D339: Technical Communication

Technical Communication builds professional-grade writing and presentation skills — editing, digital etiquette, and persuasive, research-based artifacts.

What D339 covers

The course introduces skills in editing professional communications, evaluating the impact of professional etiquette in digital environments, and creating artifacts that are persuasive, informational, and research-based.

The course also introduces skills in delivering multimedia presentations using professional verbal communication skills.

The D339 performance assessment

Expect a performance assessment requiring you to create a persuasive, research-based professional communication artifact and/or multimedia presentation.

Key topics in D339

• Editing professional communications
• Digital professional etiquette
• Persuasive, research-based writing
• Multimedia presentation delivery

Writing tips for D339

Follow the task instructions and rubric line by line

WGU performance assessments for D339 are graded against a fixed rubric — every rubric line has to be visibly addressed, usually with a labeled heading that mirrors the rubric language. Skipping a rubric point because it seems minor is the single most common reason a competent submission comes back "Not Yet Competent" for revision.

Ground your work in a specific audience or organization, not generic advice

Courses like D339 typically hand you a specific audience, brand, or organizational scenario and expect your work to genuinely fit that context, not communication/design principles in the abstract. Evaluators check whether your reasoning is grounded in the specific scenario given.

Because WGU is self-paced, don't let "no deadline pressure" become no submission

There's no weekly due date forcing progress, which means procrastination costs more at WGU than at a traditional term-based school — a stalled task can quietly eat weeks of a term. Treat your own target date for the D339 assessment as a real deadline.

Why students seek help with D339

Candidates sometimes write informational content without the persuasive, research-based dimension the course specifically requires — the rubric typically wants genuine persuasive intent grounded in research, not information alone.

How GradeEssays helps with D339

Share your task instructions and rubric, and your writer will build a persuasive, research-grounded professional communication artifact, not informational content alone.

Prerequisites and program context

D339 has no listed additional prerequisites.

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