10/17 Draft Update Discussion

Instructions

Step 1: Due by Wednesday, October 17
Check-in with your group on the work you are doing on your White Papers Project. There are five questions you can respond to below. The idea is to share a little about what you’re doing, where you are in the process, and what your plans are. You are also letting your group know the kind of advice or help you need from them. Remember that if you do not post your update by noon on Sunday, October 21, your group may not have time to provide a response.

Here are the questions:

1. What topic are you working on? Remind everyone in the group in a few words or a sentence (no longer than a Tweet).
2. What work have you done so far on your white paper project this week? (Just explain where you are.)
3. What’s one thing you hope to get accomplished on your white paper project by Monday, 10/22? What goal have you set?
4. What is a piece of advice you can share about research that might help someone in your writing group?
5. What questions do you have that your writing group can help you with?

Step 2: Due by Monday, October 22 (end of the grace period)
Read through the responses from your group members and provide support and advice. In particular, try to help with whatever questions your group members have. You might also share anything about research projects that you feel you do well to let others in your group know how you might help them.

As you provide support and advice, look for ways to say something new that will help the others in your group. You are not obligated to provide support and advice for any updates posted after noon on Sunday, October 21. 

Assessment

I grade your Draft Update Discussion based on completion, using two general questions:

• Did the person submit a check-in post that shares details about their project with their writing group?
• Did the person respond with support and/or advice to all group members who submitted drafts by noon on Sunday?

If the answer to both questions is “Yes,” you will earn a Complete (signified by a checkmark in Canvas Grades). If the answer to either question is “No,” you will earn an Incomplete (signified by an X in Canvas Grades). Draft Update Discussions are graded after the Grace Period ends, and they cannot be revised or completed after the Grace Period.