• Time Required
• 8–10 hours, including reading time

It’s time for the final exam, in which you can propose the grade you should receive in the course.

• At this point, no additional work can be submitted.
• The final exam is optional.
• If you decide to complete the final, you must submit it by 11:59 PM on Wednesday, December 14, 2022.

Holidays & Events This Week

There are no major religious holidays or cultural events this week or next. If I have missed an event, let me know.

Good luck on your finals, and have a restful break.

Activities to Complete

📚 To Read This Week

• Markel & Selber, Chapter 8, “Communicating Persuasively”
• Webpages:
  • Guidelines for Writing Your Employee Self-Assessment, from UC-Santa Barbara Human Resources
  • Evaluation Resource Central: Peter Elbow, from Evergreen State College
  • What is a Self-Assessment? from the Ohio National Guard
  • Tracking Performance Accomplishments and Writing Self‐Assessments, from the USDA

📝 To Write This Week

• Fill out the SPOT Survey and Week 14 Check-In Survey for the course if you have not done so.
• Use the Final Exam Preparation page to decide whether to complete the Final Exam.
• Complete the Final Exam: Optional Performance Review (Opens at 12:00 AM on Friday, December 9, 2022)

💬 To Discuss This Week

• 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.

 

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