Complete a brief letter in Microsoft Word reflecting on your experiences in college so far.
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Introduction
To be successful in this digital world, you must understand how to compose and convey your ideas to others. However, this is not always as easy. The Internet has allowed us to access an incredible amount of information, but not all of it is trustworthy. When it comes to your academic and professional career, knowing how to find the truth is the key to your success. This means learning how to evaluate sources, avoid accidental plagiarism, and use tools such as Microsoft Word and social media to find and share accurate information with the world.
For this assessment, you will continue to develop your digital proficiency by using the world’s most popular word-processing software, Microsoft Word. By practicing using this digital tool, you will feed your success and build your confidence, at school and at work.
Communicating with Professional Colleagues
The purpose of this assessment is to use digital tools to share information and reflect on your experiences. Practicing these skills will feed your success and build your confidence, both at school and at work. Within the context of this assessment, you’re going to put yourself in the frame of mind that you need to help a colleague understand why using digital literacy to avoid plagiarism is important to their future career success.
Keep in mind that digital proficiency is using technology tools well and that digital literacy is using tools to communicate well and using strong online resources. They are similar; however, for the purposes of this assessment, we are focusing on digital literacy. In other words, finding and using strong online resources, making sure that the words you use are your own, all while also assuring proper attribution to the sources you are using and paraphrasing.
Assessment Instructions
- Download the Assessment 2: Business Letter Template [DOCX] Download Assessment 2: Business Letter Template [DOCX].
- Format the document according to the instructions.
o Delete all of the directions—the text in brackets [ ]—from the document.
o Right-align your company name and date at the top of the letter.
o Left-align the addressee name and text of the letter.
- Edit the document by replacing the text in brackets [ ] with your answers to complete the letter. Your letter should address the following, as indicated in the template:
o Describe the risks of plagiarizing from digital sources.
- Note how plagiarizing in professional work could impact future career success.
o Explain digital literacy in terms of offering a definition and examples of relevant skills.
- Note why digital literacy is important to success in professional pursuits.
- Use the tools in Word to find and correct any spelling errors.
- Save your document (in the folder location that you prefer) as Lastname_COM-FPX1150_A2_letter.
- Submit your assessment.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
- Competency 1: Use computers, software, and online tools to effectively complete a task.
o Format a document according to instructions.
- Competency 4: Integrate credible and relevant sources into coursework to enhance clarity and support claims.
o Explain digital literacy in terms of offering a definition and examples of relevant skills.
- Competency 5: Address the assessment purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.
o Describe the risks of plagiarizing from digital sources.
o Address assessment purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.
Scoring Guide
Use the scoring guide to understand how your assessment will be evaluated.
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Criterion 1
Explain digital literacy in terms of offering a definition and examples of relevant skills.
Distinguished
Explains digital literacy in terms of offering a definition and examples of relevant skills. Notes why digital literacy is important to being successful in professional pursuits.
Proficient
Explains digital literacy in terms of offering a definition and examples of relevant skills.
Basic
Describes a definition of digital literacy, but this falls short of a true explanation and the examples of skills may not be relevant.
Non Performance
Does not describe a definition of digital literacy.
Criterion 2
Describe the risks of plagiarizing from digital sources.
Distinguished
Describes the risks of plagiarizing from digital sources. Notes how plagiarizing in professional work could impact future career success.
Proficient
Describes the risks of plagiarizing from digital sources.
Basic
Describes plagiarism, but does not do so within the context of risks or digital sources.
Non Performance
Does not describe plagiarism.
Criterion 3
Format a document according to instructions.
Distinguished
Formats a document according to instructions; the document contains no errors.
Proficient
Formats a document according to instructions.
Basic
Formats a document according to instructions; the document contains more than five errors.
Non Performance
Does not format a document according to instructions.
Criterion 4
Address assessment purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.
Distinguished
Presents a focused purpose through strong organizational skills. Presents evidence through strong paraphrasing or summarizing and appropriate tone and sentence structure.
Proficient
Addresses assessment purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.
Basic
Addresses the assessment purpose with minimal issues related to evidence, tone, and sentence structure.
Non Performance
Does not respond to the assessment prompt and/or does not organize text appropriately, uses inappropriate
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