Creating the presentation

· Presentations and discussion questions are due on  Saturday evening of Week 8 by 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. Refer to the syllabus for the grading rubric. Your presentations will be graded according to how well the presentation satisfies each of the requirements.

· Your presentation should take about 8-10 minutes for your classmates to view or review.

· If you are narrating your presentation, using a video, or providing a podcast, this time limit is self-explanatory.

· If you are submitting an unnarrated slide show (PowerPoint or Prezi), provide notes or a transcript to help your viewer understand what they are viewing.

· If you are submitting a paper, keep in mind that one double spaced page takes about 3 minutes to read, so your paper should be about 3-5 double-spaced pages in length.

· If you are doing a PowerPoint presentation, you may want to do a web search on “effective PowerPoint presentations” – there are plenty of sites with great suggestions. My top 5 tips are:

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0. Use easy to read fonts and keep them consistent throughout the presentation.

1. Make sure your text is large enough. For standard fonts, a pitch of 28 is usually a good size (with headers being larger).

2. Use bullet points rather than paragraphs and complete sentences, especially if you are providing narration.

3. Visual images that illustrate the point you are trying to make promote deeper learning, but don’t go crazy with the clip art! Simpler is usually better.

4. Go easy on the animations. They can be effective, but they shouldn’t be distracting.

· Remember to provide citations – if you are presenting a fact that you learned from an article, website or other source, you MUST provide a citation. I expect that everyone will be using citations since you all conducted research to learn more about your topics.

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· In a slide show, you can provide the citation in small font at the bottom of the slide you are citing.

· In a paper, you must use in-text citations and a reference list.

· In an audio presentation, you can verbally acknowledge your source (e.g. “Dr. John Smith from Harvard University said…”) or you can provide a separate reference list along with your presentation.

· Do NOT plagiarize. Plagiarism is the intentional or unintentional use of another’s words or ideas and passing them of as one’s own. It is a serious academic offense that must be reported to the Dean’s Office.  You cannot copy and paste from another source without providing a citation. In fact, you should use quotes very sparingly (less than 10% of your work). Even paraphrasing without attribution is considered plagiarism. If you have questions about APA format, citations, or plagiarism, visit the UMGC library and use the search feature to get more information, OR ask!

· Save your presentation with a title that includes your name so that your classmates won’t get confused when they download your work.