Part 1 of Week 15 Instructions: Revising Your Recommendation

• Time Required
• 5–6 hours, including reading time

This module asks you to finish composing and revising your Recommendation Report. You will grade your own work by comparing your project to the criteria listed in the checklist.

Due Dates and Grace Period Reminders

University policy dictates that no course activities can be due during the last three days of classes (See the Virginia Tech Faculty Handbook, 9.6.1 for more information). Additionally, all work should ideally be returned by the last day of classes. As a result, the following due dates and grace period dates are necessary:

• The grace period for all open activities from earlier in the term ends at 11:59 PM on Friday, April 30. These activities include all Optional Writing Activities. 
• Work assigned for the Week of 4/27 is due on Friday, and it has a Grace Period that ends at 11:59 PM on Monday, May 3.
• No work other than the Final Exam will be accepted past 11:59 PM on Monday, May 3.

Optional Reading Activities This Week

This week’s optional readings focus on assessment of the course and dealing with deadline stress.

To find the optional reading activities, check the “Canvas Announcements & Course Advice” on the Course Home. The posts show up in the Twitter feed for @HokieTengrrl Links to an external site., which you will find on the course home in Canvas. If you read them and watch the related videos, be sure to note the time in your Weekly Work Log.

 

Objectives for this Week

By completing this week’s activities, you address the following course objectives:

• 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]
• Conduct research appropriate to workplace problem solving, such as literature review, evaluation of online resources, interview, and site inspection. [CLO 2]
• Interpret research findings with understanding of ethical and human implications. [CLO 3]
• 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]
• Collaborate with classmates in planning, researching, writing, revising, and presenting information. [CLO 5]
• 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]

 

Activities for this Week

📚 To Review This Week

Reading work for this week focuses on reviewing information in the textbook and relevant pages in Canvas. You read these resources earlier in the term, so there are no additional points this week. I’m providing the links so that they are easy for you to find.

• Textbook chapters and sections suggested in the Writing activities.
• Tips for Your Recommendation Report 
• Documentation and Citations for Your Projects
• Professional Design for Reports
• Recommendation Report Criteria 

📝 To Write This Week

• Finish work on your Recommendation Report.
• Complete the Recommendation Report Checklist. You have an unlimited number of times to complete the checklist.
• Remember to submit your Recommendation Report in Part 2 of the Week Fifteen module, once you earn full credit on the Checklist.

💬 To Discuss This Week

• Check in on the Questions about the Recommendation Report Discussion twice (by 11:59 PM on Wednesday, April 28 and by 11:59 PM on Friday, April 30).
• Participate in the Questions about the Recommendation Report Discussion as desired. This is the last week available for you to participate in the Discussion three times (to earn up to 9 points). See more details in the assignment.

📓 To Track This Week

• Track and reflect on the work you have done for the week in your Work Log for the Week of 04/27, reviewing the Weekly Work Log Guidelines as needed.
• Complete the Week of 04/27 Self-Assessment to claim the points for the work you have done this week. You have an unlimited number of times to complete the self-assessment. Your points will be recorded automatically when you submit your quiz.
• Complete the Self-Assessment of Optional Reading Activities from April 27–30 to claim points for your optional reading.

🎯 Optional Work Available

These links provide more information about the optional work for those working towards a grade higher than a B:

• Optional Activities Overview
• Optional Reading Activities
• Optional Writing Activities Instructions: Grace Period for these activities ends at 11:59 PM on Friday, 04/30