Assignment: Short Response Guidelines

Overview: The short response activities in the webtext throughout this course are designed to show your understanding of key concepts as you engage with course content.

Prompt: During the eighth and final week of the course, you will respond to several questions in the webtext as you complete each assigned learning block. At the end of Week 8, you will review your answers to these questions and ensure that you have responded to each question. It is important that you answer each question. Otherwise, the words no response will appear in brackets when you submit the assignment. The questions and their original locations in the webtext are listed in the table below in case you want to refer back to the reading as you edit, but you can edit your responses to all the questions directly in Theme: Presenting Social Science Concepts and Research, learning block 8-4 (page 2) before exporting to Word for submission to your instructor in the learning environment.

Question 1

a. Who is the audience of this presentation? How do you know?

b. Why does Claudia think the audience should care?

c. What parts of the presentation are impactful? In other words, what parts of the presentation would really convince the audience that they should care?

Question 2 Identify places in Claudia's script that you think should be accompanied by visuals. For each place you identify, indicate what kind of information you think she should include on the slide. For example, you may think personal images are appropriate in some places, or that graphs or charts representing data may be helpful in others.

Question 3 Choose the remaining 3-5 places in the script where you will incorporate visuals. Briefly note where you will include these visuals, and describe what will appear on the slide.

Question 4 Complete the checklist after practicing your presentation. Identify at least three adjustments that you will make to improve the presentation based on this critical evaluation.

Question 5 Identify opportunities that you have to speak in public and practice these presentation skills, even if not giving a formal presentation. How will using these tips help you communicate your message?

Question 6 Consider all you've learned throughout this course. In your opinion, what are two of the most important concepts or skills you learned that are most relevant in your everyday life?

Question 7 What did you enjoy most about this course?