano de Estudos a partir de 2007	5	-	2,5	25	67,5

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

To know and understand the distinction in terms of structuring and organization of scientific texts, depending on the type of communication technique to use.
To be able to create a short structured and organized article.
To know and understand the evaluation criteria of scientific texts.
To be able to conduct the evaluation of scientific texts created by peers.
To create an electronic presentation environment for scientific conference and make the respective presentation, in a motivating, clear and succinct way.

Learning outcomes and competences

Being able to structure and identify the most relevant parts of an article, to be able to search, analyze, relate and synthesize and evaluate information on a topic of informatics; being able to perform a critical analysis of the work of staff and colleagues; be able to adapt to different environments scientific discourse: written, oral, multimedia.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Structuring of scientific texts, technical writing, evaluation of articles, visual communication and slides, contrast, readability and visual coherence, oral communication.

Mandatory literature

Estrela Edite; Saber escrever uma tese e outros textos. ISBN: 978-972-20-3173-8

Comments from the literature

There are several references on the subject, however none is especially suggested for this course. Doubts about this topic and reading suggestions may be discussed with the lecturer.

Teaching methods and learning activities

Exposing method, using slides and oral presentation.

Software

Moodle da UP

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Prova oral	30,00
Teste	40,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Production of mini-article: 30%
Evaluation and assessment of articles: 20%
Production of slides: 20%
Final presentation: 30%
Final grade is obtained by sum of the above components.