Is Your Business Communication Textbook
Preparing Students for the Future or
the Past?

An Interactive Checklist with Automatic Scoring

Does your current text have these essential features to help students develop the electronic media skills that virtually all employers now expect them to possess?

  Yes No
  1. A dedicated chapter on electronic communication
  1. A discussion of corporate blogs with annotated examples
  1. A discussion of instant messaging with one or more model documents
  1. A discussion and illustration of a wiki, with hands-on experience using a real, live wiki editor on the text's website
  1. A discussion of podcasting, including a sample podcast on the book's website for students to critique
  1. A discussion of writing for the web along with webpage examples
  1. End-of-chapter cases and exercises that involve students in blogging, instant messaging, text messaging, wikis, and podcasting
  1. Interactive “Document Makeovers” that reinforce important concepts in every chapter
  1. A discussion and illustration of e-portfolios and their role in career planning
  1. A discussion and presentation of web-based meetings
  1. A sample PDF document showing on-screen commenting features
  1. Description and illustration of shared online workspaces
  1. An illustration of an interview simulator
  1. Discussion and illustration of RSS newsfeeds
  1. Discussion and illustration of social networking sites, including their growing importance in career management and both internal and external business communication
  You must answer every question in order for automatic scoring to occur.