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[Assignment] My First E-mail [This Year]

Electronic mail, also known as e-mail, is still one of the most popular uses of the Internet. It is used for personal and business communications every day. Knowing the proper way to use e-mail for each situation is important. When e-mailing your teacher or guidance counselor you should be more formal than e-mailing your best friend.

This assignment will help you practice correct e-mail procedures for this class.

Please watch the following video. It provides some quick and easy tips for e-mailing your teacher.

To access your e-mail, you must login to OneView and open Outlook. If you do not know how to access OneView yet please ask a classmate for help first. If they cannot help you then please take a tech support ticket.

Screenshots

The following screenshots will help you complete this assignment. CLICK THEM TO ENLARGE EACH SCREENSHOT.

Content Rubric

• E-mail Subject is: "First E-mail Assignment [1]". [5 Points]
• Students in 1st period would write "First E-mail Assignment [1]"
• Students in 2nd period would write "First E-mail Assignment [2]"
• Students in 3rd period would write "First E-mail Assignment [3]"
• Students in 4th period would write "First E-mail Assignment [4]"
• Students in 5th period would write "First E-mail Assignment [5]"
• Students in 6th period would write "First E-mail Assignment [6]"
• Students in 7th period would write "First E-mail Assignment [7]"
• E-mail contains an appropriate greeting or salutation. [5 Points]
• Example: "Good Morning Mr. Kelley," or "Hello Mr. Kelley,"
• E-mail contains one paragraph [4-7 sentences] that describes what you did during the summer. Also, please explain what you did and did not like about ICT-3 last year. Is there something in particular this year that you want to learn?

E-mail contains an appropriate closing. [5 Points]

• Example: "Sincerely, " or "Thank you, "
• E-mail is signed with your FULL NAME.

E-mail is free from grammar and spelling errors. [5 Points]

Process Rubric

• E-mail is sent by Due Date: Monday, August 19th, 2019 by 11:59PM. [10 Points]

Example E-mail

Please check your school e-mail for an example for this assignment.

[Digital Art] Draw Something #30: Free Style

Background Info.

For this project, students will create a piece of digital art. Students can create anything they want for this project. On the school computers there are two main programs used for creating digital art:

1. Paint.net
2. Krita

Both should be installed on your computer at school. If it is not, please take a ticket and wait for help.

This project is designed to teach students the following:

1. How to understand project rubrics.
2. How to properly save files in this class.
3. How to submit your projects to Focus on time.

Content Rubric

• FIRST NAME and LAST INITIAL only placed in bottom right corner. [5 Points]
• Demonstrates significant investment of time and effort. (Subjective) [20 Points]

Process Rubric

• File name is lastname_firstname_drawsomething30 [5 Points]
• File format is Portable Network Graphics (.png), JPEG (.jpg), or Paint.net (.pdn), or Krita (.kra) [5 Points]
• Submitted to Focus OR shared via OneDrive no later than 08/23/2019 at 11:59PM. [10 Points]

Estimated Time for Completion: 2 Class Periods [60-90 Minutes]