Solved by verified expert:Assignment DetailsExpressing Your Ideas for an Academic Audience and Plan for Additional ResearchApply what you have learned about formal language and academic writing to write your own 2- page draft of an essay that analyzes a relevant change in your field of study. Your paper must analyze either what caused this relevant change or analyze what effect this change has had. It will also create a Research Plan for further revision, research, and development.This Unit 6 Assignment essay draft will then be revised to include source information and become your Unit 8 Assignment. To identify a relevant change in your field of study, consider the following options:Brainstorm a list of changes in your field of which you are already awareTalk to others, including friends, family members, classmates, and professorsDo a quick Google search to create a list of changes in the fieldIdentify topic ideas by reading an article from this list of articles For a more detailed description of each option, consult this document.As you identify a change to discuss, be careful with your choice of topic to ensure that you are actually writing about a specific change. Diabetes itself, for example, is not a change. The skyrocketing number of children with diabetes in the last decade is a change. Technology is too broad a topic that includes countless changes and would not work for this assignment; however, limiting the issue of technology to a specific technological change, like the increased use of cloud computing, will work for this assignment. Be sure also that the change has occurred and that it is not a change you would like to see happen.To help you succeed on this assignment, you will post your prewriting work about the topic that you choose for your essay to the Unit 5 DB.You will then use feedback you received on your topic idea to make necessary revisions and then post a rough draft of your essay to the Unit 6 DB. The feedback you receive on your rough draft will then help you to revise your draft for submission as the Unit 6 Assignment.You must also include an additional 1 paragraph Research Plan paragraph at the end of your paper as part of the Unit 6 Assignment. This plan identifies what you specifically think you need to do in Units 7-8 to research your topic, support your ideas, and strengthen your draft. Be sure your Unit 6 Assignment meets the following requirements:Includes 4-5 fully developed paragraphsFocuses on one specific, relevant change that has already occurredAnalyzes either cause or effect and does not take a position or make a recommendationDevelops the main point through your own thoughts and observations, not through researchIncludes an additional Research PlanApplies APA 6th edition formatAvoids the use of outside sources at this point. However, if you use any source in any way in this draft, you must cite the source both in a References page and in-text, whether you are quoting or paraphrasingUtilize the following 5-minute video from the Writing Center to format the title page of your paper: APA FORMATTING VIDEOFind out how your instructor will grade your Unit 6 Assignment by reviewing the rubric.Review a sample student Assignment.Submitting your Unit 6 Assignment:Remember that you must use Microsoft Word for this and all projects submitted for this class. When you are ready to submit, select the unit dropbox. To view your graded work, come back to the Dropbox or go to the Gradebook after your instructor has evaluated it.Discussion Compose a rough draft of your Unit 6 Academic Essay Assignment. Be sure to develop your draft using your own ideas about the change in your field of study you are writing about. Use your own thoughts and observations to explain either what caused the change or to analyze the effects of this change.Post your draft as an attached Microsoft Office Word document. Your draft should be approximately 400–500 words long, but if you are further along in the drafting process and your draft is longer, that’s not a problem. Remember that a draft will have weaknesses, so don’t hesitate to post your draft because it’s not “perfect.” You will receive helpful feedback on your draft from your instructor and classmates.Notes: The uploaded file is a sample for the discussion draft.
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INITIAL POST
Here’s my draft without sources. I’m not sure I have developed all my ideas and I seem to have a
lot of different, small paragraphs. I am wondering if I need to combine some of them and
whether I have clarified my ideas or am including too many ideas. Let me know what you think!
Email is a convenient way to communicate but Microsoft is trying to change the way it is
done.
Email travels through the Internet and can get the message to the recipient almost
immediately. Electronic data travels at the speed of light through the Internet. Even though it
might need to take a circuitous route from one computer to another, it can still seem
instantaneous. The messages can be received within a few seconds and a response sent within a
few minutes. That can happen when both parties are online at the same time. However, it does
not matter if the sender or recipient are online at the time or not. The messages wait to be sent
when the sender signs in and waits for the recipient to open their email software.
Email uses a code that is recognized by all email softwares. The code, or protocol, is
called Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).
Microsoft is the largest supplier of software in the world. They are the predominant
supplier of PC operating systems, called Windows. They even supply users with a free software
for basic email services, called Outlook.
The cloud is where a user’s data is saved on servers owned and operated by companies
like Google and Microsoft. The cloud saves memory space on the user’s PC because large files
would not need to be saved locally (on the user’s PC). The user can access the data anytime.
Usually, a new cloud user is offered a specific amount of space for free. If they need more than
that, they can purchase added memory to use.
Microsoft now has email-type software that will eliminate the need for attaching
documents to an email. The software is called “Outlook Web App (OWA) and OneDrive for
Business. Instead of bothering with attachments, OWA users can now send collaborators a link
to a file stored in OneDrive for Business” (Endler, 2014). The document is saved in the cloud.
Access can be granted to all those for whom the document is relevant in an email sent to them.
Multiple people can then work on the document at the same time.
The sender does not have to place the document into the cloud themselves. If they attach
it to the email and select the right option, the document is automatically placed in the cloud for
sharing.
This method saves memory space on multiple PCs. For a business, this can save money
by reducing the amount of memory the company needs overall, reducing the number of memoryoriented servers, and reducing the number of system administrators needed to support those
servers. Also, the types of PCs the company purchases can be more for faster computing and
with less internal memory.
This method also can enable better collaboration. With multiple people accessing the
document at the same time, they can each contribute to the document without needing to be in
the same space at the same time, or even online at the same time.
Microsoft wants to change the way businesses do email by having shared documents
saved to the cloud rather than having them use bandwidth when being sent to multiple recipients.
This can save time and money for many entities beyond just the user.
Thanks in advance for your help!
John
RESPONSE TO CLASSMATE’S INITIAL POST
John, I think you have a great start on your Unit 6 project. The topic itself is really a
timely one that describes an important change in your field. I have included my TRACK
CHANGES feedback below, but one thing that I do want to suggest is checking your thesis
again. I think it’s more a statement of fact, that this is the change. Remember that the KUWC
reading material suggests that we indicate exactly the point we are making about the topic–do
you need to say exactly how it affects businesses in the US? I think you are writing a cause/effect
paper, as it looks close to the cause effect sample we saw in the reading material in the last unit,
so I’m wondering if it would help to check that sample out again?
JOHN’S DRAFT WITH INSERTED COMMENTS:
Email is a convenient way to communicate but Microsoft is trying to change the way it is
done.
Email travels through the Internet and can get the message to the recipient almost
immediately. Electronic data travels at the speed of light through the Internet. Even though it
might need to take a circuitous route from one computer to another, it can still seem
instantaneous. The messages can be received within a few seconds and a response sent within a
few minutes. That can happen when both parties are online at the same time. However, it does
not matter if the sender or recipient are online at the time or not. The messages wait to be sent
when the sender signs in and waits for the recipient to open their email software.
Email uses a code that is recognized by all email softwares. The code, or protocol, is
called Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP).
Comment [JV1]: Can you indicate in your thesis
what the effects are ,if that is your point about the
topic?
Start with a research question like HOW will
Microsoft’s plan to change to cloud based email
affect businesses?
Then, answer that question and you will have a
stronger thesis.
Microsoft is the largest supplier of software in the world. They are the predominant
supplier of PC operating systems, called Windows. They even supply users with a free software
for basic email services, called Outlook.
The cloud is where a user’s data is saved on servers owned and operated by companies
like Google and Microsoft. The cloud saves memory space on the user’s PC because large files
would not need to be saved locally (on the user’s PC). The user can access the data anytime.
Usually, a new cloud user is offered a specific amount of space for free. If they need more than
that, they can purchase added memory to use.
Microsoft now has email-type software that will eliminate the need for attaching
documents to an email. The software is called “Outlook Web App (OWA) and OneDrive for
Business. Instead of bothering with attachments, OWA users can now send collaborators a link
to a file stored in OneDrive for Business” (Endler, 2014). The document is saved in the cloud.
Access can be granted to all those for whom the document is relevant in an email sent to them.
Multiple people can then work on the document at the same time.
The sender does not have to place the document into the cloud themselves. If they attach
it to the email and select the right option, the document is automatically placed in the cloud for
sharing.
This method saves memory space on multiple PCs. For a business, this can save money
by reducing the amount of memory the company needs overall, reducing the number of memoryoriented servers, and reducing the number of system administrators needed to support those
servers. Also, the types of PCs the company purchases can be more for faster computing and
with less internal memory.
Comment [JV2]: I wonder if these first 3 or 4
paragraphs could be combined, so you start with
what the system is and then you will have more time
to focus on the effects of this system?
This method also can enable better collaboration. With multiple people accessing the
document at the same time, they can each contribute to the document without needing to be in
Comment [JV3]: John, I am not sure I see you
explaining in enough detail exactly how this creates
better collaboration? Can you compare it more to
how this occurs in attachment email systems and
why Cloud based is better?
the same space at the same time, or even online at the same time.
Microsoft wants to change the way businesses do email by having shared documents
saved to the cloud rather than having them use bandwidth when being sent to multiple recipients.
This can save time and money for many entities beyond just the user.
I hope this helps, John. Let me know if you have any questions.
Caleb
Comment [JV4]: I am not sure I see this idea
being developed. Can you explain why you think it
saves money? Do you mean for companies?
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