Assignment

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE GROUP PRESENTATION

Groups of five to six students must create a 20-30 minute group presentation (when the time of all individual presentation times are added together). These may be either informative or persuasive; each has its own attributes, advantages, and challenges, and groups need to decide which direction they want to take based on their discussions.

Groups must also submit a full sentence outline prior to the presentation with at least five credible scholarly sources (following either the informative or persuasive outline directions and evaluation forms from earlier in class.)

Presentations will be recorded previously and individually by group members via webcam, camera, or however you recorded the Introduction presentation. (The professional camera requirement does not apply to this presentation.) The individual presentations will then be put together by your group in to a cohesive and interesting multimedia presentation using a platform such as PowerPoint or Prezi (see links at end of this form for more information on how to include video.) I also encourage you to incorporate in to your PowerPoint presentation: text (if it serves a purpose), visual aids such as photos, charts, graphs (if applicable), and even outside video links that relate to your topic. The possibilities are endless here, and I really look forward to the creativity and originality you put in to your presentations!

The tricky thing here is that the PowerPoint (or whatever platform you choose) presentation must be coordinated and smooth even though the students will have recorded their portions at different locations.

Generally, the presentation itself should average 4 minutes per group member. Therefore, a minimum of 20 minutes for five group members and nearly 25 minutes for six group members is expected. The presentation must be well-prepared, well-organized, and cohesive. The flow of each group presentation file should feel as if the group of students are standing together in front of a classroom, presenting in real-time.

All parts of the presentation must be delivered extemporaneously; reading from or attending too much to notes in not acceptable. The group must demonstrate the use of verbal and nonverbal aspects of delivery that add to the effect of the speech and avoid those that detract from the effect. It is up to the group how the presentation is arranged, but keep in mind everyone needs to speak a total of at least 4 minutes. That does not all have to be at once, however. So if, for instance, one person is handling a detailed introduction and conclusion, that would be two separate video clips that are added together for time.

Additionally, there needs to be clear transitions from speaker-to-speaker and topic-to-topic; each speaker should preview who and what will follow, with a clear transition to that speaker as the end of their recording. (Then within the PowerPoint presentation (or whichever platform you choose), it will feel like a cohesive presentation as we click the slides and move from one speaker to the next.)

As you have learned in class, there is no replacement for preparation, practice, and rehearsal. This is just as true for the group presentation as for other presentations. Be sure you are familiar with the evaluation form used for this group presentation, and have each other view your 4-minute speeches before placing them in the final presentation.

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