Topic: Short Report Design and Formatting

Learning Objectives:

1.2 Use appropriate patterns of organization to meet the needs of given business communication situations.

1.5 Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of page design through the appropriate use of such elements as positive/negative space, headings, subheadings, and graphics.

4.3 Practice and apply a variety of editing and proofreading strategies.

Instructions:

1) In week 5 we learned how to develop and design business documents including visual aids. Look at the included word doc/pdf titled "ENG2305.Short Report. Design Application Assignment 2 S2020". This document is a short report but with a very poor design. Your job is to format and design this short report so that it is professional, appealing, and functional. DO NOT change the content, ONLY enhance the formatting and design of the content.

Professional: Smart design choices for your audience, purpose, and high quality.

Appealing: Draws your audience's attention to a creative, well-formatted, and attractive report.

Functional: Organized well and clearly designed sections that make reading easy and comfortable.

2) You must use the word doc file to edit the short report in the following ways.

Report Requirements:

a) Add a title.

b) The report should include the following clearly designed sections:

• purpose or background for the report,
• problems/issues,
• findings/conclusions, and
• recommendations

c) Make the Visual Aids easy to find, well-positioned, or placed near the text they match, and big enough to read easily.

d) The improved formatted short report can be 1-2 pages long but no more than 2 pages.

Report Considerations:

a) Format

b) Organization of content

c) Placement of Visual Aids

d) Font type and size choices

e) Head Title and Subtitles

f) Use of colour

g) Use of added graphics or design features

3) Submit your short report to Schoology, as one file (not separate pages) by the due date.

4) Read the instructions again to make sure you understand clearly.

Tips and Things to Consider to Produce Great Work:

• Read the instructions several times to make sure you understand the assignment completely.
• Follow the instructions correctly.
• Ask for help if you need it or ask questions if you don't understand something.
• Look at the attached rubric so you know what the expectations are and you know how to succeed on this assignment.
• Use your class notes and Schoology resources to help you develop your short report