Module Overview for the Week of December 9: Final Exam

Overview

Poor cat, taking a test, demands an end to animal testingThis week is dedicated to preparing for your final exam, which covers all of the chapters of Markel & Selber’s Technical Communication that we have read in the course. No additional course activities are due during the last three days of classes, by policy in the Virginia Tech Faculty Handbook, 9.6.1.

This module begins on December 9 and ends on December 19, when the course ends.

Objectives for this Module

After completing this module, you will be able to

  • Analyze the rhetorical situation and determine the appropriate audience or users of written communication, considering the needs of global audiences and people with disabilities. [CLO 1]
  • Conduct research appropriate to workplace problem solving, such as literature review, evaluation of online resources, interview, and site inspection. [CLO 2]
  • Interpret research findings with understanding of ethical and human implications. [CLO 3]
  • Use conventions of various workplace genres, such as proposals, instructions, correspondence, reports, and slide decks, with understanding of how the genre conventions can be used as heuristics and as principles of arrangement. [CLO 4]
  • Collaborate with classmates in planning, researching, writing, revising, and presenting information. [CLO 5]
  • Apply principles of effective visual design for print and electronic presentation, including hierarchical, chronological, and spatial arrangements. [CLO 6]
  • Identify and apply the principles of effective style in the composing of usable, reader-centered written communications. [CLO 7]

Note that you can find the full text of the Course Learning Objectives on the Syllabus.

Readings for the Week of May 6

  1. Markel & Selber, Chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 20, and 21
  2. Calculating Your Course Grade section Links to an external site. of the Course Manual (page 15).
  3. Final Exam Overview

 

Activities for the Week of May 6

Time Required: Varies, depending upon course goal
Available Points: 500

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

  • 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.
  • Complete the SPOT Survey (15 minutes).
  • If desired, take the Final Exam (2 hours, maximum).
    • Opens at 12 AM on the first day of exams, Friday, December 13.
    • Closes at 11:59 PM on the last day of exams, Thursday, December 19. No grace period.
    • Additional details are included in the Final Exam Overview.