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Wiki’s are websites designed to enable users to make additions or edit any page of the site. This will be a site will answer who, what, when, where, why, and how. When this site is completed, it will be ready to provide answers to people who are requesting information from you. This will be done in a team concept. You will invite _ other people to join your WIKI (including me). My e-mail address is jdlawson20@gmail.com. ** context of problem ** You are employees of the local Visitors Bureau or Chamber of Commerce. As employees, you frequently receive phone calls and letters from people interested in visiting the area requesting information about accommodations, attractions, restaurants, etc. Answering the calls and letters individually is very time-consuming and measures need to be taken to free up employees' time.
 * [[image:businesslanguageskills/dakota.jpg width="412" height="399" align="left"]]Wiki Assignment **

Sample site: http://chicagoconventionproject.wikispaces.com/ ** Description ** Each group will create a wiki site on the assigned topic. The resulting wiki site should contain appropriate elements based upon the topic. Your individual contribution to the site will take form of a research site. You will also work with your fellow group members to produce a main page for your group site that includes: an introductory essay that brings together the insights of each group member’s essay. (All group work can be done by e-mail and in class.) The wiki site assignment (including main page and supplemental pages are due on the due date. It is due in its final form on Thursday, November 18, 2010.  ** Evaluation **   Group wiki sites and their component parts will be graded using the following criteria:   · Effectiveness and internal logic of the concept: Does it make sense? Do the various units seem compatible or appropriate to each other? Or does it look like a half-dozen loosely-related essays grouped together.   · Excellence of organization. Your contribution should demonstrate critical; thinking based on thorough grounding in the subject of your particular topic.  · Mechanics of English usage, spelling, and punctuation.  · Visual appeal. In a visual medium, this is an important criterion. Your site should be easy to read and navigate.  · The site must have at least one video. The bulk of the grade you will receive will depend on your individual contributions to the Group Wiki Site. An excellent site that shows the results of effective communication, cooperation, and group planning will raise the grade of everyone in the group. Sites that display a failure to communicate and cooperate may lower the grade of the all group members. ** Grading – Total Points 70 ** ** __ Possible 40 Bonus Points for each individual contributor __ ** Tutorial Links: [] **Wiki Site – Content Pages 70 Points (Team) **

**Possible Your ** **Category Points Score ** Opening, closing 8 _ Strategy, organization 8 _ Completeness, accuracy 8 _ Tone, goodwill effect 8 _ Clarity, coherence 8 _ Overall effect, originality 8 _ Mechanics 22 <span style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">Spelling, typo (–2 pts.) <span style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">Word choice (–4) <span style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">Punctuation error (–3) <span style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">Idiom, syntax, or other error (–2 to –4)

** Total Possible Points 70 ** **<span style="font-family: calibri; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">Wiki Site – Content Page 40 Points (Individual) **

**<span style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">Possible Your ** **<span style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-weight: normal; msobidifontweight: normal;">Category Points Score ** <span style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">Opening, closing 4 _ <span style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">Strategy, organization 4 _ <span style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">Completeness, accuracy 4 _ <span style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">Tone, goodwill effect 4 _ <span style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">Clarity, coherence 4 _ <span style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">Overall effect, originality 4 _ <span style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">Mechanics 16 <span style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">Spelling, typo (–2pts.) <span style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">Word choice (–4) <span style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">Punctuation error (–3) <span style="font-family: times new roman; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in;">Idiom, syntax, or other error (–2 to –4)

** Total Possible Points 40 **