What You Will Learn and Practice

• How to analyze your audience and purpose so that you can choose the best way to present information clearly and effectively.. [CLO 1]
• How to write documents you may encounter in the workplace, such as letters, memos, instructions, proposals, reports, and presentations. [CLO 4]
• How to use colors, layout, and formatting that make your documents understandable and easy to read. [CLO 6]
• How to take advantage of design principles, including contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity, to communicate your ideas effectively. [CLO 6]
• How to choose words, phrases, sentences, lists, and other text features to communicate effectively with readers. [CLO 7]

What I Want You to Do

Assess your Instructions Project by completing this checklist, which lists the Instructions Criteria. You can complete the checklist as many times as you like to see how your work compares to the expectations for the project.

Why I Want You to Do It

In the workplace, you should be able to compare your work against a list of specifications to determine if your project is complete. This checklist works in just that way: You should be able to confirm every one of the project criteria in the checklist before you consider the project complete.

Where You Can Find Help

• Markel & Selber, Chapter 18, “Writing Definitions, Descriptions, and Instructions,” pp. 569–587
• From Course Webpages, Instructions Project Criteria
• From University of Minnesota Writing Studies:
  • What Is an Instructional Document? (Video, 2m 42s)
  • Writing Effective Steps (Video, 5m 29s)

When to Do It

• Suggested Due Date: By 11:59 PM on Friday, February 18, 2022.
• Grace Period: Ends at 11:59 PM on Friday, April 29, 2022.

How You Do It

1. Review the Instructions Project Criteria, which outlines the requirements for the project.
2. Review the CRAP Design Principles, which accounts for one of the criterion on the checklist.
3. Complete the checklist below, indicating the criteria for the Instructions Project that you have met.
4. Submit your checklist responses and check your point total for the activity:
   • If the checklist is marked 1 point for your checklist responses, you completed the activity successfully and are ready to submit your final version to the Instructions Best Draft Submission.
   • If the checklist is marked less than 1 full point, revise your Instructions Project to meet the criteria that you did not meet (anything you marked “False”). You should be able to confirm all the criteria before you submit your project.

How to Assess and Track Your Work

You track and grade your own work in this course. Be sure to complete the following tasks:

• Track your work in your Weekly Work Log.

Work is always marked as either 1 for Complete or 0 for Incomplete:

• Canvas will mark this activity Complete in Grades automatically when you confirm you have met all of the Instructions Project Criteria.
• Canvas will mark this activity Incomplete in Grades automatically if you do not confirm that you have met all of the Instructions Project Criteria by the end of the grace period.