Week 5 Assignment 3: Email Based on Listening Skills Scenario
Due Week 5 11/8/17
Your supervisor has asked to you write a brief email on the vacation policy changes to be distributed to staff. You will need to listen to a voice mail from your supervisor with instructions on how to create the email to announce the new vacation policy. The voice mail will include specific details that must be followed in creating the email. This audio voice mail can be found in your course shell.
Create an email message in which you:
- Listen to your supervisor’s voice mail here.
- Create a one to two (1-2) paragraph email with five to seven (5-7) sentences that follows your supervisor’s instructions.
- Target the appropriate professional audience.
- Use appropriate language for professional audience.
- Use correct email formatting.
- Follow appropriate netiquette rules for electronic communication.
- Meet the 250-to-500-word minimum requirement.
- Use correct sentence mechanics, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.
Your assignment must follow these APA formatting requirements:
- Be typed, single-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with 1-inch margins on all sides. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
- Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
- Demonstrate understanding of the basic fundamentals of communication.
- Develop and practice communication skills, including skills in verbal, nonverbal, listening, writing, interpersonal, perception, and critical thinking as appropriate for the audience.
- Use various electronic communication platforms in their academic and professional work.
- Relate to the interpersonal and organizational dynamics that affect communication in organizations.
- Analyze and assess effective communication.
- Use correct sentence mechanics, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.
- Use technology and information resources to research issues in communications.
- Write clearly and concisely about communications using proper writing mechanics.
· Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.
Points: 150
Week 5 Assignment 3: Email Based on Listening Skills Scenario
Criteria
Unacceptable Below 60% F
Meets Minimum Expectations 60-69% D
Fair
70-79% C
Proficient
80-89% B
Exemplary
90-100% A
1. Create a one to two (1-2) paragraph email with five to seven (5-7) sentences that follows your supervisor’s instructions.
Weight: 25%
Did not submit or incompletely created a one to two (1-2) paragraph email with five to seven (5-7) sentences that follows your supervisor’s instructions.
Insufficiently created a one to two (1-2) paragraph email with five to seven (5-7) sentences that follows your supervisor’s instructions.
Partially created a one to two (1-2) paragraph email with five to seven (5-7) sentences that follows your supervisor’s instructions.
Satisfactorily created a one to two (1-2) paragraph email with five to seven (5-7) sentences that follows your supervisor’s instructions.
Thoroughly created a one to two (1-2) paragraph email with five to seven (5-7) sentences that follows your supervisor’s instructions.
2. Target the appropriate professional audience.
Weight: 10%
Did not submit or incompletely the targeted the professional audience.
Insufficiently targeted the professional audience.
Partially targeted the professional audience.
Satisfactorily targeted the professional audience.
Thoroughly targeted the professional audience.
3. Use appropriate language for professional audience.
Weight: 10%
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4. Use correct email formatting.
Weight: 10%
Did not submit or incompletely used correct email formatting.
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5. Follow appropriate netiquette rules for electronic communication.
Weight: 10%
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Insufficiently followed appropriate netiquette rules for electronic communication.
Partially followed appropriate netiquette rules for electronic communication.
Satisfactorily met followed appropriate netiquette rules for electronic communication.
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6. Meet 250-to-500- word minimum requirement.
Weight: 15%
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Thoroughly met 250-to-500-word minimum requirement.
7. Use correct sentence mechanics, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.
Weight: 10%
Did not submit or had more than 8 errors present.
7-8 errors present
5-6 errors present
3-4 errors present
0-2 errors present
8. Follow APA formatting rules for cover page.
Weight: 10%
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