ENGL135 2020 December Week 7 Assignment Latest

ENGL135 Advanced Composition

Week 7 Assignment  

COURSE PROJECT NARRATED SLIDE DECK

This week you will focus on “translating” your course project essay into a business-style slide deck and narrating it.

The slide deck should consist of 8-10 slides, accompanied by an audio recording of 5-7 minutes in length.  Create your slides as if they were going to be read (we call this a business-style slide deck), so your audience can choose to read your slides or listen to your audio, depending on how much time they have.  Business-style slide decks have these features:

They use full sentences so the audience can understand the message even if they do not listen to the narration.

They use bullets, indented lists, and white space to indicate main ideas and supporting details.

They are easy to understand.

They use visual elements primarily to provide evidence and enhance ideas (rather than to fill space or give the slides visual appeal).

For more information on business-style slide decks, see Week 7 Creating a Business Style Slide Deck.Preview the document

Typical Slide Deck Outline

Title slide with title of project, your name, and the name of the class

Introduction/Overview slide that previews the main points you will discuss

Several body slides that develop your main points

Description of the problem

Recommended solution(s)

Conclusion slide that sums up and brings your project to closure

References slide(s) that list(s) your sources

To prepare, I recommend the following steps:

Read through the writing assignment and the following student sample essay:

Course Project Slide Deck Student Sample MUSIC BUSINESSPreview the document

Course Project Slide Deck Student Sample TRAFFICPreview the document

Learn more about how to create a business-style slide deck by participating in the Live Lesson discussion.

Download DeVry University Slide Deck Student TemplatePreview the document. Save the template as Your Last Name Course Project Narrated Slide Deck. Update the cover slide with your name and the title of your project. Create a References slide and copy and paste a corrected reference list. Use bullets to create hanging paragraphs.

NOTE: You may choose a custom design for your slide deck, but in keeping with the spirit of business-style slide decks, the design should be minimal and the background should be white.

Use the feedback you got from your classmates and from me in the Getting Started discussion to create a slide deck version of your essay. Do not simply copy and paste big chunks of your paper onto a slide. Rather, make an effort to express your ideas succinctly in the form of bullets and indented bullets. See my advice in Week 7 “Translating” Your Course Project into a Slide DeckPreview the document slide deck.

Once you have revised and polished the content of your slide deck, prepare to narrate it. See Week 7 Narrating Your Course Project Slide DeckPreview the document and Week 7 Recording an Audio Slide DeckPreview the document slide decks for advice.

Submit your Course Project Narrated Slide Deck to this link by Sunday at midnight Mountain time.

If you have questions, contact me.  Please identify yourself in your message.