Your assignment this week: Make sure your outgoing voice mail...

Your assignment this week:

1. Make sure your outgoing voice mail message (the one that callers hear when you don't answer your phone) is professional on your home and mobile phones.
2. Clean-up content on social networking sites that instructors, Career Services, or future employers might visit.
3. Create a professional e-mail address. (If you already have a professional e-mail address, you don't need to create a new one.)
   • Gmail is one of the most commonly used free e-mail services. If you need to create a professional e-mail address, go to www.Gmail.com (Links to an external site.). Professionals suggest using your name for a professional e-mail address, for [email protected]. When you set up your account it will inform you if the name combination you select is available. If your first choice is not available, try different combinations (J.Smith@, JSmith@, Jane.S@, etc.) Begin using your professional e-mail address from now on when communicating with the school, peers, Career Services, and with others professionally.
4. Once you have completed steps 1 through 3, write a substantial paragraph or two detailing what action(s) you took for EACH of the three elements above (voicemail, social media, and e-mail address), and explain why you did so. If your social media, e-mail address, and outgoing voicemail messages are already professional, submit a paragraph explaining how you believe EACH is already professional to show that you reviewed and carefully considered the professionalism of each of these channels as part of this assignment.

Submission Criteria: Submission should be a minimum of 200 words

RUBRIC FOR THE EVALUATION OF ASSIGNMENTS
CRITERIA
NEEDS IMPROVEMENT
Minimum Points
SATISFACTORY
Medium Points
SUPERIOR
Maximum Points
CONTENT
(70%)
The writer does not
demonstrate cursory
understanding of subject
matter, and the purpose of
the paper is not stated. The
objective, therefore, is not
addressed and supporting
materials are not correctly
referenced.
FEWER THAN 49 POINTS
The writer demonstrates
limited understanding of the
subject matter in that
theories are not well
connected to a practical
experience or appropriate
examples; attempt to
research the topic is evident
and materials are correctly
referenced. Some
opinions/statements aren’t
justified completely.
49 to 62 POINTS
The writer demonstrates an
understanding of the subject
matter by clearly stating the
objective of the paper and
links theories to practical
experience. The paper
includes relevant material
that is correctly referenced,
and this material fulfills the
objective of the paper.
63 to 70 POINTS
ORGANIZATION
(10%)
Paragraphs do not focus
around a central point, and
concepts are disjointedly
introduced or poorly
defended (i.e., stream of
consciousness).
FEWER THAN 7 POINTS
Topics/content could be
organized in a more logical
manner. Transitions from
one idea to the next are
often disconnected and
uneven.
7 or 8 POINTS
The writer focuses on ideas
and concepts within
paragraphs, and sentences
are well-connected and
meaningful. Each topic
logically follows the
objective. The introduction
clearly states the objective
or ideas leading to the
purpose of the paper; a
conclusion draws the ideas
together.
9 or 10 POINTS
SPELLING, GRAMMAR,
CAPITALIZATION,
PUNCTUATION &
CLARITY
(20%)
Grammar and punctuation
are consistently incorrect.
Spelling errors are
numerous. The writer
struggles with limited
vocabulary and has difficulty
conveying meaning such
that only the broadest, most
general messages are
presented.
FEWER THAN 14 POINTS
The writer occasionally uses
awkward sentence
construction or overuses
and/or inappropriately uses
complex sentence structure.
Problems with word usage
(e.g., evidence of incorrect
use of Thesaurus) and
punctuation persist, often
causing difficulties with
grammar. Ideas may be
overstated, and sentences
with limited contribution to
the subject are included.
14 to 17 POINTS
The writer demonstrates
correct usage of formal
English language in
sentence construction.
Variation in sentence
structure and word usage
promotes readability. There
are no spelling, punctuation,
or word usage errors.
Writing is concise, in active
voice, and avoids awkward
transitions and overuse of
conjunctions.
18 to 20 POINTS

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COM1010: Introduction to Communications
Week 6: Communication Technology
COM1010: Introduction to Communications
Week 6: Communication Technology