Vocational focus Gr 11: Email is the Goat….or not? Time to be the CEO.

You are going to learn to slay email in the next 2 hours and walk away with a certificate in email-ness and a few skills that you can use to get that big holiday shadowing job of your dreams! Let's make sure that you practise to create snatched email to empress not just your mom, but your future sponsors!

At the end of this session, you must know the following:

If you can nail all the answers for the questions above and complete the certificate, you will receive an email to a great big prize!

e-Mail Badge Activities

Activity 1: Get into the vibe

  • If you do not have an email address yet create one in Gmail. The ITEs will take you through all the steps and provide the vibe! (See criteria below)
    Now do the following.:
  • Write an email to Phumie-boo, your BAE and slay queen explaining to her the difference between CC and BCC in an email as well as the difference between Reply to and Reply to all. The most convincing email may win a prize!!!
    Phumie-boo's email is slayqueen@klearning.co.za. Make sure that you CC flexman@klearning.co.za and BCC spillthetea@klearning.co.za
  • Wait to see if you are the winner! Check your inbox.

Activity 2: Be the CEO

Time to make it official and answer all the questions at the top. On completion of this certificate, you will not only have a digital certificate to show off and add to your portfolio/CV, you will also get an e-learning badge that will go into the random bade prize picker!

  1. Register for an account on the GFCGlobal platform
  2. Complete the e-mail GCFGlobal course. Make sure that you make notes as you go along. Watch the videos and complete the tasks within the course.
  3. Complete the email assessment and download the certificate.
  4. Save it in your POE folder with the file name emailbadge_YournameYoursurname.pdf e.g. emailbadgeMaggieVerster.pdf. (Upload your certificate to your school (teacher) folder (ask your ITE for the POE link).
  5. Create an email with an email cover letter. Make sure that you use the relevant formal email etiquette
  6. Attach your certificate to the email
  7. Send the email, email cover letter and the certificate it to the following email addresses, as well as your instructor.
    • Grade 12s: gr12poe@klearning.co.za and cc Nonqaba (nonqabac@kilt.org.za)
    • Grade 11s: gr11poe@klearning.co.za and cc Nonqaba (nonqabac@kilt.org.za)

The e-Mail Badge criteria for email are as follows:

  • Able to open an email client. (e.g. Gmail. outlook)
  • Able to compose email message in text or Rich Text (HTML).
  • Able to add a file attachment.
  • Able to format text. (Bold, fonts, highlights etc)
  • Able to send, reply and forward a message.
  • Able to use CC and BCC and know the difference between the two
  • Understand the difference between “Reply” and “Reply All”.
  • Able to save individual or all attachments to the computer.
  • Able to search for an email by sender, date, or Contents.
  • Able to create a contact list
  • Proper greetings, salutations and etiquette as per audience
  • Send your facilitator an email and save a copy of your email aand your certificate in your school G-drive folder.

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