MyBusCommLab offers the best multimedia resources for technical communication in one, easy-to-use place. Students will find more than 80 model documents—most interactive—as well as guidelines, tutorials, and exercises for Writing, Research, and Document Design, and an extensive bank of diagnostics and practice for grammar review.
MyBusCommLab is appropriate for any business communication course where instructors want to give their students additional resources in business writing, research and document design, and/or access to basic review and extensive practice in grammar, style, mechanics, and usage.
More than 80 model documents in ten categories (memos, reports, proposals, definitions and descriptions, letters, and more) offer samples in all the important business communication categories.
More than 50 interactive documents include rollover annotations highlighting purpose, audience, design, and other critical topics.
Quizzes for each category of model document let students practice what they have learned.
Writing Process Tutorial leads students through each stage of the writing process—from prewriting to final formatting.
A tutorial on Writing Formal Reports offers step-by-step guidance for creating one of the most common document types in business communication and working with sources.
Activities and Case Studies provide more than 65 exercises, all rooted in business communication and many document-based, including 3 new case studies on usability.
Weblinks offer an annotated list of relevant websites for both business technical communication in general and writing in particular.
An online reference library of ebooks ebooks includes PDF files for books on Visual Communication and Workplace Literacy.
Pearson's exclusive Research Navigator offers access to four credible databases, including
A step-by-step tutorial on the research process is also included in Research Navigator.
Citation style guides, including MLA, APA.
Avoiding Plagiarism Tutorials — self-paced and self-scoring tests, exercises, and tutorials on how to recognize and avoid plagiarism.
Weblinks offer an annotated list of appropriate websites.
An online bookshelf includes a guide to using Research Navigator.
Visual Rhetoric Tutorial leads students step-by-step through the process of designing an effective document, including basic document architecture, choosing colors and typefaces, using images, and putting it all together.
Web Design Tutorial provides basic instruction for novices on building a web page and creating hyperlinks.
Weblinks provide an annotated list of appropriate websites.
An online bookshelf includes PDF files for Visual Communication.
Two comprehensive diagnostic tests allow instructors and students to identify individual weaknesses and create study plans.
More than 3000 practice items cover all major topics of grammar, style, and usage and include sentence and paragraph editing exercises and provide basic, assignable review for students who need it.
Weblinks provide an annotated list of appropriate websites.