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Try it Out- Chapter 4

Try it Out

🔐 Integrity Tip:

When working with AI on message strategy, don’t let it do the thinking for you. Instead, treat it like a sounding board—make sure your goal and your audience come from you. AI can help you polish the delivery, not invent the purpose.

 

🔮Future Connection:

Later in the course, you’ll use strategic messaging for job applications (Chapter 7), proposals (Chapter 12), and team decisions (Chapter 11). Learning how to structure your thinking now will help your future communication feel more confident, coherent, and credible.

Each chapter, has a corresponding AI-supported learning activity designed to help you engage more deeply with the concepts. These assignments are hosted in Canvas and follow a structured, iterative process using a provided template. You’ll use AI tools to:

  • Explore and clarify key ideas from the chapter
  • Practice applying concepts to real-world or professional scenarios
  • Reflect on your learning and refine your understanding through guided prompts

This assignment is an opportunity to build your confidence in using AI as a collaborative learning partner. It will help you develop critical thinking, communication, and digital literacy skills essential for success in modern business environments.

👉 To begin, go to the corresponding module in Canvas and open the “Weekly AI Assignment” for this chapter.

  • AI Practice Assignment Preview: Chapter 4 – Communicating Strategically

    This week’s assignment focuses on crafting structured, audience-aware messages using strategic communication frameworks—especially the SCIPAB model. Students will use AI as a collaborative tool to refine message clarity, intent, and delivery while keeping the human strategy front and center.

    Learning Objective

    Students will:

    • Craft structured, audience-aware messages
    • Apply the SCIPAB framework to improve message clarity and impact
    • Use AI to revise and refine communication while maintaining strategic intent

    Assignment Flow

    1. Explore the SCIPAB Model with AI
      Students will prompt an AI tool to explain the SCIPAB framework and evaluate how well the response defines and applies each component to business communication.
    2. Revise a Message Using SCIPAB
      Students will select a vague or unfocused message and prompt AI to revise it using the SCIPAB model. They’ll assess whether the AI’s output includes all necessary elements and aligns with the intended goal and audience.
    3. Refine the AI Output for Strategic Clarity
      Using Track Changes, students will edit the AI-generated message to strengthen structure, clarify intent, and tailor tone to the audience. A short reflection will connect their edits to real-world communication scenarios.

  • 📌 Note: The full assignment, including templates and submission instructions, is available in Canvas under Module 4.

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