This requirement is due at the end of week 1.

Instructions:

By the time you finish this course and leave the university, you will want to have practiced appropriate ways to communicate via email so that you appear professional at all times. NACE's Job Outlook 2016 lists attributes employers want to see on new college graduates' resumes. Written Communication Skills is in the top 3!

Remember that when you communicate via email, you cannot provide eye contact and body language to help explain yourself, so your message may be misunderstood. Sometimes the thread of a message is lost, making readers rely on memory (which is often faulty). And if you need the reader to act on your request, good manners will help you be successful.

1. Connect your ONID email address with Canvas.

If you have questions about the notifications,

1. Use a formal salutation, such as 'Dear Ms. SoandSo.'
2. Write in proper English, not texting-ease.
3. Use 'please' and 'thank you'.
4. Be direct and upfront.
5. Include links to the instructions, your blog, etc. to help the person understand what you're referring to.
6. Respond no later than 48 hours.

Not all files are meant to be emailed to others, though most people do it anyway because they do not understand the consequences. Please consider:

• Not everyone owns Microsoft products, so convert the files you want to send to Acrobat Portable Document Format (.pdf).
  • This will eliminate the possibility of sending a virus along with the file.
  • It allows anyone—regardless of their software options—to save and view the file.
• Instead of attaching a simple document, copy the text of it and paste it into the email message.
  • Often, the formatting will show up, as many email programs convert the text to Rich Text Format (RTF).
• Do not add graphics files to Word before sending them.
  • Unless the recipient can open the file in Word, they probably won't be able to see the graphic. Not all similar programs can render the image.
  • Instead, convert graphics files to .PNG, .GIF, or .JPG before attaching them to the email.
• Large graphics files are not appropriate for most email messages, so optimize them to make them web/email-ready.
  • Optimizing lowers the file size, dimensions, and resolution.
• Large documents may need to be compressed so they will send faster.
  • Stuffit and Zipit are two applications that compress files.
  • Most newer systems will make and decompress these files.
• Sets of documents can be archived together before sending to ensure the recipient receives them all at once.
  • Stuffit and Zipit are two applications that archive files.
  • Most newer systems will make and unarchive these files into a folder to keep them organized.