assignment

IDS 404 Module Three Assignment Guidelines and Rubric Narrated Journal

Overview: In the Module Three overview, you read how the history lens and popular culture collaborate to tell a culture’s narrative. Sometimes, popular culture tells its own historical narrative, creating a meta-text for that event or artifact. Hollywood especially loves to tell these kinds of historical stories. For this activity, you will choose one of the segments from the How Hollywood Does It series and look at how Hollywood tells its own history of film. Choose one of the films to watch and review for this assignment. Links to the films can be found in the reading and resources section of module three. Other historical documentaries about film may be used only with instructor approval. For this assignment, you will watch one film through the history lens and will have the opportunity to practice the communication and technical skills needed for Final Project Part Two. You will create a short PowerPoint presentation with an oral narration using the PowerPoint narration tool. This will also allow you and your instructor to check that your technology works for this assignment, and to troubleshoot any potential difficulties before the Final Project Part Two due. This activity must be submitted in PPTX format for your professor to give you feedback on whether your technical components are correct.

Prompt: In your PowerPoint slides, use the PowerPoint narration tool to verbally record your answer to the following questions:

 What are the challenges Hollywood faced in your chosen segment? What are the benefits of their solutions?  How does critically analyzing Hollywood and popular culture add value to interactions with people in personal and professional contexts and/or in

understanding society and culture as a whole?

Throughout your short PowerPoint presentation, make sure you use effective multimedia and communication skills:

 Construct your presentation in a way that ensures the audio and visual elements are logically organized in order to convey your message to your audience.

 Provide supporting evidence in your presentation that supports the importance of an issue or event in the film and its impact within popular culture.  Develop the audio narration to logically flow with the presentation to articulate the importance of critically analyzing an issue or event in the film and its

impact within popular culture.

Note: When you are recording the oral component of your presentation, a headset or external microphone is recommended for better results. However, you can also use the microphone incorporated into your computer or cell phone. Use the Check File Compatibility With Earlier Versions and Are You Having Video or Audio Playback Issues? resources from Microsoft to help you check compatibility between versions of Office.

Rubric

Guidelines for Submission: Your presentation should be 2 to 4 slides and should be between 2 to 4 minutes in length. You are required to include a combination of text, visuals, and audio narration in order to support your work. Speaker notes are not required. Be sure to cite your sources, including the film you discuss, on

a separate slide in APA format. If you require alternative accommodations for completing this assignment, reach out to your instructor directly for more information.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Benefits and Challenges

Assesses the benefits and challenges addressed in the segment, using relevant research or diverse perspectives

Assesses the benefits and challenges addressed in the segment, but analysis is cursory or utilization of relevant research or diverse perspectives is inappropriate

Does not assess the benefits and challenges addressed in the segment

20

Adds Value Explains how critically analyzing Hollywood/popular culture adds value to interactions with people in personal and professional contexts and/or in understanding society and culture

Explains how critically analyzing Hollywood/popular culture adds value to interactions with people in personal and professional contexts and/or in understanding society and culture, but explanation is cursory

Does not explain how critically analyzing Hollywood/popular culture adds value to interactions with people in personal and professional contexts and/or in understanding society and culture

20

Organized Constructs the presentation in such a way that it ensures the audio and visual elements are logically organized

Presentation is constructed with audio and visual elements, but the organization is somewhat illogical

Does not construct the audio and visual elements of the presentation in an organized, logical way

15

Evidence Provides supporting evidence in the presentation that supports the importance of the topic and its impact within popular culture

Provides supporting evidence, but evidence does not fully support the importance of the topic and its impact within popular culture

Does not provide evidence that supports the importance of the topic and its impact within popular culture

15

Flow Develops the audio narration to logically flow with the presentation to articulate the importance of critically analyzing the topic and its impact within popular culture

Develops the audio narration, but it does not logically flow with the presentation to articulate the importance the topic and its impact within popular culture

Does not include audio narration to articulate the importance of the topic and its impact within popular culture

15

Time Limit Presentation is no longer than two to four minutes

Presentation is less than two minutes in length

15

Total 100%