- Time Required
- 8–10 hours, including reading time
Welcome to Week Nine of the course. This is our final week to work on the Pitch Presentations. By this point, you should know what you want to say and have a working draft of your slides. This week, you will make any remaining revisions to your work and then record your presentation as a video. Starting next week, we will turn to working directly on the Recommendation Report itself.
Holidays & Events This Week
Sukkot concludes on Sunday the 16th. It is followed by Shemini Atzeret (October 16–18) and Simchat Torah (October 17–18).
Diwali, the festival of lights, begins Friday October 21.
If you observe these holidays and need me to adjust your due dates, send me a message in Canvas. I am happy to do so. Just let me know.
Objectives for this Module
After completing this week’s activities, you address the following course objectives:
- 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]
- 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]
Activities to Complete
Due Dates
- Friday, October 21: Suggested due date for the week’s work
- Grace Period:
- Ends at 11:59 PM on Wednesday, October 26 for your Try-Its and Check-in Survey.
- Ends at 11:59 PM on Friday, December 2 for the rest of the week’s work.
📚 To Read This Week
- Markel & Selber, Chapter 20, “Making Oral Presentations”
- Markel & Selber, Chapter 9, “Emphasizing Important Information”
- Technical Help for Making Videos
📝 To Write This Week
- Finish work on your Pitch Assignment, using the these resources:
- Try out strategies from the course by submitting these activities:
💬 To Discuss This Week
- Check in with your Accountability Group, according to the agreement that you have made. Use whatever tool your group has agreed to.
- Post any questions you have in the General Q&A Discussion Board in Canvas. If you have a private question, send me an email at tengrrl@vt.edu.
📓 To Check-In This Week
- Fill out the Week 9 Check-In Survey to let me know how you are doing in the course.
Photo credit: Yellowstone social media team member, Ashton, recording a video by Yellowstone National Park on Flickr, used under Public Domain.