COMM104 SMART Goal Planning Assignment

This assessment is worth 15% of your grade.

Deadline:
Due by the end of Week 4 at 11:59 pm, ET.

Course Outcome:
Completing this assessment will help you to meet the following course outcome:
- Apply study skills, time management, and goal setting strategies through the utilization of planning tools.

Directions:
Using the SMART Model, create three short-term goals that will help you achieve a long-term academic or professional goal. For this assignment, you will complete the template provided and submit it to Blackboard as a Word Document file.

As you work through the template, notice that the assignment is oriented to help you practice goal planning using tools. Refer to the lesson in Week 4 to review the core elements of the SMART model.

- Specific: Choose concrete and concise words that help communicate the exact task or action you hope to accomplish.
- Measurable: Choose words that help you know when the goal was achieved. For example, after a week has passed, you should be able to indicate if your goal was achieved with little consideration of what "achieved" meant.
- Achievable: Set yourself up for success by choosing goals that you can realistically accomplish in each timeframe. Challenging goals are okay, but unrealistic goals can be a barrier to your long-term goals.
- Relevant: Set goals that mean something to you and your long-term goals.
- Time-Bound: Goals are created because we want to accomplish them. Set a timeframe to assess if you have met your goal.