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Computer screen showing an email messageWhat I Want You to Do

Assess your Survey of Website Writing by completing one of the two self-check options. Both list the Survey of Website Writing in Your Field Criteria. If you have trouble deciding which option to choose, the Self-Check Options Explained page can help.

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 self-check 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.

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Relevant Course Objectives

  • Assemble and analyze research from diverse sources appropriate to problem solving (e.g, literature review, evaluation of online resources, interviewing, and site inspection) [CLO 1]
  • Analyze the context; determine appropriate audiences for or users of planned communications; assess needs of global audiences and people with disabilities. [CLO 2]
  • Practice workplace genres related to specific fields (e.g., proposals, instructions, correspondence, reports, technical specifications and slide decks); illustrate how genre conventions can serve as heuristics and as principles of arrangement [CLO 3]
  • Practice team and collaborative work in all phases of project management: planning, researching, writing, revising, and presenting information; include genres associated with team work (e.g., meeting minutes, summaries, poster presentations; pitches) [CLO 4]

Where You Can Find Help

How You Do It

  1. Review the Survey of Website Writing in Your Field Criteria, which outlines the requirements for the assignment.
  2. Save your project as a PDF so that you can upload it to Copilot or the AI tool of your choice.
  3. Open the Copilot Prompt to Check Your Survey of Website Writing in Your Field Informal Report PDF.
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    Open Copilot in your web browser and log into the tool using your VT.EDU username and password.
  5. Copy the prompt from the Copilot Prompt PDF and paste it into the question area on Copilot.
  6. Fill in the blank in the first line of the prompt with the name of your career field (e.g., electrical engineer, software developer, financial analyst)
  7. Click the Upload button in the Copilot question area, and upload the PDF draft of your Survey of Website Writing in Your Field Informal Report.
  8. Click the Send button in Copilot and wait for the response. Here’s an example response to another student’s project.
  9. Click the Export button to and save your response as a PDF.
  10. Upload the PDF you just exported to the first quiz question below so that I can see the responses Copilot gave you.
  11. Answer the remaining quiz questions to indicate whether Copilot confirmed that you met the criteria for this project.
  12. Submit your checklist responses and check your point total for the activity:
    • If the checklist is marked 1 point for your Self-Check responses, you completed the activity successfully and are ready to submit your final version to the Survey of Website Writing In Your Field Informal Report Assignment.
    • If the checklist is marked less than 1 full point, revise your project to meet the criteria that you marked “False.” You should be able to confirm all the criteria before you submit your project.

How to Assess and Track Your Work

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