Thursday, September 8, 2016

Reflection on use of email in academic study



Email protocols are used in university that’s why it is an essential knowledge to acquire.

Having studied nursing and worked in the west lead me to communication appropriately with my teachers and colleagues. It’s important for me to be able to deliver in a proper manner my work and this in order to demonstrate my capacity to be efficient. When sending email, I need to be clear about the subject line which gives the recipient a good idea of the mail content. For me being efficient in sending emails also mean to be brief and specific. For example writing an email with proper subject line will be easy for the teacher to recognize what is the email all about and will be efficient to search the document attach in email in the future. However, I have certainly learned some new features which will help me in my future academic studies and profession. For instance, insert file name on the footer helps me to be more organized and gain access to the file conveniently. In general, in the attached document the advantage of using footer and header helps to skim the document and know what it is about, when it has been written, who wrote it and where the document has been saved.

I have also learnt the importance of privacy when sending out emails using the blind copies to protect the recipient’s privacy and other parties involved in the group email.  This will be very useful when I have to work in group for a presentation for example. However, using the two step verification can also protect my own privacy by setting up an automatic SMS code verification sent out to my mobile as well as entering my email password beforehand. In conclusion, I certainly learnt new features following the above guidelines which will assist me in my future studies and profession.