{"id":4,"date":"2019-05-24T16:47:15","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T20:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/2019\/05\/24\/introduction\/"},"modified":"2019-09-12T01:44:16","modified_gmt":"2019-09-12T05:44:16","slug":"how-to-use-this-book","status":"publish","type":"front-matter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/front-matter\/how-to-use-this-book\/","title":{"raw":"How to use this book","rendered":"How to use this book"},"content":{"raw":"<div><span style=\"color: #212121;font-family: Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size: small\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;font-size: small\"><b>Welcome to Student Engagement Activities for Business Communications<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div><span style=\"color: #212121;font-family: Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size: small\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;font-size: small\">As business communications instructors at the post-secondary level, we recognize the importance of student engagement and practical application to promote learning. This book is a compilation of activities that we have developed and use everyday in our teaching practice.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div><span style=\"color: #212121;font-family: Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size: small\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div><span style=\"color: #212121;font-family: Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size: small\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;font-size: small\">Designed for both new and experienced instructors, this book is divided by topic, and we have indicated a suggested course level (lower-level or upper-level undergraduate) for each activity. Some activities have handouts attached, or links to external websites.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div><span style=\"color: #212121;font-family: Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size: small\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div><span style=\"color: #212121;font-family: Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size: small\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;font-size: small\">Please email arley.cruthers@kpu.ca if there are problems with any external links.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div><span style=\"color: #212121;font-family: Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size: small\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div><span style=\"color: #212121;font-family: Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size: small\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;font-size: small\">This is a work in progress and will be added to going forward.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div><span style=\"color: #212121;font-family: Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size: small\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div><span style=\"color: #212121;font-family: Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size: small\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;font-size: small\">Melissa\u00a0Ashman, Arley Cruthers, Sarah Duncan, Karen Inkster Vance, and Panteli Tritchew<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\r\n<div><span style=\"color: #212121;font-family: Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size: small\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;font-size: small\">Applied Communications, Kwantlen Polytechnic University\u200b<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>","rendered":"<div><span style=\"color: #212121;font-family: Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size: small\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;font-size: small\"><b>Welcome to Student Engagement Activities for Business Communications<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #212121;font-family: Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size: small\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;font-size: small\">As business communications instructors at the post-secondary level, we recognize the importance of student engagement and practical application to promote learning. This book is a compilation of activities that we have developed and use everyday in our teaching practice.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #212121;font-family: Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size: small\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #212121;font-family: Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size: small\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;font-size: small\">Designed for both new and experienced instructors, this book is divided by topic, and we have indicated a suggested course level (lower-level or upper-level undergraduate) for each activity. Some activities have handouts attached, or links to external websites.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #212121;font-family: Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size: small\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #212121;font-family: Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size: small\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;font-size: small\">Please email arley.cruthers@kpu.ca if there are problems with any external links.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #212121;font-family: Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size: small\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #212121;font-family: Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size: small\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;font-size: small\">This is a work in progress and will be added to going forward.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #212121;font-family: Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size: small\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;font-size: small\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #212121;font-family: Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size: small\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;font-size: small\">Melissa\u00a0Ashman, Arley Cruthers, Sarah Duncan, Karen Inkster Vance, and Panteli Tritchew<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #212121;font-family: Segoe UI,Segoe WP,Segoe UI WPC,Tahoma,Arial,sans-serif;font-size: small\"><span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;font-size: small\">Applied Communications, Kwantlen Polytechnic University\u200b<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":320,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"front-matter-type":[12],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-4","front-matter","type-front-matter","status-publish","hentry","front-matter-type-introduction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/front-matter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/320"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/4\/revisions\/308"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter\/4\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"front-matter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/front-matter-type?post=4"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=4"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/businesscomms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}