Task - construct a self-running presentation

This task will be released on 13 June 2008 and will be turned in on the day when your final exam was scheduled on 16 June 2008.

Everything in this task is something we will have demonstrated and/or tried in class.

Your task this time is to create a self-running PowerPoint presentation for a special client - yourselves. You
may use this opportunity to create a presentation that both displays expertise with presentation tools and is a tool to convey a message to an audience of your choice.

You may choose the topic of your presentation. If you cannot think of a topic you want to use, select one of the following:

  • create a presentation talking about your home town, home state, or anything else associated with your roots. Make it a product that will help the viewer learn about the topic and entice the viewer to want to learn more
  • do a critique of this class - what did it cover, what was good about it, what could be done better. Be critical and make recommendations. I will take the comments to heart and put them into effect where possible, but your grade on this task and this course will be based on how well you meet the specification on the specs sheet.
  • comment on the utility of one or both of the newsletters I had you subscribe to - talk about the newsletter, the authors, the topics they focus on, and on how useful the subscription turned out to be for you

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Condition

You will work in teams and we will view the presentations during the final exam time.

Your goal is to create a single presentation that simultaneously satisfies two objectives:

  1. it will be a self-running presentation that incorporates slide timing and your narration
    • this presentation will run automatically for the class just as if you were delivering the presentation live
    • we will see the slides, hear your narration, and observe images and objects in the order and timing you wish them to appear
    • I will use this version to decide on the points for Esthetics
  2. but, the presentation should be created as if you were, in fact, going to present it live
    • it should be set up with delivery tools, in particular with on-screen navigation tools, so that you could present it and have total control over how it would run
    • we will cover this requirement in more detail during the delivery session
    • I will use your design to decide on the points for Formatting Decisions

You will save your presentation to either a CD, to a USB key, or place it in your password protected directory (try to stick to your preferred file naming style, which should include the date, your name, and the task name). The saved presentation will include both the visuals and any accompanying sound files.

Be sure I have a copy of the presentation before you leave the lab on 16 June 2008.

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Standard

Use this gradesheet for guidance and I will post examples that should provide some visual guidance for the task components.

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