COMM16165
Technical Reports and Presentations |
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Section I: Administrative Information
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Total hours: 42.0
Credit Value: 3.0
Credit Value Notes: N/A
Effective: Winter 2021
Prerequisites: N/A
Corequisites: N/A
Equivalents: N/A
Pre/Co/Equiv Notes: N/A |
Program(s):
Computer Engineering Technolog, Computer EngineeringTechnician, Electronics Engineering Techni, Electronics Engineering Techno
Program Coordinator(s):
MD - Nazrul Islam Khan, Weijing Ma
Course Leader or Contact: Shirook Ali
Version: 20210118_01
Status: Approved (APPR)
Section I Notes:
INFO10937 is an equivalency for COMM16165 for Electronics program only.
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Section II: Course Details
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Detailed Description
Students prepare for written and oral tasks they encounter in their program course and after they graduate. Students spend class time writing, developing, discuss and organizing cases, working with others and speaking to the class. Special emphasis focuses on oral, written, and visual presentation formats appropriate to technical subject content as well as the technologies appropriate to delivering these formats.
Program Context
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Computer Engineering Technolog |
Program Coordinator(s):
Weijing Ma |
This course is essential to programs as it prepares students for the written and oral tasks they will encounter in their program courses and after they graduate. Reports and Presentations is also an integral program course because students develop their communication skills within content areas assigned in conjunction with parallel program courses.
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Computer EngineeringTechnician |
Program Coordinator(s):
Weijing Ma |
This course is essential to programs as it prepares students for the written and oral tasks they will encounter in their program courses and after they graduate. Reports and Presentations is also an integral program course because students develop their communication skills within content areas assigned in conjunction with parallel program courses.
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Electronics Engineering Techni |
Program Coordinator(s):
MD - Nazrul Islam Khan |
This course is essential to programs as it prepares students for the written and oral tasks they will encounter in their program courses and after they graduate. Reports and Presentations is also an integral program course because students develop their communication skills within content areas assigned in conjunction with parallel program courses.
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Electronics Engineering Techno |
Program Coordinator(s):
MD - Nazrul Islam Khan |
This course is essential to programs as it prepares students for the written and oral tasks they will encounter in their program courses and after they graduate. Reports and Presentations is also an integral program course because students develop their communication skills within content areas assigned in conjunction with parallel program courses.
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Course Critical Performance and Learning Outcomes
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Critical Performance: |
| By the end of this course, students will have demonstrated the ability to communicate professionally in a variety of technology environments.
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Learning Outcomes:
To achieve the critical performance, students will have demonstrated the ability to:
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- Define report scope and content.
- Set writing objectives for the delivery of information to a variety of audiences using a goal oriented approach to ensure effective messaging.
- Develop project roles, responsibilities and relationships.
- Deliver an effective written and oral presentation using effective research, analysis, and design methodologies.
- Write in clear and concise manner using a business or technical writing technique as appropriate.
- Define, write and review report content.
- Communicate project specifications using an organized developmental approach.
- Communicate research findings using an analytical mindset and attitude.
- Build a business case that addresses project needs.
- Present project concepts and ideas to user groups and stakeholders.
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Evaluation Plan
Students demonstrate their learning in the following ways:
| Evaluation Plan: IN-CLASS
| Writing Evaluation/Grammar | 5.0% | | Business Document | 4.0% | | Report Proposal | 5.0% | | Research/Reference/APA doc | 5.0% | | Audience Profile/User Scenario | 4.0% | | Minor Report | 10.0% | | Group Written Report | 25.0% | | Peer Evaluation #1 | 2.0% | | Peer Evaluation #2 | 2.0% | | Elevator Pitch | 5.0% | | Presentation Scenario | 3.0% | | 5 min Group | 10.0% | | Group Oral Presentation | 20.0% | | Total | 100.0% |
Evaluation Notes and Academic Missed Work Procedure: Missed Work Procedure:
Group Contract Note: work not accepted/marks deducted until a group contract is signed by all members and submitted to the Professor. Students must submit/complete all assignments, in-class activities and projects by the scheduled due date and write all tests on the specified date/time.
Missed evaluations will result in a grade of zero. Refer to the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering & Technology process document and Verification of Injury or Illness Form posted on the Student Success in Engineering Virtual Community page on SLATE.
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Provincial Context
The course meets the following Ministry of Colleges and Universities requirements:
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Essential Employability
Skills
Essential Employability Skills emphasized in the course:
- Communication Skills - Communicate clearly, concisely and correctly in the written, spoken, visual form that fulfills the purpose and meets the needs of the audience.
- Communication Skills - Respond to written, spoken, or visual messages in a manner that ensures effective communication.
- Critical Thinking & Problem Solving Skills - Use a variety of thinking skills to anticipate and solve problems.
- Critical Thinking & Problem Solving - Apply a systematic approach to solve problems.
- Information Management - Locate, select, organize and document information using appropriate technology and information systems.
- Information Management Skills - Analyze, evaluate, and apply relevant information from a variety of sources.
- Interpersonal Skills - Interact with others in groups or teams in ways that contribute to effective working relationships and the achievement of goals.
- Interpersonal Skills - Show respect for the diverse opinions, values, belief systems, and contributions of others.
Prior Learning Assessment and Recognition
PLAR Contact (if course is PLAR-eligible) - Office of the Registrar
Students may apply to receive credit by demonstrating achievement of the course learning outcomes through previous relevant work/life experience, service, self-study and training on the job. This course is eligible for challenge through the following method(s):
- Portfolio
Notes: Both Portfolio and Interview are required for PLAR. - Interview
Notes: Both Portfolio and Interview are required for PLAR.
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Section III: Topical Outline
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Some details of this outline may change as a result of circumstances such as weather cancellations, College and student activities, and class timetabling.
Instruction Mode: In-Class
Professor: tba
Resource(s): | Type | Description | Required | Textbook | Writing in the Technical Fields, Ewald, Thorsten, Oxford University Press, 3rd Edition, ISBN 9780199036851, E-text option available through https://redshelf.com/book/596589/writing-in-the-technical-fields-596 |
Applicable student group(s): Computer Engineering Technician/Technology, and Electronics Engineering Technician/Technology
Course Details: MODULE 01: (1 Week) Topics: Writing Strategy, Audience Analysis, Readability Activity: Grammar/Writing Evaluation (5%) Outcomes: 1, 2
MODULE 02: (2 Weeks) Topics: Organization Strategies, Research, Editing and Proofreading Evaluation: Research Proposal (5%); Group Contract (0%); Research/Refs/APA doc (5%); Audience Profile/User Scenario (4%) Activity: Setup an online collaboration environment Outcomes: 3, 4
MODULE 03: (2 Weeks) Topics: Writing a Technical Report, Effective Writing Strategies Topics: Applying target audience writing/Business report/memo Evaluation: Minor Report Submission (10%) Evaluation: Business Document (4%) Outcomes: 1, 2, 4, 5, 6
MODULE 04: (2 Weeks) Topics: One Minute Talks, Elevator Pitch, Talking Points Evaluation: Elevator Pitch (5%) Activity: Peer Feedback (2%) Outcomes: 4, 5, 6
MODULE 05: (1 Week concurrent with Module 04) Topics: Using Language Effectively, Paragraph Construction, Target Audience; watch pitch presentations Outcomes: 5,7,8
Reading Week
MODULE 06: (4 Weeks) Topics: Preparing and Practice for Presentations Evaluation: Group Presentation (10%) Evaluation: Presentation Scenarios (3%) Outcomes: 7, 8, 10
MODULE 06A: (2 Weeks concurrent with Module 6) Topics: Technical Report Writing - Technical graphics Evaluation: Report Submission (25%)
MODULE: 07 (2 Weeks) Evaluation: Group Presentations of Major Research Project (20%) Activity: Peer Feedback (2%) Outcomes: 7, 8, 9, 10
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