Week 4 Assignment 1: Team Outline Exercise Due Monday by 1:59am Points 25 Submitting a file upload Submit Assignment Required Resources Read/review the following resources for this activity: Instructions This week, you will have an opportunity to work in a team and to put into practice many of the communication strategies about which we are learning. Your instructor has already assigned you to a group of team members. You need to solve a communication business problem outline together by the end of the week. Remember, what makes a group a team is a shared common goal, and this team will be no exception. In this case, your shared goal is to create and deliver an A+ solution to a communication business outline. The following is a list of ideas that were brainstormed in a meeting with your company employees. The company needs to include all these ideas in an all-company presentation, but the list is very disorganized right now. What would be the best way to sort these ideas into some sequence of main points with sub points? Hints Discuss With your assigned team, unscramble the following statements to create a logical outline for an upcoming business presentation. Use standard outline format as described in your textbook. Textbook: Chapter 8, 11 Lesson There are 3 main points, and the rest are sub points. There is no introduction or conclusion. Use your Group Home Page to converse. ! 11/19/19, 1:52 PM Page 1 of 4 All team members must collaborate and submit the same version of the outline. As part of your individual submission, reflect on the group process. Was there miscommunication? Were there any listening barriers? How did the group handle it? Writing Requirements (APA format) Grading This activity will be graded based on the W4 Team Outline Grading Rubric. Course Outcomes (CO): 2, 3, 5, 8 Due Date: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday 1. Ensure that the language is used correctly. 2. Speaker credibility influences how listeners feel about the speaker. 3. Character is the quality of being honest, trustworthy, and showing goodwill. 4. Deliver the speech with confidence. 5. Credibility is an extremely important factor in determining speaker effectiveness. 6. Connect the audience to the topic. 7. Practice your delivery. 8. Verbally cite personal subject knowledge. 9. Present error-free written materials. 10. Credibility has three primary characteristics: the three Cs. 11. Ensure that typographical errors are eliminated. 12. Charisma is the quality of being assertive, confident, and enthusiastic. 13. Speaker credibility influences the listener's ability to learn or to believe. 14. Demonstrate expertise. 15. Verbally cite expert sources. 16. Connect yourself to the topic. 17. Plan your delivery. 18. Ensure that facts are correct. 19. Competence is the quality of being an expert and being intelligent. 20. Connect with the audience on a personal level. 21. Establish common ground. 22. Credibility is established in four ways. 1 ...

1. Week 4 Assignment 1: Team Outline Exercise
Due Monday by 1:59am Points 25 Submitting a file upload
Submit Assignment
Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
Instructions
This week, you will have an opportunity to work in a team and
to put into practice many of the communication
strategies about which we are learning. Your instructor has
already assigned you to a group of team members.
You need to solve a communication business problem outline
together by the end of the week. Remember,
what makes a group a team is a shared common goal, and this
team will be no exception. In this case, your
shared goal is to create and deliver an A+ solution to a
communication business outline.
The following is a list of ideas that were brainstormed in a
meeting with your company employees. The
company needs to include all these ideas in an all-company
presentation, but the list is very disorganized right
now. What would be the best way to sort these ideas into some
sequence of main points with sub points?
Hints

2. Discuss
With your assigned team, unscramble the following statements
to create a logical outline for an upcoming
business presentation. Use standard outline format as described
in your textbook.
Textbook: Chapter 8, 11
Lesson
There are 3 main points, and the rest are sub points.
There is no introduction or conclusion.
Use your Group Home Page to converse.
!
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Page 1 of 4
All team members must collaborate and submit the same version
of the outline.
As part of your individual submission, reflect on the group
process. Was there miscommunication? Were there
any listening barriers? How did the group handle it?
Writing Requirements (APA format)
Grading
This activity will be graded based on the W4 Team Outline
Grading Rubric.

3. Course Outcomes (CO): 2, 3, 5, 8
Due Date: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Sunday
1. Ensure that the language is used correctly.
2. Speaker credibility influences how listeners feel about the
speaker.
3. Character is the quality of being honest, trustworthy, and
showing goodwill.
4. Deliver the speech with confidence.
5. Credibility is an extremely important factor in determining
speaker effectiveness.
6. Connect the audience to the topic.
7. Practice your delivery.
8. Verbally cite personal subject knowledge.
9. Present error-free written materials.
10. Credibility has three primary characteristics: the three Cs.
11. Ensure that typographical errors are eliminated.
12. Charisma is the quality of being assertive, confident, and
enthusiastic.
13. Speaker credibility influences the listener's ability to learn
or to believe.
14. Demonstrate expertise.
15. Verbally cite expert sources.
16. Connect yourself to the topic.
17. Plan your delivery.
18. Ensure that facts are correct.
19. Competence is the quality of being an expert and being
intelligent.
20. Connect with the audience on a personal level.
21. Establish common ground.
22. Credibility is established in four ways.
1-inch margins
Double spaced

4. 12-point Times New Roman font
Title page (add group members names who worked on the
project)
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Total Points: 25.0
W4 Team Outline Grading Rubric - 25 pts
Criteria Ratings Pts
10.0 pts
10.0 pts
5.0 pts
Outline
Order
10.0 pts
All main points
and suboints
are arranged
correctly.
8.5 pts
Most main
points and
suboints are
arranged
correctly.

5. 7.5 pts
Some main
points and
suboints are
arranged
correctly.
6.0 pts
Few main
points and
suboints are
arranged
correctly.
0.0 pts
No main
points or
suboints are
arranged
correctly.
Reflection 10.0 pts
Submission
includes
detailed
reflection of
the group
process and
analysis of
communication
issues.
8.5 pts
Submission
includes an

6. adequate
reflection of
the group
process and
analysis of
communication
issues.
Additional
details could
provide more
insight to the
process.
7.5 pts
Submission
includes a
reflection of
the group
process and
analyiss of
communication
issues but
some details
and analysis
are missing
resulting in an
incomplete
picture of the
group
interaction.
6.0 pts
Submission is
missing either
a reflection of
the group

7. process or the
analysis of
communication
issues.
0.0 pts
The
submission
does not
include a
reflection of
the group
process or an
analysis of
communication
issues.
Writing:
Mechanics
& Usage
5.0 pts
The writing is
free of errors in
grammar,
spelling, and
punctuation that
would detract
from a clear
reading of the
paper.
4.25 pts
The writing
contains a few
errors in grammar,

8. spelling, and
punctuation, but
the errors do not
detract from a
clear reading of
the text.
3.75 pts
The writing
contains some
errors in
grammar,
spelling, and
punctuation that
need to be
addressed for a
clearer reading of
the paper.
3.0 pts
The writing
contains
several errors
in grammar,
spelling, and
punctuation
that impede a
clear reading of
the paper.
0.0 pts
No
effort
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