COMM104
Branching scenario
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What would you do?
Case
Reach out to Morgan and Blake via email, asking them to set up a meeting.
You are a college student placed on a team with two fellow students, Morgan and Blake. Together, your group needs to create a persuasive research paper advocating for a change to the dining program at your college. The paper is due in one week, and you have not yet heard from Morgan or Blake.
Wait, assuming you'll hear from Blake and Morgan when they are ready to start working.
Begin researching dining options and writing the paper on your own.
Case A
What do you do next?
Text Blake to follow up.
Morgan responds to you and agrees to the meeting time; she seems enthusiastic. You do not hear anything back from Blake.
Continue forward with Morgan, assuming Blake will not be participating.
Case B
What do you do next?
Contact the instructor and ask to be placed in a different group.
After two days of radio silence, you are becoming concerned.
Reach out to Morgan and Blake via email, asking to set up a meeting.
Case C
What do you do?
Use ChatGPT to offer ideas on dining approaches taken by other colleges.
As you begin the project, you realize it is a significant amount of work for one person. You need a way to streamline the research.
Use ChatGPT to create a first draft of the paper.
Case A.A
How do you respond?
Agree to this suggestion, figuring it's better than nothing.
Blake responds that he is very busy with work and can’t make a meeting. He suggests acting as the proofer for whatever you and Morgan create.
Tell Blake he must participate more fully, or you will contact the instructor.
Case A.B
How do you respond?
Agree to this suggestion, figuring it's better than nothing.
Blake responds that he’s very busy with work and can’t make a meeting. He suggests acting as the proofer for whatever you and Morgan create.
Tell Blake he must participate more fully, or you will contact the instructor.
Case B.A
What do you do next?
Reach out to Morgan and Blake via email, asking to set up a meeting.
The instructor responds and explains that she does not change groups because learning to work with others is part of the assignment.
Begin researching dining options and writing the paper on your own.
Case B.B
What do you do next?
Text Blake to follow up.
Morgan responds to you and agrees to the meeting time; she seems enthusiastic. You do not hear anything back from Blake.
Continue forward with Morgan, assuming Blake will not be participating.
Case C.A
How do you proceed?
Take the suggestions from ChatGPT, use the virtual library to verify them, and write a pros/cons list to choose the best one.
ChatGPT actually offered some great suggestions on innovative approaches to dining used by other colleges. Now you need to make a recommendation.
Create a new prompt for ChatGPT asking which dining options it recommends and move forward with that suggestion.
Case C.B
What do you do next?
Make minor changes such as adding your school name where necessary and submit the paper?
You review the draft of the paper created by ChatGPT. While the voice is not entirely you, the tone is professional and the organization is strong.
Decide to use the ChatGPT output as inspiration and begin writing the paper on your own.
Final Outcome
A.a.a
You and Morgan do the vast majority of the work. At the end, Blake must be reminded to proofread the assignment. When he does, rather than focusing on grammar, he questions many of the choices you and Morgan made in the project.
Restart
final outcome
A.a.b
Blake reluctantly agrees. While he does not contribute as much as you or Morgan to the assignment, he offers more work than proofreading alone.
Restart
final outcome
A.b.a
You and Morgan do the vast majority of the work. At the end, Blake must be reminded to proofread the assignment. When he does, rather than focusing on grammar, he questions many of the choices you and Morgan made in the project.
Restart
final outcome
A.b.b
Blake reluctantly agrees, while he does not contribute as much as you or Morgan to the assignment, he offers more work than proofing alone.
Restart
final outcome
B.a.a
Morgan and Blake respond to your email and together you complete the paper but due to the lack of time the process is rushed and stressful. The completed paper is not polished.
Restart
final outcome
B.a.b
You complete the paper on your own, the process is rushed, and the paper is not polished. You add a note explaining to the instructor that the paper is your work alone.
Restart
final outcome
B.b.a
Blake responds; he is glad you texted because his email has been down. He jumps in and together the three of you create a paper you are proud of.
Restart
final outcome
B.b.b
You and Morgan work together to complete the paper, while you work well; the amount of work and process is stressful. You feel rushed but submit the paper along with a note explaining Blake’s lack of contribution.
Restart
final outcome
C.a.a
You submit the paper feeling comfortable that while ChatGPT provided initial research you verified it and made your own decision on a recommendation.
Restart
final outcome
C.a.b
You submit the paper feeling slightly nervous. If the instructor asks about your use of ChatGPT you plan to blame it on the lack of participation of your team members.
Restart
final outcome
C.b.a
You submit the paper and hear from the instructor; she’d like to discuss whether AI was used in the creation of the paper.
Restart
final outcome
C.b.b
You submit the paper, citing ChatGPT as a source. It was a stressful process, but you feel good knowing the work is yours.
Restart
Do you want to customize your branching scenario? Here are some tips:
- Before editing the branching scenario itself, edit in the outline first. This way you’ll get an overview and know which questions and answers go on each page.
- When editing, follow the order of the pages, from the first page or question until you reach the final pages.
Take a look at the structure of this branching scenario. Each page has a number associated with it, contains a question, and leads to several answer options. If on page 4 they choose option A, they go to page 5. But if they choose option B, they go to page 6, which contains a different question. This branching scenario is set up so that if you keep the structure the way it is, there’s no need to edit the interactivity or connections between pages. But you can also modify them. For example, imagine you want to add an option C to the question on page 5, and if they choose this option, they skip to the question on page 10. You’ll just need to set up the 'Go to page' interactivity from option C so that it jumps directly to page 10. As you can see, the most important thing when creating your branching scenario will be planning it well and assigning a number to each page before beginning to edit it. This way, you’ll be able to modify the connections very easily.
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COMM104
Branching scenario
Click Start to get started!
Start
What would you do?
Case
Reach out to Morgan and Blake via email, asking them to set up a meeting.
You are a college student placed on a team with two fellow students, Morgan and Blake. Together, your group needs to create a persuasive research paper advocating for a change to the dining program at your college. The paper is due in one week, and you have not yet heard from Morgan or Blake.
Wait, assuming you'll hear from Blake and Morgan when they are ready to start working.
Begin researching dining options and writing the paper on your own.
Case A
What do you do next?
Text Blake to follow up.
Morgan responds to you and agrees to the meeting time; she seems enthusiastic. You do not hear anything back from Blake.
Continue forward with Morgan, assuming Blake will not be participating.
Case B
What do you do next?
Contact the instructor and ask to be placed in a different group.
After two days of radio silence, you are becoming concerned.
Reach out to Morgan and Blake via email, asking to set up a meeting.
Case C
What do you do?
Use ChatGPT to offer ideas on dining approaches taken by other colleges.
As you begin the project, you realize it is a significant amount of work for one person. You need a way to streamline the research.
Use ChatGPT to create a first draft of the paper.
Case A.A
How do you respond?
Agree to this suggestion, figuring it's better than nothing.
Blake responds that he is very busy with work and can’t make a meeting. He suggests acting as the proofer for whatever you and Morgan create.
Tell Blake he must participate more fully, or you will contact the instructor.
Case A.B
How do you respond?
Agree to this suggestion, figuring it's better than nothing.
Blake responds that he’s very busy with work and can’t make a meeting. He suggests acting as the proofer for whatever you and Morgan create.
Tell Blake he must participate more fully, or you will contact the instructor.
Case B.A
What do you do next?
Reach out to Morgan and Blake via email, asking to set up a meeting.
The instructor responds and explains that she does not change groups because learning to work with others is part of the assignment.
Begin researching dining options and writing the paper on your own.
Case B.B
What do you do next?
Text Blake to follow up.
Morgan responds to you and agrees to the meeting time; she seems enthusiastic. You do not hear anything back from Blake.
Continue forward with Morgan, assuming Blake will not be participating.
Case C.A
How do you proceed?
Take the suggestions from ChatGPT, use the virtual library to verify them, and write a pros/cons list to choose the best one.
ChatGPT actually offered some great suggestions on innovative approaches to dining used by other colleges. Now you need to make a recommendation.
Create a new prompt for ChatGPT asking which dining options it recommends and move forward with that suggestion.
Case C.B
What do you do next?
Make minor changes such as adding your school name where necessary and submit the paper?
You review the draft of the paper created by ChatGPT. While the voice is not entirely you, the tone is professional and the organization is strong.
Decide to use the ChatGPT output as inspiration and begin writing the paper on your own.
Final Outcome
A.a.a
You and Morgan do the vast majority of the work. At the end, Blake must be reminded to proofread the assignment. When he does, rather than focusing on grammar, he questions many of the choices you and Morgan made in the project.
Restart
final outcome
A.a.b
Blake reluctantly agrees. While he does not contribute as much as you or Morgan to the assignment, he offers more work than proofreading alone.
Restart
final outcome
A.b.a
You and Morgan do the vast majority of the work. At the end, Blake must be reminded to proofread the assignment. When he does, rather than focusing on grammar, he questions many of the choices you and Morgan made in the project.
Restart
final outcome
A.b.b
Blake reluctantly agrees, while he does not contribute as much as you or Morgan to the assignment, he offers more work than proofing alone.
Restart
final outcome
B.a.a
Morgan and Blake respond to your email and together you complete the paper but due to the lack of time the process is rushed and stressful. The completed paper is not polished.
Restart
final outcome
B.a.b
You complete the paper on your own, the process is rushed, and the paper is not polished. You add a note explaining to the instructor that the paper is your work alone.
Restart
final outcome
B.b.a
Blake responds; he is glad you texted because his email has been down. He jumps in and together the three of you create a paper you are proud of.
Restart
final outcome
B.b.b
You and Morgan work together to complete the paper, while you work well; the amount of work and process is stressful. You feel rushed but submit the paper along with a note explaining Blake’s lack of contribution.
Restart
final outcome
C.a.a
You submit the paper feeling comfortable that while ChatGPT provided initial research you verified it and made your own decision on a recommendation.
Restart
final outcome
C.a.b
You submit the paper feeling slightly nervous. If the instructor asks about your use of ChatGPT you plan to blame it on the lack of participation of your team members.
Restart
final outcome
C.b.a
You submit the paper and hear from the instructor; she’d like to discuss whether AI was used in the creation of the paper.
Restart
final outcome
C.b.b
You submit the paper, citing ChatGPT as a source. It was a stressful process, but you feel good knowing the work is yours.
Restart
Do you want to customize your branching scenario? Here are some tips:
Take a look at the structure of this branching scenario. Each page has a number associated with it, contains a question, and leads to several answer options. If on page 4 they choose option A, they go to page 5. But if they choose option B, they go to page 6, which contains a different question. This branching scenario is set up so that if you keep the structure the way it is, there’s no need to edit the interactivity or connections between pages. But you can also modify them. For example, imagine you want to add an option C to the question on page 5, and if they choose this option, they skip to the question on page 10. You’ll just need to set up the 'Go to page' interactivity from option C so that it jumps directly to page 10. As you can see, the most important thing when creating your branching scenario will be planning it well and assigning a number to each page before beginning to edit it. This way, you’ll be able to modify the connections very easily.