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How to write quality step by step instructions. This is a great simple technical site on step by step instructions. Breaks it down into steps to follow.

-Gives good examples of different ways to write instructions: logos bullets etc.. -Talks about using video animations -How to capture visuals for a project -Text instructions

This website is perfect in that it gives step-by-step instructions on how to write instructions. It also give examples as well as going over the basics. This will give me access to valuable information for my comic tutorial. I will look at their tips for instruction writing so that I'm writing quality instructions.

This is a really simple how to site. I feel that I can learn a lot from this type of instruction. It is simple and an easy way of understanding.

This webpage is very helpful because it uses examples throughout the article and gives tips about each detail that clear instructions need. I also thought that the paragraph about layout at the bottom of the article was very informative and something that I will keep in mind when creating my own how-to instructions.

This site gives a clear example of how to write instructions. Not only does it give you tips, but shows you an actual scenario.

Another simplistic site, but great tips for wording. Also some interactive quizzes after the instructions.

In the following list, click to put a tick beside the statement if you think it's important when writing instructions - leave it blank if you don't (you can click again in the box to change your mind). This is the form of the verb which tells you to do something.

-main features of instruction are. -examples of well written and not so good instructions

This site seems to helpful towards project #1 because it gives different website links for examples. It covers main points on remembering the audience and being consistent. It also covers a little bit of incorporating diagrams and illustrations which I will be using on project #1.

This website gives clear views on the best way to write instructions.This will help with project 1 because it tells me the best way to give instructions without having the people look away before reading it all.

I really enjoyed how the layout was easy to read and follow. The author gives good tips on what to look out for and what to say in your instructions. The author also has lots of other links on her website to help a writer out.

Aside from the creepy lady at the top lol there are some great instructional writing techniques. The tips I found to be of most use were testing out your instructions and having others try to make sense of them. 

This seems like a fantastic resource for technical writers or any other creator of instructional materials. I like that emphasis is given to the planning, thinking and analyzing of the content and audience before even beginning to write the instructions. There are several good bits of advice in this site.

This site is very specific to writing instructions, some very good advice and much more detailed than the previous two sites that I listed. Even though I like the brief sites, I also like the amount of detailed information this one give you. I recommend this site!

This site contains some really good tips on writing instructions. Several points to follow and pay attention to.

i think this will help me because its very clear on what details to pay attention when making instructions.

Wikihow offers a lot of easy to understand information. This page shows me a step by step way of writing a turtorial and also how to include pictures.

To write instructions we have to know our audience, Write each step, observe someone performing a task, stop after each step, revise and try to record every detail.  This page is simple giving out a list of how to record a set of instructions although it does not have a lot of examples.

Clear, simple instructions that explain how to write instructions. I like that this explanation implements all of the suggestions it makes in its own format. When creating my tutorial for project #1, I want to remember to "use clear and simple words" and to "be positive and focused (telling the reader what TO DO rather than what not to do)".

I found this site on how to write instructions in 7 easy steps to be very simple and helpful. The first to writing instructions according to this site is to take a step back and write as though the people have zero knowledge of the subject. It wants you to know exactly what your trying to teach/get across without putting too much or too little info. After this creating an outline is a good idea before just starting your project with no plan. The next two steps according to this site are to make your instructions easy to understand and make them brief as well. Lastly they suggest the use of visual aids, such as videos or diagrams, and to give it a test drive to get out any kinks.

I like these tips as well, they are very similar to the previous one that I had posted only it had a few more points added with tips like adding visual guides. I am more a visual hands on type person so that was a great tip!

Some more great tools although similar to the other one that I bookmarked. This one is short and to the point.

A good video that goes over the basics of instruction writing good for project 1

Powerpoint with voice-over on writing instructions. Easy listening guide to writing instructions. This will help me with Project #1 by reminding me to know my subject well before beginning to write instructions.

How To Write Instructions

D#2, HW#8 I think this website about how to write instructions because of the examples it give of different kinds of instructions you may come across. Also, it tells you what not to say... not just what you should say so that you can see both sides of the situation. This will help with Project #1 because it shows you what you shouldnt put so that your reader doesnt get confused!

This website gives instructions about how to write the basic five- paragraph essay. It starts off with telling the reader/writer what the introduction should do and that is to tell the readers what the essay will be about. Then it goes on to discuss paragraph 2, 3, and 4, which is the body paragraphs which supports the topics of each paragraph. Finally it tell you about the conclusion and what it does. It also gives additional tips for writing a good essay

There have been times that we have all come to a point when we have just simply gone totally blank when it came to writing an essay and to have simple writing instructions like this one discussed in this website will get the old hamster running again. It is even very useful for those people who have never written an essay in their life.

This source is thorough explanation of how to effectively write verbal instructions. It runs through the preliminaries (audience, situation, number of tasks, and the grouping of tasks), the common sense things to consider, and graphics, formating, and the revisions process. This guide is a great foundation for writing instructions that can be applied to a more visual approach for project one.

This website looks like it could help a lot! It gives step by step tips to good instructions. Instructions to writing instructions!

Of the few resources I found online, this one seemed the most concise. It offered detailed information on technical writing for Instructions. I like how it gave examples of what it was teaching and linkable items to show as well.

This text seems to have go how to write instructions information. I think it will definitely help the beginning instruction writer.

These instructions are broken down into 6 steps for writing instructions, which will be particularly helpful for doing the comic tutorial. Very simple advice.

I like this set of instructions because it provides a touch of humor with each step. Now I know everyone in this class are not grouchy people but I'm sure we all live busy lives.

This site gives some good pointers for writing instructions in a real world setting.

This site brings up some very good points, and it is a fairly quick read. When writing instructions, we should assume that whomever will be reading them wants them to be plainly spoken and easy to understand rather than some drawn out technical babble.

This doesn't have very much context and it's not set up like a usual format where they have tips and advice on how to write clear instructions. The site is interactive and breaks each portion. By clicking on them, it gives more information regarding that topic. The tips given are very useful and will help that my comic tutorial will have all the basic needs of a instructional page should have. Also seeing how the website it was itself gave a great example of what an engaging page is like.

Good tips for instructional writing with clarity and focus on the reader's point of view. Except that it's homework #4, not #5.

D#2 HW #8 This website focuses on how to write for the internet. It has an entire section on how to write instructions for websites. This will benefit me and others in Project 1 because the examples are all geared towards intruction on websites therefore they will be easy to apply directly.

This website will help me to tailor instructions for specific audience

This will help me because it gives a clear step by step. Also it shows me how to write instuctions for a specific audience, which will be helpful with project 1.

Comprehensive, includes style tips and other links.

Interesting title to catch your attention but basically talks about the same main points to follow for writing only for a manual or guide.

This is probably one of the pages I found that had the most detail/info about writing instructions and after reading the grading criteria for the first assignment I found this page to be most helpful

This web page takes you through steps of how to write effective instructions; after reading the grading criteria for asssignment 1 I found this to be one of the most helpful