SLOs Analysis Activity

Lesson by Zach McVicker

Description (for Instructors)

This self-reflective activity tasks students with analyzing the Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) of BTW 250 and considering how they relate to their first Onboarding Process Assignment. The first two discussion questions (1 & 2) most directly apply to the Strengths and Goals Memo, and the latter two (3 & 4) most directly apply to the Introductory Email to a Mentor.

This activity is conducted as a Discussion Board on the course management system of the instructor’s choosing (i.e., Moodle, Canvas, etc.).

Explanation (for Students)

1.) Read SLOs: Read the following Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) for BTW 250 closely.

  1. Compose effective business communication in written and/or multimodal forms.  
  2. Adapt content and form to specific professional conventions, audiences, and situations.  
  3. Take part in collaborative work to compose effective professional communication. 
  4. Identify and make use of resources to compose goal-oriented texts.  
  5. Develop and follow a recursive process of investigation, task definition, drafting, feedback, revision, and editing.

2.) Respond to prompts: After reading the SLOs, fill in the blanks below. Then, expand on each with a few sentences of context.

  • Two strengths of mine I bring to BTW 250 found in the SLOs:
    1. (answer here)
    2. (answer here)
  • Two goals of mine for BTW 250 within the SLOs:
    1. (answer here)
    2. (answer here)
  • Two internal uses for the SLOs in your future workplace:
    1. (answer here)
    2. (answer here)
  • Two external uses for the SLOs in your future workplace:
    1. (answer here)
    2. (answer here)

3.) Post responses: Post your responses to the SLOs Analysis Discussion Board.

  • Click the “add a new discussion topic” button to access the discussion board.
  • Type your name as the subject of your post. 
  • No responses are required for this forum.