Recruitment: Writing Assignment 2015
Assignment Overview
This assignment has two parts:
1. Proofreading
2. Analyzing videos and describing their teachingsScoresheet
Assignment PartScore
Part 1: Proofreading___/15
Part 2: Analyzing videos and describing their
teachings___/35
TOTAL___/50
Part 1: Proofreading
Overview:
The purpose of this part of the assignment is to test your
ability to proofread paragraphs of text for errors in spelling,
punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and usage.
Instructions: There are 15 issues in the below three paragraphs
of text. Using the Text Highlight Color tool, highlight these 15
issues as you identify them. Note your task is not to rewrite the
paragraphs of text. If completing this exercise in printed form,
use the margin or the space between lines of text to indicate how
you would correct the error. Otherwise, add comments or Tracked
Changes to indicate the changes you would make. Exercise____/15Many
people experience firsthand how spending to much time at work can
negatively impact their personal life. conversely, being pulled by
too many demands from home can make it hard to concentrate on work.
Whether there's too much focus on work, or too little, when your
work life and your personnel life feel out of balance, the results
is stress. Feeling out of balance is hard to except.
Having a healthy work/life balance is important, and the
balances that's right for you won't necessarily be right for your
coworker. And it may not be right for you next year either. Anyone
can create a different idea of what the perfect work/life balance
should be. But it will inevitably be a dynamic concept, since it
has to change many times throughout life, as the circumstances of
life and work change. With an internal centre that is, when people
fell in control they have a sense of well-being. A person with an
internal center of control tend to work hard and persevere to get
what they want. In general, people with an internal center of
control engage in activities that will improve there situation and
develop their knowledges, skills, and abilities.
When you begin to assess your work-life balance, your really
analyzing whether you have an acceptable share of time between your
needs and those of the others around you. Of course, you need to do
this for your work life and your private life, or you won't be able
to find the right balance for you at this time in your life. One of
the most important aspects of work/life balance are that you'll be
able to get the most out of every aspect of your lifePart 2:
Analyzing videos and describing their teachingsOverviewThe purpose
of this part of the assignment is to test your ability to analyze a
video and write text describing the learning objective of the video
and the key steps the instructor took to arrive at that objective.
In Part2a, youll write text for a GUI-based video and in Part2b,
youll write text for a coding-based video.Part 2a: GUI-Based
Video
Instructions: Play the sample video (66723.mp4) and familiarize
yourself with its content. For ease of reference, the voice over
for the video is also provided as a transcript within a separate
document called 66723.doc. Note the overall message of the video,
and pay attention to the key tasks or steps being demonstrated. You
may need to re-watch the video several times, as well as
referencing the transcript. Exercise
Identifying the key instruction in a videoWhat is the key
instructional purpose of this video? Complete this single sentence
to describe the key task being undertaken by the instructor, Jamie
Campbell, in the video.In this video, Jamie Campbell____/5Video
SummaryWhat does the video demonstrate? Write a paragraph briefly
summarizing the video, describing the task and steps covered in the
video. Your completed paragraph should be no longer than 100
words.____/10Part 2b: Code-Based Video
Instructions: Play the sample video (61915.mp4) and familiarize
yourself with its content. For ease of reference, the voice over
for the video is also provided as a transcript within a separate
called 61915.doc. Note the overall message of the video, and pay
attention to the key tasks or steps being demonstrated. You may
need to re-watch the video several times, as well as referencing
the transcript.Exercise
Single-line Video Description
What is the key instructional purpose of this video? Complete
this single sentence to describe the key task being undertaken by
the instructor, Charles Robinson, in the video.
In this video, Charles Robinson____/5Video Breakdown
What does the video demonstrate? Write a paragraph briefly
summarizing the video, describing the task and steps covered in the
video. Your completed paragraph should be no longer than 100
words.
____/155
