The PowerPoint Presentation Assignment (Updated FA 2021)
ASSIGNMENT DESCRIPTION:
Presentations are standard business practice in America whenever information needs to be shared in front of a group. Presentations offer visual and auditory reinforcement of concepts that are shared. For this assignment, you will create a PowerPoint presentation of 10-slides to illustrate the highlights of your Problem-Solution Recommendation Report. This presentation is based on your research report, and the only additional research you should do for this assignment is to search for charts, graphs, data tables, and images to support your findings and recommendations.
This assignment will count as 100 points and be the main grade for your Final Exam. Save it as a PowerPoint document (ppt) to submit in the Final Exam link. Please follow the Final Exam due date schedule, as no late exams will be accepted.
If you are working with a partner or a team, please add 2 slides for each additional member and split the presentation task. This means that each member should be held responsible for a certain number of slides for preparation and presentation.
Please check with your instructor on the Final Exam presentation format. Typically, if you are in a face-to-face class, you will present “live” during final exam time. If you are in a remote (synchronous) class, you will present during class final exam time, and you have the option of pre-recording and share or present “live” during final exam time. If you are in a full online class (asynchronous), you will use pre-recording of the PowerPoint and upload into the Final Exam link. Note: All formats still requires Presenter’s Notes on the bottom section of each slide.
REQUIREMENTS:
- You should have the following slides:
- Title page
- Introduction (Background)
- Statement of Purpose for the Research
- Research Methods
- Results or Findings (this will usually cover 3 slides)
- Conclusion
- Recommendations
- Works Cited
- Each slide should have “Presenter’s Notes” (on the bottom page) to explain what you would say to the audience if you were presenting.
TIPS:
- Be sure each slide has bulleted information and is easy to read, with typically size 22 font orlarger.
- Be sure the font is easily readable. For example, a yellow font on a pink background is not easy to read. YELLOW.Neither is a purple font on a blue background. PURPLE
- Do not drag in whole paragraphs on any slide.
- For the “Presenter’s Notes,” you may have paragraphs, but the language should be simple and direct similar to what one would say to an audience, not the scholarly-type writing that may be found in the research report. You may use info from your report, but simplify it for presentation. (Do not just “drag and drop” without reading through the information to see if that is effective to say in front of an audience.)
- Include graphics that build your argument. Do not randomly include any image that may actually detract from the main points.
- The presentation should be attractive and professional without being too “busy.” Nor should it be bland with nothing but words, words, words. After all, a PowerPoint is a visual aid.
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