Hiring a qualified Instructional Designer is quite a daunting task today. There are several good Instructional Designers out there but finding them is not easy. In the previous Article (Read: Basic Tests to Evaluate Instructional Designers) , we discussed the challenges in the process of hiring an Instructional designer and how as a company we could help you navigate and onboard the best suited resources for your learning requirements. As promised in this article we are sharing with you the answers to those evaluation tests:
- Editing:
Directions: Read through the paragraphs below. There may be spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors. Correct any errors that you find. Please do not rewrite.
There is more and more requests for transfers as the company expands and the work force adopst a more flexible lifestyle. The company supervisor is a key person in facilitating such transfers and in determining whether they would bein in the best interest of the company and the employee. This instruction cover company policy.
It outlines supervisors responsibilities when employees under there supervision request a transfer. This is what you should do. When an employee come to you to talk about a transfer or to request one, you should provides them with an Application to Transfer The transfer form is also called the 742. Tell the employee to fill out the form as soon as possible.
If an employee is applying for a new job and not just a new location, and if there are any parts of the new job that you as a supervisor think may disqualify the employees, then you should discuss those areas immediately with the employee. Remember that it is company policy that if an employee wishes to be be transferred, the company will makes every effort to find a job acceptable to the employee. So you should not discourage any request four transfer, even if it would disturb the completion of projects or goals in your department.
Answer: Directions: Read through the paragraphs below. There may be spelling, grammatical, or punctuation errors. Correct any errors that you find.
There are more and more requests for transfers as the company expands and the work force adopts a more flexible lifestyle. The company supervisor is a key person in facilitating such transfers and in determining whether they would be in the best interest of the company and the employee. This instruction covers company policy.
It outlines supervisors’ responsibilities when employees under their supervision request a transfer. This is what you should do. When an employee comes to you to talk about a transfer or to request one, you should provide them with an Application to Transfer. The transfer form is also called the 742. Tell the employee to fill out the form as soon as possible
If an employee is applying for a new job and not just a new location, and if there are any parts of the new job that you as a supervisor think may disqualify the employee, then you should discuss those areas immediately with the employee. Remember that it is company policy that if an employee wishes to be transferred, the company will make every effort to find a job acceptable to the employee. So you should not discourage any request for transfer, even if it would disturb the completion of projects or goals in your department.
- Writing or Rewriting
Directions: Read through the paragraph below. Rewrite the content so that it is easier to read and comprehend. You may create more than one paragraph, break sentences into smaller sentences, change vocabulary or sentence structure, add topic headings, and/or create additional sentences.
If an employee is applying for a new job and not just a new location, and if there are any parts of the new job that you as a supervisor think may disqualify the employee, then you should discuss those areas immediately with the employee. Remember that it is company policy that if an employee wishes to be transferred, the company will make every effort to find a job acceptable to the employee. So you should not discourage any request for transfer, even if it would disturb the completion of projects or goals in your department.
Answer: The company will make every effort to find an acceptable job for any employee who wishes to transfer. A supervisor always encourages a request for transfer even if it would disturb the completion of projects or goals in his/her department.
It is the supervisor’s responsibility to recognize any parts of a new job that might disqualify the employee. A supervisor must discuss these areas with the employee immediately.
- Writing Assessment:
Direction: The following is a list of tasks that an end user can perform using a word processing program. Look over the list and organize the tasks into groups of related tasks. Give each group a name. Be prepared to explain what criteria you used to organize the tasks into groups.
Save a document under a new name
Change character size
Correct text
Add white space before a paragraph
Close a document
Delete text
Apply a style to a paragraph
Move text or graphics
Create a document
Apply a template
Copy text or graphics
Save a document
Find and replace text
Change character fonts
Open a document
Answer: Editing
Correcting text
Deleting text
Moving text or graphics
Copying text or graphics
Finding and replacing text
Once a document is created a user may need to change text, move text from one location to another, or insert a graphic. All of these tasks are part of editing an existing document. End users who learn how to effectively use the editing tools in their word processor can save time creating documents.
Formatting
Change character fonts
Change character size
Add white space before a paragraph
Apply a style to a paragraph
Apply a template
A word processor provides many formatting choices. Users can change font size and color, add white space to paragraphs, and even store formatting instructions in a style. Users can give their documents a professional look and feel using a wide selection of formatting choices.
File Management
Open a document
Save a document
Create a document
Close a document
Save a document under a new name
End users must learn how to manage the documents they create using a word processor. They have to open existing documents, create new ones, and save documents under a new name. File management tasks enable end users to manipulate their documents at the file level.
- Learning Objectives:
Directions: Below is a list of tasks that a beginning word processing student needs to learn. Choose three tasks from the list below and write one learning objective for each. Include a condition(s), performance, and criterion.
Correct text
Delete text
Move text or graphics
Copy text or graphics
Find and replace text
Answer: Directions: Below is a list of tasks that a beginning word processing student needs to learn. Choose three tasks from the list below and write one learning objective for each. Include a condition(s), performance, and criterion.
Correcting text
Given an existing word processing document with spelling and grammatical errors, correct all errors using the mouse and keyboard. The corrected document must match the Answer Key.
Deleting text
Given an existing word processing document with several words formatted with strike through, use the mouse to delete all strike through text. The finished document must not have any strike through text visible.
Moving text or graphics
Given an existing word processing document that contains text and graphics, use your mouse to move the text and graphics to match the Answer Key provided by your instructor.
Copying text or graphics
Given an existing word processing document that contains text and graphics, use the mouse to copy text and graphics. Your finished document must match the document shown on your instructor’s projector.
Finding and replacing text
Given an existing word processing document and a list of replacement words, use the search and replace feature to replace the designated text. Your finished document must not contain any of the replaced words.
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