1. COMM 231; adapted from Social Media Examiner
Unit 10 Blog Post: Profile
Instructions; 35 points
In this unit, you will write up a profile on someone. You can write a
profile post about an industry leader, someone who’s up and coming in
your industry, a business owner, a volunteer, a teacher/professor, etc.
There needs to be a clear tie your theme blog.
The profile post should give some biographical information about the
person and links where users can find more about them.
You should put information on why you chose to write an article on
this person, but also consider adding some facts that aren’t well known
so that your post can stand apart from any other resource.
Directions
1. Select an appropriate person to profile.
2. You need at least one photo of the person (sourced if you don’t
own it).
3. You need a compelling headline.
4. If you do outside research, link to the source you used.
5. Your blog copy needs to be free of spelling mistakes and
grammar errors.
6. When your blog post is published, copy and paste the link for
grading on the Discussion Board by Sunday at 11:59 p.m.
Failure to follow these steps will result in a low grade.
Grading:
A – Publishable. Style, content, and aesthetic construction are all
excellent. No errors.
B – Great. Needs some editing, but the project is well organized,
has few errors, and is well thought out.
C – Average. Major issues with structure, errors, and content.
Directions were not followed.
2. COMM 231; adapted from Social Media Examiner
D – Below Average. Student obviously put little time or thought
into the assignment. There are careless errors, structure is
confusing, and content is lacking. Directions were not followed.
F – Failure. Did not complete assignment, assignment was turned
in past deadline, plagiarized, or falsified material.