Overhead shot of a white woman doing research on a library computerThis module focuses on the research you will conduct for your Recommendation Report. We will spend three week focusing on your primary research and secondary research. As part of your research, you will compose two documents:

By the end of the module, you should have begun your secondary research by examining design concepts and created a draft of your Design Description.

Connections to the Recommendation Report

The primary and secondary research you conduct will support your report in these ways:

 

What You Will Learn & Practice

 

Activities to Complete

Due Dates

📚 To Read This Week

📝 To Write This Week

💬 To Discuss This Week

  1. Check in with your Accountability Group, according to the agreement that you have made.
    • Be sure that group members understand that Feedback Discussions have no grace period.
    • Remind your group that Work Logs have a 5-day grace period and must be submitted by February 16.
  2. Post any Questions about the Recommendation Report or Questions about the Design Description that you have (optional). You can check these Discussions for answers as well.
  3. You can participate in either Feedback Discussion, depending upon when you have a draft ready to share. Remember that if you post a draft, you will assigned two drafts to add feedback to.

    Design Description Feedback Discussion

    • Follow the directions in the Design Description Feedback Discussion to share what you have created with the class for peer feedback. Your draft is due by 11:59 PM on Friday, February 11. There is no grace period.
    • After peer review partners are assigned (Saturday, February 12), read drafts from your classmates and offer feedback on how to revise. Feedback is due by 11:59 PM on Wednesday, February 16.

    Second-Chance Design Description Feedback Discussion

    • If you need more time to write your Instructions draft, follow the directions in Second-Chance Design Description Feedback Discussion. Your draft is due by 11:59 PM on Wednesday, February 16. There is no grace period.
    • After peer review partners are assigned (Thursday, February 17), read drafts from your classmates and offer feedback on how to revise. Feedback is due by 11:59 PM on Monday, February 21.

📓 To Track This Week

 

 

Image Credit: All She’s Armed With Is Research. by Markus Binzegger on Flickr, used under a CC-BY 2.0 license.