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Minutes of the Technical and professional communication Committee, October 13, 2004

Members Present: Don Cunningham, chair; Beth Fletcher, Keith Gibson, Chris Keirstead, Betsy Smith

The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the outcome statements for the technical and professional communication assessment.

Agenda

1.  The minutes from the previous meeting were approved.

2.  Announcement: Videoconferencing with Alise Chabaud on 11/15 in HC 3223; TPC  

     students invited

3.  Outcome Statement Issues

  • Outcome 3 (Computer Presentation) has been removed from the assessment.
  • Outcome 1
  • Instructors need to include assignment sheet so assessors can determine audience.
  • Outcome statement will deal specifically with the analytical report, and the Means of

       Assessment (1a) will refer to analytical report instead of "portfolio."

  • We reconfirmed that visuals are required for the analytical report.
  • Section C of the assessment worksheet should refer to "navigational cues" instead of just "Transitions and orienting phrases."
  • Don is redrafting the assessment worksheet with the above issues in mind.
  • Outcome 2
  • This outcome statement will deal with the instructions assignment, not the "portfolio."
  • Beth is redrafting the assessment worksheet to make it more specifically tailored to the instructions assignment.

3.  For the next meeting (10/27), we will discuss the revised assessment worksheets and

     discuss the collection procedure.

Submitted by

Keith Gibson

10/25/2004

    

 

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