Q1W2L2: Accessibility and Effectiveness
Learning Task 2: Read the items below.Identify the correct terminology described by the following statements. Write the letters of your answers in the blank provided.
Choices
a. books b. reference materials c. scholarly articles
d. news/magazines e. government documents
__c_____1. documents written by experts or scholars discussing results of scholearly works like research
___e___2. reports, censuses, policies, data and statistics issued and published by the government and its attached agencies
____b___3. sources providing answers to questions such as statistics, maps, background information (re)directing to additional sources
_____d__4. source containing timely, brief and non-technical explanations of events or commentaries for the general public
____a___5. source providing information in details segregated into chapters or parts

Learning Task 3: Read each item carefully. Identify what is asked in each item.
1. This characteristic of written communication enables one to understand, evaluate, use and engage with written texts to participate in society, achieve goals and realize potentials.
a. effectiveness b. accessibility c. reliability d. credibility

2. It is described as the degree to which something is successful in producing a desired result
a. effectiveness b. Accessibility c. reliability d. credibility

3. This information accessibility focuses on the visual input presented using an additional description of the information in order for images to be useful for all.
a. video accessibility c. text accessibility
b. audio accessibility d. image accessibility

4. This information accessibility deals with scripts about the video which are required for users who cannot access visual or audio media channels.
a. text accessibility c. audio accessibility
b. video accessibility d. image accessibility

5. This kind of information source contains the most recent information or opinions
a. reference materials c. government documents
b. Books d. news/magazine articles

6. This information source uses technical language and contains bibliography as well as research methods, data and conclusions.
a. scholarly articles c. reference materials b. government documents d. news/magazine articles

7. The use of outside sources of information helps the writer and reader to do the following EXCEPT _____________.
a. to gain additional information on the topic
b. to lend credibility to the written material
c. to influence the reader to agree with the writer
d. to make the writing less persuasive

Learning Task 5 : In each information source, provide at least five examples of documents classified under their groups.

Scholarly Articles
Books
Government Documents
News/Magazine Articles
Reference Materials