Assignment Author
Visual Rhetoric WorkgroupAttribution
Visual Rhetoric WorkgroupSoftware / Hardware
PowerPoint
Context of Assignment
This project can be tailored to give students practice in either presenting or advocating a position.
Pedagogical Goals of the Assignment
This project is designed to introduce students to Microsoft’s PowerPoint software and give them practice in using it by producing an organized presentation to be given in class.
Assignment Description
Students are asked to work in groups and create presentations related to the content of the course (the instructor may wish to generate a list of acceptable topics). This assignment is designed to last no more than 2 or 3 class meetings: students will choose (or be assigned) their groups and topics, work on the presentations outside of class, and then present them to their peers. Students are also asked to submit a two-page paper describing the process of working on the project; instructors may choose to tweak this aspect of the assignment according to the goals of the course.
* Working in groups of (around) four students, create a PowerPoint presentation incorporating both images and text.
* Each presentation should be organized around a clearly defined topic related to class discussions and readings.
* Presentations should focus on being both informative and interesting.
Guidelines:
* Each presentation must contain a minimum of 10 slides and last approximately 10 minutes.
* Students must incorporate both text and images into their presentation; additionally, the images need to be informative and clearly related to the content of the presentation.
* Each group must also hand in, on the day of their presentation, a 2-page paper describing the presentation and reflecting on the process of creating it.
* These 2-page papers need to be double-spaced, use a font of no more than size 12, and include the names of all four group members.
Suggestions: Groups will be given some time to work on their projects in class, but are also expected to meet at least once outside of class to discuss the topic, plan the presentation, and divide different responsibilities among members of the group.