Recommendation Report: Progress Report

Goals

• Analyze the rhetorical situation and determine the appropriate audience or users of written communication, considering the needs of global audiences and people with disabilities. [CLO 1]
• Use conventions of various workplace genres, such as proposals, instructions, correspondence, reports, and slide decks, with understanding of how the genre conventions can be used as heuristics and as principles of arrangement. [CLO 4]
• Apply principles of effective visual design for print and electronic presentation, including hierarchical, chronological, and spatial arrangements. [CLO 6]
• Identify and apply the principles of effective style in the composing of usable, reader-centered written communications. [CLO 7]

The Task

1. Review the information on Progress Reports in Chapter 17, “Writing Informational Reports” (beginning on page 454) of Markel and Selber’s Technical Communication. Be sure to review the following sections of the chapter:
   • Ethics Note: Reporting Your Progress Honestly (on page 455)
   • Guidelines: Projecting an Appropriate Tone in a Progress Report (on page 456)
   • Sample Progress Report (on pages 457–464)—Note that this sample is significantly LONGER than what you are asked to create in this activity.
2. Write a 1- to 2-page progress report in memo format that outlines the following information:
   • what topic you have chosen
   • what you have completed
   • what work you still have to do
   • how you plan to complete the remaining work for the project.
3. Include any questions or concerns you have that may affect your progress. You can include images, screenshots, graphs, tables, and other visual elements to explain your work (examples and tips Links to an external site.).

Grading Process

I will record the points for this activity after I check your draft and ensure that it meets the basic requirements listed in the rubric below.

If I have a question or concern about your draft, I will add a comment. Check the help link in the #TuesdayTutorial: Resources on How to Use Canvas for information on how to read comments on your work.