Assignment 3: Formal Report Assignment Format: Assignment Proposal and Formal Report Primary Audience: Your Instructor Length: approximately 1250 words excluding Front and Back (Final Parts) Matter   Assignment Submission Method: ?    Assignment Proposal: By mail ?    Assignment 3 itself by ‘Assignment 3’ link on ‘Assignments’ page; single uploaded file in Word (Note: submissions made in a read-only format will receive a grade but no comments)     General Instructions: Analyze 2-3 (no more than three) business-related websites, and write a formal report that compares and evaluates them

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Assignment 3: Formal

Report

Assignment Format: Assignment Proposal and Formal Report

Primary Audience: Your Instructor

Length: approximately 1250 words excluding Front and Back (Final Parts) Matter

 

Assignment Submission Method:

?    Assignment Proposal: By mail

?    Assignment 3 itself by ‘Assignment 3’ link on ‘Assignments’ page; single uploaded file in Word

(Note: submissions made in a read-only format will receive a grade but no comments)

 

 

General Instructions:

Analyze 2-3 (no more than three) business-related websites, and write a formal report that compares and evaluates them. Your goal is to bring everything that you have learned about business writing and document design to bear on assessing 2-3 real world examples of business writing, and determining which is most successful.

 

This assignment has two parts: the Assignment Proposal, and the Formal Report.

 

Assignment Proposal Instructions:

Propose 2-3 business related websites for this assignment. These can be corporate websites, small business websites, etc. The websites MUST be related. This means that they MUST be websites for the same industry—that is, for the same kind of business, offering the same services, etc.

 

Simply email me the name of and links to the 2-3 websites. I will respond, either approving them and allowing you to proceed, or asking you to find different websites.

 

 

 

Here are some business websites to consider. You may choose to use these, or (as above) find and select your own.

 

2 London, ON construction firm websites:

?    http://www.haymanconstruction.com/

?    http://www.ellisdon.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3 London, ON web design companies:

?    http://tbkcreative.com/

?    http://www.smartwebpros.com/

?    https://www.campuscreative.ca/campus

 

 

 

Formal Report Instructions:

Begin by familiarizing yourself with the sites. Think about what their purposes and goals are, and then consider how effectively they fulfill these purposes, and meet these goals. You will need to determine what aspects of the sites are most significant, and then establish parameters for your comparison. You may wish to consider:

 

?    The quality and clarity of the writing

?    The visual design

?    The structure of the site

?    The ease of navigation

?    The information they include or leave out

?    The reliability of the content

?    Their audience

?    Etc.

 

Write a report that compares and evaluates the sites, explaining and juxtaposing their strengths and weaknesses, and determining which site is the best.

 

Your report should use the following format, and include the following elements:

 

1.   Front Matter

a.   Cover Page

b.   Title Page

c.    Letter of Transmittal

d.   Table of Contents

e.   List of Figures and List of Tables

f.    Executive Summary

2.   Body

a.   Introduction

b.   Analysis

c.    Conclusion

3.   Back Matter (Final Parts)

a.   Reference List

 

 

 

Note: You are encouraged to consult the sample Formal Report set out in MacRae Ch. 20, and use this as a guide and model for your own report.