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Summary
Editing for readability and reliability
This is part two of a two-part assignment that provides practice editing an informal report. In this part (2.2), you are asked to improve the document you wrote for Written 2.1, especially its readability and reliability. This part is worth 5 points towards your final mark. We will use a rubric for assessment, shown in the attachment below.

Purpose of this assignment
Every piece of writing can become better with re-writing. Several steps are involved, from a document-level review to checking the correct punctuation and citation methods. Correcting and improving at each of these levels optimizes the final documents. The objective is to achieve greater readability (making the content easier to absorb) and maximize reliability (making you a trusted source of information). Keep in mind there may be many readers of the report, perhaps over long periods, and the material must be an accurate and trustworthy account that a wide range of people can understand.
Editing can involve re-phrasing, re-arranging, supplementing, or reducing the content. None-verbal aspects are also essential to consider, such as formatting or consistency in headings, citations, etc.
The assignment targets the following course objectives:
Organize and prepare workplace communications by the intended outcome.
Identify and eliminate sources of noise in workplace communications.
Distinguish the differences between facts, interpretations, conclusions, and recommendations.
Apply design principles to various kinds of workplace documents.
Prepare summaries of workplace information.
Prepare reports for various purposes.

How to do this assignment
Written 2.2 is based on your work in Written 2.1.

1. Consult the checklist in the Coursepack, pp. 061-062. This provides a valuable list of things to consider as you review your work. A copy is attached below.
2. Consult the feedback for your Written 2.1 submission for areas to review. Note that this is not an inventory of every item that needs to be addressed but indicates certain things that you can improve with extra attention. We will publish feedback during the week of 21 March.
3. Read over your earlier draft and make a checklist of things you want to be sure to concentrate on in your re-write. This can be particularly valuable if you’re going to do the re-write in a minimum number of passes through the document, correcting multiple items simultaneously. An alternative can be to do multiple passes through the paper; for example, one for re-phrasing to improve clarity, another to reduce wordiness, another to check spelling, etc.
4. Turn on “track changes” in MS Word. Make sure to select “track changes while editing” (or equivalent) so the edits you make appear as they are being done.
5. Make all the changes you believe will improve your document to provide the final draft.
6. Save a version WITH track changes visible as a PDF file. This PDF will be known as the “redline version.”
7. Save the same version as a PDF file WITHOUT track changes visible. This PDF will be the final draft, known as the “clean version.” Note: In some versions of MS Word, you may need to select “accept all changes” to see the final draft with no changes visible.
8. Describe three changes you made to improve readability and reliability. Be specific. For example, provide more details than “corrected errors from feedback” and instead name the kind of errors you corrected and how, such as “corrected reference list formatting after checking the examples in the Coursepack.” Note: Make as many changes as necessary to provide the best final draft, but only three need to be listed.
9. Submit three items in a single PDF file:
The list of three changes you made to improve readability and reliability, as described in #8
The redline version (the final draft with changes visible from “track changes”)
The clean version (the final draft with no changes visible)
Deadline
Friday, 01 April 2022 at 2359 AT.
A two-hour grace period extends beyond the deadline to allow for connectivity/technical issues while uploading.
After the grace period (2359 + 2 hrs), submissions will be late and marked 0.
Accommodations are not possible after the deadline. Additional information about exemptions and accommodations is in the course syllabus.

Assessment
You will receive a letter grade.
The grading scale follows the Dalhousie system for undergraduate courses.
We will assess your submission using a rubric.
The rubric is attached below.

Further instructions
On templates & third-party tools
Many pre-formatted templates and writing tools exist online and in some apps. You are free to use any of these with one provision: you will be accountable for demonstrating your understanding of the principles presented in this Course. Put differently, because your format or wording uses a third-party application will not make it correct for purposes of this assignment. The reference for marking will be (a) the principles, language, and details we discuss in class, (b) the background provided in the Coursepack, and (c) the reference slides provided in Course Day-by-Day.
On academic standards
You must write in your own words. The material needs to be original. We may use plagiarism detection software and other means to analyze submissions. Any instances that suggest copying from others will be examined closely as a possible academic offense. We may withhold your mark while a closer examination of your work occurs. Additional information about academic standards is in the course syllabus.
On questions
We expect follow-up questions, and they are welcome. The quickest answers will be checking Course Questions and Answers on MS Teams (CSCI 2100 | W22). Your question may have earlier been asked and answered. If not, posting your question benefits your colleagues with the answer. If you feel your question is more complicated, contact your TA directly. They are there to respond to individual questions on any aspect of the course material.

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