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

 

Welcome to Week Twelve of the course.

The writing activities for this week focus on the body of the report. By the end of the week, you should have a working draft for all five sections of the body (shown in the image below).

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Flowchart showing this is the sections of the report body:

1. Introduction. What is this document about?
2. Methods. What did you do?
3. Results. What did you see or determine?
4. Conclusions. What does it mean?
5. Recommendations. What should we do?

Next week, we will work on the front and back matter, so that you can compose a complete rough draft before Thanksgiving Break. After Break, you will complete your draft. The Grace Period for all open work in the course closes at 11:59 PM on Friday, December 6.

Holidays & Events This Week

• Native American Heritage Month lasts for the entire month of November
• United States Marine Corps birthday is on Sunday, November 10.
• Veterans Day, or Remembrance Day, is Saturday, November 11.
• Guru Nanak Gurpurab takes place on Friday, November 15, and marks the birth of the first Sikh guru.
• Kartika Purnima, a Hindu and Jain celebration, also takes place on Friday, November 15, and is the Gods’ festival of light.

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:

• Identify and define a problem or subject related to your particular field (or another specific problem according to your assignment’s directions) and assemble and analyze research related to this problem. [CLO 1]
• Analyze the context of this problem or subject and determine appropriate audiences for the unit’s deliverables. [CLO 2]
• Practice workplace genres associated with a team-based research project: a research proposal, meeting minutes, a progress report, a recommendation report or an informational report for non-expert readers, a slide deck presentation of the report, and a video presentation. [CLO 3]
• Practice team and collaborative work in all phases of project management. [CLO 4]
• Design strategies for evaluating the overall effectiveness of the suggested approaches to the researched problem. [CLO 5]
• Illustrate the ethical and human implications of the solutions proposed for solving the problem. [CLO 6]

Activities to Complete

📚 To Read This Week

• Weeks 12–14 Open Textbook Readings
• Recommendation Report Criteria
• Documentation and Citations for Your Projects

📝 To Do This Week

• Develop the body sections for your Recommendation Report, using these resources:
  • Writing Your Introduction
  • Writing Your Methods Section
  • Writing Your Results Section
  • Writing Your Conclusions Section
  • Writing Your Recommendations Section
• Try out strategies from the course by submitting these activities:
  • Try It #23: Integrating Your Sources
  • Try-It #24: Planning Visuals for Your Report
• If you and your group want to work ahead, visit the Week 13 Instructions for links to the resources for next week (November 18–22).

💬 To Ask Questions (Optional)

• Optional ways to discuss class issues:
  • Post public questions in the General Q&A Discussion in Canvas if it can be shared with the class.
    
  • If you have a private question, send me a message with the Canvas Inbox.
  • Ask a question or make a suggestion anonymously with the Anonymous Questions & Suggestions form.

 

📓 To Check-In This Week

• Fill out the Week 12 Check-In Survey to let me know how you are doing in the course.