Feedback for Introduction To Professional & Scientific Communication

Dear student

We are glad that you have attended the NPTEL online certification course.

We hope you found the NPTEL Online course useful and have started using NPTEL extensively.

In this regard, we would like to have a feedback from you regarding our course and whether there are any improvements, you would like to suggest.
 
We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations. Your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

The link to give your feedback is :


We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team  

Good-luck for your exams!

Dear Participants:

Hope you found the course "Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication" interesting, informative and useful. Now that all the lectures are released, and that the assignments have been submitted and the solutions are declared, our responsibilities as the instructor and tutors for this course ends here. We hope you all are well set for the exam. Just to reiterate, the exam would be online, and the question paper will carry a total of 50 questions (objective type multiple choice questions), each carrying 1 mark. There are no negative marks for the wrong answer.  

It was wonderful interacting with you all. We wish you good luck with the exams!

Rashmi, Anupama (TAs)
S.Ganesh (Instructor)

Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication : Hall ticket for April 28/29 NPTEL Online Certification exams is now available for download

Dear Candidate:

If you have registered and paid successfully for the April28/29 NPTEL Online certification exams, your Admit Card/Hall ticket is now available at http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

Login with your registered Google-enabled account email id (used to access the course on the portal and used for registering for the exam) and its password to access the link. Click on April exam to download the hall ticket(s) for the April28/29 exams, from the link.

2. You can also download it from the alternate link given below:
https://cdn3.digialm.com//EForms/configuredHtml/885/54105/login.html  

Please try to access both the links to download your hall ticket: if you are not able to find your hall ticket in both the links, kindly write to us at nptelexam@nptel.iitm.ac.in
 
Note that you will be able to login here, only if you have a valid registration for exams on April 28/29, 2018. 

Please download hall ticket, take a print out and along with a original ID card, carry it with you to the exam venue (The exam centre address is displayed in the hall ticket). Read all instructions given in the admit card/ hall ticket carefully and follow them.
Download hall tickets for all the exams you have registered for - in case you don't get the hall tickets for any particular course, please write to  nptelexam@nptel.iitm.ac.in .

IMPORTANT:

1. Change of shift, course, exam center, exam city is NOT POSSIBLE.
2. You WILL NOT BE ALLOWED to write the exam if you are showing up at the exam center which is not allocated to you by mistake or by intention.
3. Candidates will not be allowed to write the exam without Hall ticket and proper id proof. Proof on the mobile phones or soft copy of hall ticket is NOT PERMITTED.

NPTEL Team wishes you the very best for the certification exam.

Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication - Re-evaluation of Assignment 1: Q10

Dear Participants,

This is to inform that there is a typographical error in the option provided in the question no. 10 of the week 1 assignment. The option states “The mission failed as the crew could land on moon, yet the crew could be brought back to the earth safely”, however the correct statement for the question should be “The mission failed as the crew could not land on moon, yet the crew could be brought back to the earth safely”. This question has been removed from the assignment scoring and would not be considered in the evaluation process. Therefore you might see the score change in the progress tab.

Thanks,
TAs    


Last date for Exam registration extended till March 15, 2018 - 1 pm (Thursday) - Hurry up and register today!!

Dear Candidate,

Due to a technical issue, there was some problem with the exam form since yesterday. Now the issue has been fixed.

The last date for exam registration has been extended till March 15, 2018 - 1 pm (Thursday)

Last date for making the payment individually - March 16, 2018 - 1:00 PM (Friday)

If you have not yet registered for the exam, login to the form and apply for the exam today! If you have filled the form but not done the payment, Please complete the payment before March 16 1:00 pm.

Register for the exam today at: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.

NOTE:  NO EXTENSIONS BEYOND THESE DATES WILL BE GIVEN.

-NPTEL Team

Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication: Exam registration date extended

Dear Participants,

There seems to be some technical issue with the exam registration form. 
The NPTEL team is trying to find out the reason and resolve the same. 

Hence the registration date has been extended till March 15, 2018 - 1 pm

Thanks,
TAs

Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication: Week 4 Feedback

Dear learner

Thank you for continuing with the course and hope you are enjoying it.
We would like to know if the expectations with which you joined this course are being met and hence please do take 2 minutes to fill out our weekly feedback form.
Would help us tremendously in gauging learner experience.



Thank you.
-NPTEL team

Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication- Week 4 assignment solutions released

Dear Participants,


The Solutions for Week 4 assignment for the course, Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication, has been released and can be found at the following link: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_bt11/unit?unit=35&lesson=72

Best wishes,

TAs

Exam and Certificate Format : Introduction To Professional & Scientific Communication

Exam and Certificate Format 

Dear student

The certification exam will be conducted at designated centres in the city chosen by you. You have to register for the exam by filling up the form, paying the exam fee, appear in person and score >= 40% to get the certificate.

Register for the exam today at: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

Exam registration form closes on March 14, 2018 - 5 pm (Wednesday).

For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.

Type of exam: Computer based exam 

You will have to appear at the allotted exam centre and produce your Hall ticket and Government Photo Identification Card(Example: Driving License,Passport, PAN card, Voter ID, Aadhaar-ID with your Name, date of birth, photograph and signature) for verification and take the exam in person. You can find the allotted exam center details in the hall ticket.

The questions will be on the computer and the answers will have to be entered on the computer; type of questions may include multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, essay type answers, etc

The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively around 10 - 16th April 2018. We will notify the same through email.

 FINAL CERTIFICATE:

The final score = 25% assignment score + 75% final certification exam score.

The final score will determine if you will/will not receive a certificate.

1. Final score < 40%: NO certificate

2. Final score between 40% -59%: Certificate of type "Successfully completing the course"

3. Final score between 60% -89%: Certificate with tag "Elite" printed at the top

4. Final score of 90% and above: Certificate with "Elite" tag and the gold medal printed on it.

Please click the link here for certificate format:  https://goo.gl/14B2zm
 
-NPTEL Admin

Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication - Reminder For Assignment 4

Dear Participants, 

The due date for assignment 3 is already closed.

Submission for Assignment 3: 203

The due date for the assignment 4 is fast approaching. If you are yet to attempt it, do it at the earliest so as not to miss the submission deadline of " 2018-03-7, 23:59 IST." also please note that the marks of the assignments will be considered in the evaluation of the final grade.

Thanks
TAs

Last date for Exam registration extended - Hurry up and register today!!

Dear Candidates

Last date for exam registration has been extended till March 14, 2018 - 5 pm (Wednesday)

Last date for making the payment individually - March 15, 2018 - 5 PM (Thursday)

The certification exam will be conducted at designated centers in the city chosen by you. You have to register for the exam by filling up the form, paying the exam fee and appear in person to get the certificate.

Hard and soft copy of Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score > 40%

Register for the exam today at: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.

-NPTEL Team

Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication- Week 3 assignment solutions released

Dear Participants,


The Solutions for Week 3 assignment for the course, Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication, has been released and can be found at the following link: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_bt11/unit?unit=29&lesson=71

Best wishes,

TAs

Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication: Hangout Session at 7pm today!

Dear Participants,


As announced, we will be having a Google Hangout Session today (28th February) at 7 pm. Do join using the following link: https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/fdwygl5zafgltii74avyj63rjae


Best Wishes,

TAs

Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication: Week 3 Feedback

Dear learner

Thank you for continuing with the course and hope you are enjoying it.
We would like to know if the expectations with which you joined this course are being met and hence please do take 2 minutes to fill out our weekly feedback form.
Would help us tremendously in gauging learner experience.



Thank you.
-NPTEL team

Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication - Reminder For Assignment 3

Dear Participants, 

The due date for assignment 1 and 2  are already closed.

Submission for Assignment 1: 261

Submission for Assignment 2: 222

The due date for the assignment 3 is fast approaching. If you are yet to attempt it, do it at the earliest so as not to miss the submission deadline of " 2018-02-28, 23:59 IST." also please note that the marks of the assignments will be considered in the evaluation of the final grade.

Thanks
TAs

Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication: Assignment-4 Released

Dear Participants,


Assignment-4 for the course, Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication, has been released and can be found at the following link: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_bt11/unit?unit=35&assessment=69


Please note that the deadline for the submission of assignment 4 ends at 23:59 hrs on 07/03/2018


Best wishes,

TAs


Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication - Week 4 Lectures released

Dear Participants,


The week-4 lectures for the course, Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication, are released. A pdf of the ppt file used for the individual lectures can be downloaded from the link given above the video screen.


Links for the online reading materials for the topics covered in these lectures are given below:


Writing the Results Section

How to Prepare Figures & Schematics

How to write Introduction and Discussion Sections

Finalizing the Manuscript and Ethics in Research

Writing a Research Proposal

Preparing for a Scientific Presentation


Happy reading!

TAs


Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication- Week 1 assignment solutions released

Dear Participants,


The Solutions for Week 1 assignment for the course, Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication, has been released and can be found at the following link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1CZtQ-lG34ugGOeiuKeO7MZDllT_wq8tV

Best wishes,

TAs


Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication- Week 2 assignment solutions released

Dear Participants,


The Solutions for Week 2 assignment for the course, Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication, has been released and can be found at the following link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1OrDLyQr0Zt6xjlyzriZBCR_oAh1Mw4W9

Best wishes,

TAs


Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication: Week 2 Feedback

Dear learner

Thank you for continuing with the course and hope you are enjoying it.
We would like to know if the expectations with which you joined this course are being met and hence please do take 2 minutes to fill out our weekly feedback form.
Would help us tremendously in gauging learner experience.



Thank you.
-NPTEL team

Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication- Week 3 lectures released

Dear Participants,


The week-3 lectures for the course, Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication, are released. A pdf of the ppt file used for the individual lectures can be downloaded from the link given above the video screen.


Links for the online reading materials for the topics covered in these lectures are given below:

Title for a Research Paper

Keywords

Mileposts for the Article Writing

Writing the Methods Section


Happy reading! TAs

Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication- Week 3 assignment released

Dear Participants,


Assignment-3 for the course, Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication, has been released and can be found at the following link: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_bt11/unit?unit=29&assessment=55


Please note that the deadline for the submission of assignment 3 ends at 23:59 hrs on 28/02/2018


Best wishes,

TAs

Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication: Hangout Session at 7pm today!

Dear Participants,


As announced, we will be having a Google Hangout Session today (16th February) at 7 pm. Do join using the following link: https://hangouts.google.com/hangouts/_/nptel.iitm.ac.in/IntroToProfessionalScientificCommunication


Best Wishes,

TAs


Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication - Download Lectures

Dear Students,

The lectures are available to download @nptel.ac.in. Please use the link http://nptel.ac.in/courses/102104061/ to access and download the course lectures. But assignments need to be submitted by each one by logging on to the portal only.

Thanks

TAs 

Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication: Week 1 Feedback

Dear learner

Thank you for enrolling to this NPTEL course and we hope you have gone through the contents for this week and also attempted the assignment.
We value your feedback and wish to know how you found the videos and the questions asked - whether they were easy, difficult, as per your expectations, etc
We shall use this to make the course better and we can also know from the feedback which concepts need more explanation, etc.

Please do spare some time to give your feedback - comprises just 5 questions - should not take more than a minute, but makes a lot of difference for us as we know what the learners feel.



Thank you.
- NPTEL team

Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication: Week-2 Lectures Released

Dear Participants,


The week-2 lectures for the course, Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication, are released. A pdf of the ppt file used for the individual lectures can be downloaded from the link given above the video screen.


Links for the online reading materials for the topics covered in these lectures are given below:


Scientific Hypothesis

Introduction to Scientific Writing

Writing an Abstract


Happy reading!

TAs


Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication: Assignment-2 Released

Dear Participants,


Assignment-2 for the course, Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication, has been released and can be found at the following link: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_bt11/unit?unit=23&assessment=52


Please note that the deadline for the submission of assignment 2 ends at 23:59 hrs on 21/02/2018


Best wishes,

TAs


Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication: Hangout Session

Dear Participants,


This is Anupama and Rashmi - the TAs for this course, Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication. We plan to have two Google Hangout sessions with you, and tentative schedule are given below:


1st session: At 7:00 pm-8:00 pm, Friday, 16th February

2nd session: At 7:00 pm-8:00 pm, Wednesday, 28th February


These sessions are planned to have a direct interaction with the participants and to clarify doubts on the topics discussed in the course. Please note that we will NOT be able to handle questions on the logistics, exam venue and other procedural issues. Our discussion will be limited to course content, and doubts therein. Thus, you may keep your queries ready or post on the discussion forum.


The hangout session will be such that the audio from the participants will be muted. The questions and queries can be posted using the chat box once the session is on, and we will respond to those orally. The video will be enabled.


We will inform you in advance should there be a change in the schedule of the Google Hangout session,


Best wishes,

Anupama and Rashmi


Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication - Week 1: Reading material links

Dear Participants:


Here are the links for a few reading materials for the topics discussed in Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication - Week 1 Lectures:


How to generate research ideas

Inductive vs Deductive reasoning

Multimedia link:

Apollo 13 – the successful failure


Happy learning!
Akanksha, Anupama and Rashmi (TA's)

Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication - Week 1 Lectures / Assignment-1 Released

Dear Participants,


The week-1 lectures / The Assignment-1 for the course "Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication" has been released in the portal.

URL  for assignment: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_bt11/unit?unit=7&assessment=51


The last date to submit the assignment is 21/02/2018, 11:59 pm.


Happy Learning!

Akanksha, Anupama and Rashmi (TA’s)


Reminder 1:REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN!

Dear Student:

Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the April 2018 certification exam. The registration for the certification exam is open only to students who have enrolled in the course.

Registration is open from 09th January 2018 (Tuesday) until March 07, 2018 10:00 AM (Wednesday). 
The certification exam registration URL is: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

(If you want to register for the exam for this course, login here using the same email id used to enroll to the course)

Dates of exam: April 28 and April 29, 2018 
Session: [Afternoon] For this course there is no ”Forenoon” Session.
You can register for a maximum of 4 course exams (same day of exam – 2 sessions. Same center will be allocated for both the sessions).

Exam Session time: Forenoon: 9.00 AM -12.00 PM ; Afternoon: 2.00 PM - 5.00 PM
Examination Cities: The exam is to be conducted in several cities across India whose list is available on the registration form. 

Click here to access the list of exam cities: http://nptel.ac.in/pdf/examcities_final.pdf
Registration fees: Rs 1100/-
(Students belonging to the SC/ST category can avail a 50% fee waiver - please select Yes for the SC/ST option and upload the correct Community certificate)
Students belonging to the PwD category can avail a 50% fee waiver - please select Yes for the option and upload the relevant Disability certificate.

Mode of payment:  Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking or via SPOC of college

HALL TICKET:
The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively between 10 - 16th April 2018. We will confirm the same through an announcement once it is published.

Final score on certificate: 25% of assignment score + 75% of certification exam score.
Award of certificate:  Hard and soft copy of Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score >= 40%

The final score, assignment score and exam score will be printed on the certificate. The certificate will also have a link to the NPTEL website (http://nptel.ac.in/noc), where on logging in, your scores and e-certificate will be available for verification  (Appropriate announcements will be made). Please do regularly submit assignments to get a good final score.

IMPORTANT NOTES

1) FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:- you can add or delete courses and pay separately – till the date when the exam form closes. No changes will be entertained after that.  

2) FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE PAYING VIA THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF YOUR COLLEGE:- 

1. In the exam form, you will fill all the details and also upload photo, signature.
2. Ensure that you had selected your college name correctly from the drop-down list in the form.
3. Payment of exam fees - click on the tab - 'PAY VIA SPOC'.
The SPOC has to now confirm to NPTEL that he/she will pay fees on your behalf.
If the SPOC says NO, you will be intimated via email.
Then it becomes your responsibility to come back to the exam form and make the payment.
If you do not pay the exam fees within the prescribed time, you will not be able to write the exam.

Please read the instructions carefully before submitting the form.
In case of any queries please write to us at noc@nptel.iitm.ac.in

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL TEAM

Assignment 0

Hello Participants,

We have released assignment 0 for the course. You can now assess your understanding of the "Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication" course.

Happy learning

Anupama, Akanksha and Rashmi

Welcome note from TAs

We are the TAs for this course and we will be helping you with the course and the assignments. We would also attend to the discussion forum and clarify the doubts on the topics discussed once the course is launched. We plan to have two live Google Hangout sessions, at the end of 2nd and 4th week of the course respectively, to have a direct interaction with the participants and to clarify doubts on the topics discussed in the course. Please note that we will not be able to handle questions on the logistics, exam venue, and other procedural issues. Our discussion will be limited to course content and doubts therein.


We will inform you in advance about the schedule of the Google Hangout session.


Best wishes,

Anupama and Rashmi

Welcome note from Prof. S.Ganesh

Hello Participants:


Welcome to the course, Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication. Effective communication is an essential part of professional life, and more so for those involved in academics, research and development. This is an exciting topic, and this course is designed to help you master scientific communication skill sets - writing as well as orals. I advise you to go through the first-week lectures, though introductory in nature, as that would provide a foundation as to how to evolve an effective hypothesis and will form basis for the topics to be covered in later part of the course. We will have periodic assignments that would test your understanding. To help you with the process, we will also be posting links for reading materials, and handouts with practice problems. We also plan to have two live interactive sessions, via the Google Hangout platform, wherein we will be responding to your queries and doubts live. These sessions are most likely will be conducted on a Saturday or a Sunday, and the details (date/time) will be posted to you in advance.


I also advise that you send us any course related queries using this course portal as this is being attended to by my senior PhD students/postdocs (TAs) as well, and you will get a quicker response. Emails to my personal IITK email ID please be avoided as they may not be attended to immediately.


Good luck with your studies!

Professor S. Ganesh

Welcome to NPTEL Course: Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication

Dear student

Welcome to NPTEL Online Courses and Certification!

Thank you for signing up for our online course " Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication ". We wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

The course will begin on February 05,2018. When content is released on the portal, you will get an email alerting you. Please watch the lectures, follow the course regularly and submit all assessments and assignments before the due date. Your regular participation is vital for learning.

We will open registration for the exam soon after the course starts. A form has to be filled and the certification exam has a fee, which needs to be paid at the time of registration. Everyone who has signed-up for the course, including those who do not register for the exam, will continue to have access to the course contents.

There are two sections on the portal apart from the course content and assignment sections:
•    The announcement list which will only have messages from course instructors and teaching assistants - regarding the lessons, assignments, exam registration, hall tickets etc.     
•    The discussion forum which is for everyone to ask questions and interact - If you have any questions regarding the technical content in the lectures, any doubts in the assignments or any question related to the exam, registration, hall tickets, results, etc, kindly write about this in the forum and the course instructor/TA will respond to it. Please use this well and participate to benefit from the course.

Details regarding the course:

Name of the course: Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication
Course url: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_bt11/
Course duration :04 Weeks
Date and Time of Exams: April 28 (Saturday) and April 29 (Sunday) :  Afternoon session: 2pm to 5pm
Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form.
Exam registration url - Will be announced shortly

Once again, thank you for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning - NPTEL team.". We wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.