Project Module 9: Recommendation Report, Part 4 (Opens Week of March 25).
Overview
During this fourth week of working on your Recommendation Report, you should spend your time revising and editing your document so that you have a final, finished draft by the end of the week (3/29). By the end of this week, which ends this 4-week unit, you should understand more about the kinds of problems and decisions that recommendation reports are intended to address.
Objectives for this Module
After completing this module, you will be able to
- Identify and define a problem related to the field of technical writing (or another specific problem according to your assignment’s directions) and review research articles related to this problem. (CLO 2)
- Generalize approaches to the problem from the literature and draw conclusions about the effectiveness and usefulness of those approaches. (CLO 3)
- Choose the most appropriate approach(es) for addressing the problem researched. (CLO 1)
- Produce a recommendation report that details the problem, evidence for solving the problem, and a specific recommendation for solving the problem. This includes describing how to implement the proposed solution. (CLO 4, 6)
Note that you can find the full text of the Course Learning Objectives on the Syllabus.
Readings for the Week of March 25
- Review information in Markel & Selber as needed
- Daily Discussion Posts (DDPs)
- #WeekendWatch: Your Report’s Front and Back Matter (available 3/23)
- #TuesdayTutorial: Comma Splices (available 3/26)
- #WednesdayWrite: International Style (available 3/27)
- #ThursdayThought: Five Ways to Improve Your Tech Writing (available 3/28)
- #FridayFact: The Semicolon Is “the Most Feared Punctuation on Earth” (available 3/29)
Activities for the Week of March 25
Time Required: 7–8 hours, excluding reading time
Available Points: 751
Due Dates:
- All work is due by 11:59 PM on Friday, March 29.
- The grace period for these activities ends at 11:59 PM on Monday,April 1.
Daily Discussion Posts Activities
(85 minutes—5 posts @ ~15 minutes each plus self-assessment @ ~10 minutes)
- Contribute to any or all of the following Daily Discussion Posts (DDPs) in Canvas)
- #WeekendWatch: Your Report’s Front and Back Matter (available 3/23)
- #TuesdayTutorial: Comma Splices (available 3/26)
- #WednesdayWrite: International Style (available 3/27)
- #ThursdayThought: Five Ways to Improve Your Tech Writing (available 3/28)
- #FridayFact: The Semicolon Is “the Most Feared Punctuation on Earth” (available 3/29)
- Complete theDDP Self-Assessment for the Week of 03/25 to report the work you did and record your score (100 points). Be sure to read the self-assessment at the beginning of the week so that you understand the expectations.
Writing Activities
(~6 hours, including time to research and write)
- Complete the any or all of the following Major Writing Project activities (600 points total).
- These activities contribute to the Recommendation Report.
- Recommendation Report: Check for Professional Design (25 points)
- Recommendation Report: Check Your Use of Visuals (25 points)
- Recommendation Report: Check for Citations and Documentation (25 points)
- Recommendation Report: Check for Content Completion (25 points)
- Recommendation Report: Final, Finished Draft (500 points)
- These activities contribute to the Recommendation Report.
- Complete the Writing Activities Self-Assessment for the Week of 03/25 to report the work you did (other than the final, finished draft) and record your score. I will grade your Final, Finished Draft submission, according to the expectations listed in the assignment.
Extra Activities
(As desired, time for the extra activities)
- Participate in the extra activities, if desired, and report your work in the Writing Activities Self-Assessment:
- Recommendation Report: Analyzing a Graphic (25 points)
- Recommendation Report: Analyzing Four Graphics (25 points)
- Ask any questions about the course in the General Q and A Discussion (0 points) in Canvas.
- Check the General Q and A Discussion for answers before posting.
- Asking a question is not required. Use the Inbox tool in Canvas for questions about grades or personal information that should not be shared with the class.
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