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Course Learning Outcome 4

CLO 4:

“Develop and engage in the collaborative and social aspects of writing processes”

No assignment in this class was ever done completely alone. This course made sure to emphasize the importance of working with others when getting assignments done and there are several reasons for that. The type of writing pieces this course targets, such as manuals, and tech descriptions are pieces that are almost never worked on alone in the real world. This class made sure groups set aside their differences and worked with each other and communicated to get the job done. My group mates and I were active in the discord group chat for almost every assignment. I remember we pressed for time in our project proposal and we could never figure out a real time to hop on together. However with our determination and willingness to work together we compromised on splitting the work independently and trusting that we would finish on time, 

Figure 3: Snippet of Writing for Engineers Discord Server

The above image showcases a beautiful example of how four people work together, split their share of work evenly and agree to their roles without complaint. Our agreements made getting the work done much smoother, and staying in synch through our communication reduced any contradiction in our writing piece.