- Time Required
- 8–10 hours, including reading time
You’ve made it to the last full week of the course! This week you will do the following:
- Finish and submit your Recommendation Report.
- Complete any other remaining work in the course that is still open.
- Fill out the SPOT Survey and final Check-In Survey for the course.
The Grace Period for all open work in the course closes at 11:59 PM on Friday, April 28.
This week is the last chance to turn in work for the course. No course activities can be due during the last three days of classes, by policy in the Virginia Tech Faculty Handbook, 9.6.1. Next week, you will begin work on the Performance Review, the optional final exam, in which you will propose the grade you will receive in the course.
Holidays & Events This Week
If you observe these holidays or events and need me to adjust your due dates, send me a message in Canvas.
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]
- Prepare to conduct research appropriate to workplace problem solving, such as literature review, evaluation of online resources, interview, and site inspection. [CLO 2]
- Consider the ethical and human implications of my situation. [CLO 3]
- 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
- Suggested due date for the Recommendation Report is Tuesday, April 25.
- All other work is due by 11:59 PM on Friday, April 28.
- Grace Period:
- Ends at 11:59 PM on Wednesday, May 3 for your Check-in Survey
- Ends at 11:59 PM on Friday, April 28 for all other open work in the course
📚 To Read This Week
- Review readings from the term as necessary
📝 To Write This Week
💬 To Discuss This Week
- Optional ways to discuss class issues:
📓 To Check-In This Week
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