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Microcredentialing Badge
Writing Engineering Reports:
​Understanding Expectations

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        This site presents a digital badge that uses assessments, videos, and other resources to help you understand the expectations on you when writing reports in engineering and science. The badge uses authentic examples from reports written by engineering and science students. After completing this material, Penn State students and Engineering Ambassadors at our partner universities can earn a digital badge. A digital badge is a shareable credential that can help you demonstrate your achievements and competencies on your LinkedIn profile, résumé, or e-portfolio.
        The badge, which is formally titled “Writing Engineering Reports: Understanding Expectations,” will be awarded if you meet the following criteria:​
  1. you have a valid PSU email address or you are an Engineering Ambassador with a university email address; ​
  2. you view the ten tutorial films (total viewing time: 45 minutes); and
  3. you score at least 90 percent on the final comprehension quiz of the tutorial--note that you may retake this assessment to reach the needed score.​
        Badges, which are delivered to the email address you provide on the comprehension quiz, will be awarded within two weeks of scoring enough points on the comprehension quiz.
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Acknowledgments

This digital badge was made possible by funds provided by the Leonhard Center for the Enhancement of Engineering Education in the College of Engineering at Pennsylvania State University. Providing technical assistance on the films is the Office of Digital Learning, which is also in the College of Engineering at Penn State. 
Role
Name
Department
Institution
Faculty Editor
Professor Michael Alley
College of Engineering
Penn State
Film Editor
Casey Fenton
Office of Digital Learning
Penn State
Film Editor
Elaine Whitmer
Office of Digital Learning
Penn State
Student Editor, 2022
Olivia Brencovich
Mechanical Engineering
Penn State
Website Editor, 2022
Marissa Beighley
Computer Science
Penn State


Leonhard Center, Penn State 
University Park, PA 16802

Content Editor:

Michael Alley
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mpa13@psu.edu