Technical Editing Students Collaborate with iFixit during QEP Project.

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Both undergraduate and graduate students taking Technical Editing this semester collaborated with iFixit as part of a creative-inquiry-enhanced QEP Project. Course professor Dr. Kristin Pickering (kpickering@tntech.edu) guided the students’ participation in the iFixit Project, which involved students in creating and editing replacement guides for a laptop, game controller, and robotic vacuum. These guides contribute to the “right-to-repair” movement and help users repair their own devices, rather than contribute to the growing, global e-waste problem. Students also wrote proposals, troubleshooting guides, and device pages for the Project.