Module Overview for the Week of March 18: Recommendation Report, Part 3

Overview

Photo of a Latina woman using a MacbookDuring this third week of working on your Recommendation Report, you should spend your time writing, aiming to have a complete rough draft by the end of the week (3/22). At the end of this series of four modules, you will understand more about the kinds of problems and decisions that recommendation reports are intended to address.  

Early Access to the Week’s Activities

Because of my scheduled knee surgery (see below), most of the activities for the week are available starting Thursday, March 14. You do not need to begin the work early. I am simply setting everything up before the surgery to ensure it is available on time.

This early access does NOT include the Daily Discussion Posts, which will publish on the specific days as usual. Dates are included below in the Readings section..

Unavailable From Thursday, March 14 through Monday, March 18

I will be unavailable from Thursday, March 14 through Monday, March 18. I am having surgery on Friday, March 15 to repair a ruptured quadriceps tendon. While I am unavailable, I will not reply to messages or grade work in Canvas.

I will be back online Tuesday, March 19. If something changes, Dr. Quinn Warnick will update you on my situation.


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 18

This material introduces concepts you will need to successfully apply the objectives stated above.

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

 

Activities for the Week of March 18

Time Required: 7–8 hours, excluding reading time
Available Points: 751
Due Dates:

  • All work is due by 11:59 PM on Friday, March 22.
  • The grace period for these activities ends at 11:59 PM on Monday, March 25.

Daily Discussion Posts Activities
(100 minutes—6 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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