Grades on the Analysis of Writing in Your Field

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I have graded all of the Analysis of Writing in Your Field projects. The average for the course was 413 points out of the available 500 points, which is approximately an 83 or a B on the standard VT grade scale.

Grade Distribution Bar Chart

How to See Comments on Your Draft

If you did not receive full credit for your Final, Finished Draft (that is, 500 points), you will find a comment on your submission that tells you why points were deducted.

Use this documentation from Canvas for help finding the notes on your drafts:

Overall Feedback for the Class

Meet the requirements of the assignment. Some folks either failed to read the assignment or didn't pay attention to the details. Their projects typically failed to include 10 kinds of writing. Please pay attention to the details and requirements of assignments.
Provide a specific title for the document. Your title should accurately describe the document. If the title could be placed on anyone’s project in the class, it is not specific enough. For instance, the titles “Writing in Your Field – Rough Draft” and “ANALYSIS PROJECT: FINAL DRAFT” do not provide an accurate description of the contents of the document. Anyone could use them, regardless of the kind of writing or the career field.
Avoid centered text. Remember that the best design for text is flush left, ragged right. Centered text is harder to read. See the #FridayFact: Centered Text Is Harder to Read.
Work on document design: Many projects could be improved with more attention to document design. Use the information in the Analysis Project: Check for Professional Design.
- Some projects were not designed to take advantage of the way people read. See the #FridayFact: Centered Text Is Harder to Read Discussion for more information.
- A number of projects failed to use banded rows to make the tables easier to read. Information is included in the Analysis Project: Check for Professional Design activity.
- Rows in the table should not split across page breaks. See the information in the Analysis Project: Check for Professional Design activity.
Incorrect or missing documentation/bibliography. This assignment required that you provide documentation for all the sources that you used. The Analysis Project: Check for Content Completion & Documentation explained how to add documentation to your work. Additionally, see questions #4 and #5 on the Analysis Project FAQs & Tips.
Help from the Writing Center: As a reminder, anyone can visit the Writing Center in the library for help with projects for the course. Writing Center tutors can help you strengthen your content as well as work on document design and issues with phrasing, grammar, or punctuation. You can read more about the Writing Center and make an appointment on the Writing Center’s webpage.
Help from the 360 Digital Studio: Anyone in the course can also visit the 360 Digital Studio Links to an external site. in Shanks 360 Links to an external site. for help with any assignment in this course. Find more details on the 360 Digital Studio Links to an external site. in the Course Manual.

Questions about Your Grade

If I made a mistake
Send me a message in Canvas with the details. I’ll fix it.
If there were problems with the content or design of your analysis project
Remember that you can earn additional points on other course activities to improve your grade in the course. Use the Points Totals by Week page to see how many points you should have each week to stay on track for the grade you have set as your goal in the course.
If you did not submit your work at all
It is too late. You will no longer be able to earn a B or better in the course. See the information on “Required Element for All Major Writing Projects Links to an external site.” for details.
If something else is going on
Send me a message in Canvas with the details. I’ll see what I can do to help you.