Project Module 9: Recommendation Report, Part 4 (Opens Week of March 25).

Overview

woman sketching out a flowchart on a whiteboardDuring 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

  1. Review information in Markel & Selber as needed
  2. Daily Discussion Posts (DDPs)

 

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)

Writing Activities
(~6 hours, including time to research and write)

Extra Activities
(As desired, time for the extra activities)

 

 

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