MyLab Writing for Technical Communication Tour Video Transcript
This is a transcript of the video on the Educator Features page and Student Features page. MyLab Writing is now MyLab Writing. New name. Same experience.
Hi, I'm here to talk to you about some of the exciting features you'll find in MyLab Writing for Technical Communication.
The most widely used online learning program for writing is now available for Technical Communication. MyLab Writing delivers quality course content that is customizable to suit the way instructors teach. A scaffolded learning environment provides practice on core concepts.
With so many choices available, how do instructors know which resources to bring into their class to supplement instruction? And, which types do their students learn best from? With carefully crafted course content designed to complement the course…
MyLab Writing for Technical Communication offers a variety of resources in different modalities, such as animations and interactive model documents, that foster learning across a variety of different styles, eliminating some of the guesswork inherent to bringing in outside resources. With it, students receive the personalized attention that they need to succeed.
In this course, instructors invest a lot of time in commenting on students' writing and this careful feedback is a way that students learn to improve their writing. This takes a lot of time from the instructors, and they often explore ways to do this more efficiently. Students receive their instructors' feedback but they often do not know how to apply it or learn from their mistakes. With the new commenting and grading features in MyLab Writing...
Instructors can give feedback in a variety of ways, including the ability to grade using customizable rubrics. In addition, instructors can connect comments to multimedia instruction that provides students a personalized review plan or videos selected from Pearson Writer. By linking instruction to comments, their students are much more apt to learn from feedback and improve over time.
Next, more and more students enter this course with widely varying skills. It can be a challenge for instructors to identify which students need extra support early in the term. Students who need extra help can turn to the writing center, but those have set hours and are only available on campus. With MyLab Writing....
Instructors can identify students who may lack prerequisite skills for Technical Communication topics. A preassessment called the Path Builder can provide an early indicator of which students may need to review the prerequisite topics needed for the course. In addition, personalized and adaptive instruction is delivered in a scaffolded structure through the Learning Path, which supports a variety of learning styles.
Finally, demonstrating students' success can be tricky for instructors. With an increasing emphasis on assessment, it's important to easily access and disseminate student's progress. So with the Assess and Measure Outcomes feature…
Instructors can view, analyze, and report learning outcomes clearly and easily. They can get the information they need to keep their students on track throughout the course with the new Reporting Dashboard. Available via the Gradebook and fully mobile-ready, the Reporting Dashboard presents student performance data at the class, section, and program levels in an accessible, visual manner.
And there you have it. That was a quick look at just a handful of the valuable features in MyLab Writing for Technical Communication. If you want to learn more about MyLab Writing for Technical Communication, go to MyLab Writing.com. And if you want to find out about all of Pearson's MyLab and Mastering products, be sure to check out Pearsonmylabandmastering.com. Thanks for watching.
The most widely used online learning program for writing is now available for Technical Communication. MyLab Writing delivers quality course content that is customizable to suit the way instructors teach. A scaffolded learning environment provides practice on core concepts.
With so many choices available, how do instructors know which resources to bring into their class to supplement instruction? And, which types do their students learn best from? With carefully crafted course content designed to complement the course…
MyLab Writing for Technical Communication offers a variety of resources in different modalities, such as animations and interactive model documents, that foster learning across a variety of different styles, eliminating some of the guesswork inherent to bringing in outside resources. With it, students receive the personalized attention that they need to succeed.
In this course, instructors invest a lot of time in commenting on students' writing and this careful feedback is a way that students learn to improve their writing. This takes a lot of time from the instructors, and they often explore ways to do this more efficiently. Students receive their instructors' feedback but they often do not know how to apply it or learn from their mistakes. With the new commenting and grading features in MyLab Writing...
Instructors can give feedback in a variety of ways, including the ability to grade using customizable rubrics. In addition, instructors can connect comments to multimedia instruction that provides students a personalized review plan or videos selected from Pearson Writer. By linking instruction to comments, their students are much more apt to learn from feedback and improve over time.
Next, more and more students enter this course with widely varying skills. It can be a challenge for instructors to identify which students need extra support early in the term. Students who need extra help can turn to the writing center, but those have set hours and are only available on campus. With MyLab Writing....
Instructors can identify students who may lack prerequisite skills for Technical Communication topics. A preassessment called the Path Builder can provide an early indicator of which students may need to review the prerequisite topics needed for the course. In addition, personalized and adaptive instruction is delivered in a scaffolded structure through the Learning Path, which supports a variety of learning styles.
Finally, demonstrating students' success can be tricky for instructors. With an increasing emphasis on assessment, it's important to easily access and disseminate student's progress. So with the Assess and Measure Outcomes feature…
Instructors can view, analyze, and report learning outcomes clearly and easily. They can get the information they need to keep their students on track throughout the course with the new Reporting Dashboard. Available via the Gradebook and fully mobile-ready, the Reporting Dashboard presents student performance data at the class, section, and program levels in an accessible, visual manner.
And there you have it. That was a quick look at just a handful of the valuable features in MyLab Writing for Technical Communication. If you want to learn more about MyLab Writing for Technical Communication, go to MyLab Writing.com. And if you want to find out about all of Pearson's MyLab and Mastering products, be sure to check out Pearsonmylabandmastering.com. Thanks for watching.