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The seminar is technology intensive in that you will be required to view YouTube videos, conduct online research, and complete online exercises on LaunchPad Solo and, if necessary, Writer’s Help and Learning Curve, and to write reports and emailsin class, which will be uploaded to Canvas as Microsoft Word documents, and submitted in print when required. Please bring your laptop to every class session.  \nFaculty Web Page and MYSJSU Messaging  \nCourse materials such as the syllabus, additional readings and video viewings, assignment instructions, and due dates can be found on our course page on the Canvas learning management system. You are responsible for regularly checking Canvas and your email to learn of updates.  \nCourse Description  \nEnglish 100WB is a team-based, task oriented participatory course that simulates real business communication scenarios – oral, written, visual – encountered daily by business professionals. 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