Presentation report

CIST 3000: Advanced Writing for IS&T

Specifications for Assignment 7

:

Presentation

DUE

DATE:

Week ____/Date ________

Outline (20

Points

) &

Presentation (100

Points)

120

Points TOTAL

OVERVIEW

In

this

seventh

and final

assignment,

you

will

create a

presentation

from the key contents of

your report

.

The

presentation is for an audience of professionals.

The outline is

an outline

of your presentation

(

not

of the report

itself

)

.

The

lecture on Presenting a Technical Report

is

essential

to understanding what is required for this deliverable.

Review

the lecture

notes from class

and read Chapter

2

3

before starting

on

your

presentation

.

You will

deliver your

presentation and turn in the outline on the due date.

PAR

T

1

:

PRESENTATION

Format and Timing

Create a

n

oral presentation of your report that is

of professional quality and

accompanied by

slides

. Create

the

presentation for the audience that you have identified

in

your report

, for

your professor

,

and for your

c

lass

colleagues (

who

are stand

-

ins for professional colleagues in a workplace setting).

Design your presentation appropriately. Design your slid

es to be clear and appealing.

Use visuals in your slides.

Review

guidelines for developing slides in

Chapter 2

3

and

the accompanying lecture

. Use your judgment and keep

your audience in mind.

Time the

presentation

to

be from

5

-

7

minutes long. Professional presentations often have very tight time windows,

and learning to stay

within that timing

is an important skill.

A presentation that is shorter or longer

than

5

-

7

minutes

will lose points.

Use the extemporaneous method to

deliver the presentation (see Table 2

3

.2, p.

580

of text).

Practice the

presentation

before you present

it. Do not read from a script

, though you may use note cards or your outline to

remind yourself of major points

. Think of the presentation as

something

you would do in a workplace setting,

before a group of people who expect you to speak kn

owledgeably about your subject with

support from

accompanying

slides

.

Citation of Sources on Slides

Cite your sources on the slides. Use

parenthetical

citations at th

e bottom of a slide

as

appropriate

and include a

complete list of citations used

in the talk

on a separate slide at the end of the presentation.

Use APA format for

citations.

You should have a references slide at the end of your presentation.

Cite the source of each visual used on the slides. Do not use copyrighted visuals unless you have written permission

from the copyright owner and hand in that permission with the presen

tation, just as you did with the report.

PART

2

: OUTLINE

Develop a written, detailed outline of your presentation. The outline is not a verbatim script of the presentation, but

an outline of the p

oints to be made during the delivery of material

. The ou

tline is a planning tool for you

and

it

should include enough information that someone else can read it and understand the presentation. That means that

the outline provides more information than just bullet points on

a

slide, but not as much as you

actual

ly say during

the presentation

itself.

CIST 3000: Advanced Writing for IS&T

Specifications for Assignment 7: Presentation

DUE DATE: Week ____/Date ________

Outline (20 Points) & Presentation (100 Points)

120 Points TOTAL

OVERVIEW

In this seventh and final assignment, you will create a presentation from the key contents of your report. The

presentation is for an audience of professionals. The outline is an outline of your presentation (not of the report

itself).

The lecture on Presenting a Technical Report is essential to understanding what is required for this deliverable.

Review the lecture notes from class and read Chapter 23 before starting on your presentation. You will deliver your

presentation and turn in the outline on the due date.

PART 1: PRESENTATION

Format and Timing

Create an oral presentation of your report that is of professional quality and accompanied by slides. Create the

presentation for the audience that you have identified in your report, for your professor, and for your class

colleagues (who are stand-ins for professional colleagues in a workplace setting).

Design your presentation appropriately. Design your slides to be clear and appealing. Use visuals in your slides.

Review guidelines for developing slides in Chapter 23 and the accompanying lecture. Use your judgment and keep

your audience in mind.

Time the presentation to be from 5-7 minutes long. Professional presentations often have very tight time windows,

and learning to stay within that timing is an important skill. A presentation that is shorter or longer than 5-7 minutes

will lose points.

Use the extemporaneous method to deliver the presentation (see Table 23.2, p. 580 of text). Practice the

presentation before you present it. Do not read from a script, though you may use note cards or your outline to

remind yourself of major points. Think of the presentation as something you would do in a workplace setting,

before a group of people who expect you to speak knowledgeably about your subject with support from

accompanying slides.

Citation of Sources on Slides

Cite your sources on the slides. Use parenthetical citations at the bottom of a slide as appropriate and include a

complete list of citations used in the talk on a separate slide at the end of the presentation. Use APA format for

citations. You should have a references slide at the end of your presentation.

Cite the source of each visual used on the slides. Do not use copyrighted visuals unless you have written permission

from the copyright owner and hand in that permission with the presentation, just as you did with the report.

PART 2: OUTLINE

Develop a written, detailed outline of your presentation. The outline is not a verbatim script of the presentation, but

an outline of the points to be made during the delivery of material. The outline is a planning tool for you and it

should include enough information that someone else can read it and understand the presentation. That means that

the outline provides more information than just bullet points on a slide, but not as much as you actually say during

the presentation itself.