CRHS Assignment: Keyboarding/Business Etiquette Comic

Business Law Ms. Wagemaker CRHS Assignment: Keyboarding/Business Etiquette Comic ****************************************************************************** Background: For the past few weeks, you’ve been working on your keyboarding skills to improve your speed and your accuracy. These skills will help you when you eventually become part of the business world

Directions: Using Comic Life, prepare a 1-2 page comic strip that informs and entertains the viewer about keyboarding and/or etiquette in the business world.

Format/Requirements:

 Be Creative and Colorful! Your comic should use a variety of appropriate fonts, graphics and photos  Your comic should “tell a story”  A catchy title should be included somewhere in the beginning of your comic  Spelling, punctuation, choice of images and language should be accurate and appropriate

Submission:

When your comic is complete, it will need to be saved as a JPEG so you can email it to Ms. Wagemaker.

To save your comic as a JPEG:

1. In Comic Life, select File, Export. 2. When prompted change the type from BITMAP to JPEG 3. You will then be asked for a file name for your file. Save it as ‘Keyboarding Comic’ 4. Email the jpeg file you just created to Ms. Wagemaker at [email protected]

Evaluation: Your work will be evaluated using the rubric on the opposite side of this paper. Please fill out your name, date and give yourself a grade for each category. Hand in the completed rubric when you submit your work.

Possible Comic Topics:

Proper keyboarding poster/techniques What’s New with Windows 8? Phone call etiquette in the workplace Will Tablets Replace Desktops? How to get the raise you want Apple versus Microsoft Dress for business success Young Entrepreneurs

How to prevent repetitive stress injuries Careers Using Keyboarding

Do’s and Don’ts of Texting on the job Careers Using Computers

How to get the job you want Shopping for a Laptop

Starting your own small business Virtual Keyboards versus desktop keyboards

What is D.E.C.A? Why join it? Sharing An Office at Work – Do’s and Don’s

Why take Keyboarding?

OR If you have an idea of your own, please get Ms. Wagemaker’s approval before creating your comic.

Name: ______Assignment: Keyboarding Comic Strip Points Earned Category (0-5) Teacher Comments

Neatness: Assignment is presented in a neat, professional manner

Accuracy: all information is accurate

Completion: all requirements are included

Objectives: The objectives of the assignment have been met

Understanding Material: Student demonstrates an understanding of material for this assignment

Quality Work: Entry is clear, well organized, focused and well documented

Effort: Does assignment reflect significant effort on the part of the student?

Effective Use of Class time: did student use all available class time given productively?

Total Points Earned

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Your Assigned Agency/Acronym Name: ______

Directions: Research the Agency/Acronyms you were assigned in class. Find out the following information, and complete the Google spreadsheet for your assigned agency.

 What does the acronym stand for (What is the full name of the agency)?

 What is the location of their home page?

 When was the agency established?

 List any other names that the agency was called.

 What is this agency responsible for?

 What services of this agency would you or your family use?

+  What is one current issue this agency is facing?