Information Systems Term project total 5 assignment all connect
TP 3: Example What will the presentation look like?
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Assignment Overview In TP 2, you prepared an outline of your project, based on your research to that point.
Assuming TP 2 was done completely and carefully, and you haven't changed your arguments since then, TP 3 should be fairly easy. You take the statements you prepared for TP 2, and you put them in presentation form, filling out the evidence detail if necessary, including adding graphics.
It is possible that you have changed some of your arguments or evidence since you completed TP 2, based on further research. That's fine. Just use the best of what you have.
Note that this example assignment (1) does not include all parts of the presentation, and (2) can be further refined and changed after this point. However, you should try to make each page as close as possible to what you plan for your final presentation. This will allow me to give you feedback in case something needs to be changed before the final.
Requirements for TP 3: Example For TP 3, you will turn in only six pages, illustrated by the graphic below.
The specific pages are described in the following list:
Page 1: The controversy page, including a pro and con statement
Page 2: Your position and the argument summary page
Page 3 & 4: Two complete examples of your evidence detail pages (at least one with an informational graphic)
Page 5: Your conclusion page
Page 6: The bibliography page
The presentation slides should be legible (text that is large enough for the audience to read), attractive (nice colors and graphics), and grammatically correct (no typos, etc.).
Detailed Instructions Prepare the six pages in your presentation software (PowerPoint, Google Sheets, etc.) as specified below.
● The Controversy page contains the controversy question (from TP 1 and TP 2), and your pro and con statements (also from TP 1 and TP 2). If you changed something based on additional research or my feedback, it should be reflected here.
● The Position and Argument Summary page should also match your TP 2 outline, modified according to the grading feedback you received, if any. The position states your position, briefly and to the point. Your numbered argument summary list (five or more arguments) should be on the same page, although if it is too long, it may go to two pages. The argument summary list should meet the requirements as described in the outline assignment.
● Two Evidence Detail pages (and only two) will come from the evidence detail section of your TP 2 outline. For TP 4 and TP 5, you will prepare a complete presentation with all 10 evidence detail pages, but for this assignment, only prepare two. You may use any of your five arguments for these two pages. Each evidence detail page should include the following (ideally copied directly from your TP 2 outline):
○ A title, which should be the evidence summary statement (from TP 2) for that piece of evidence ○ A subtitle, which should be the corresponding numbered argument summary item (from TP 2) ○ The actual evidence as the body of the slide
■ This is best presented as quotes, bullet points, statistics, graphs, etc. Long, dense paragraphs on slides should be avoided.
○ A brief reference to the source of your evidence (the full source should be in the bibliography)
● At least one of the two pages should include an information graphic : a graph, chart, diagram or other graphical element to help illustrate and clarify the data that you are presenting. This is not just clip art—it is a graphic that conveys useful information. All numeric graphs and charts should include a title (What is the chart showing? For what period? For what geographic area?), a legend, axis labels showing units of measure, etc., as well as an abbreviated source for the data.
● The Conclusion page should restate your position as given on the position page, as well as a few or all of the key arguments, usually in list form.
● A Bibliography page should have full references for (at least) the references on your two example pages, although you may include more references if you wish. The references should be in a standard format, including title, author, date, etc., and (for online sources) the full URL. See the Bibliography page for more information.
The visual style doesn't need to be unique or fancy. However, it should be visually interesting and, if possible, relevant to your subject. Regarding the visual style, please avoid the following:
● Text and/or backgrounds that are colored in a way that makes the text hard to read. That includes text with low contrast (e.g. gray text on a blue background), bright red or lime green text, patterned text, most text shadows, detailed photographs as backgrounds, etc.
● Very dense text (including long paragraphs). Slides are most effective when they have information that the audience can read quickly and easily. That means large fonts and as few words as are needed to get the point across. (Remember that the main point of a slide is to accompany your spoken presentation, where you can use as many words as you want.) Bullet lists are usually better than paragraphs, and lists with seven or fewer bullets are easiest for the audience to scan quickly.
● Animations (slide animations, text animations, etc.). Most animations hurt rather than help a presentation (and you will be turning in a pdf file anyway, which doesn't support animations).
● "3D" charts (pie charts, bar charts, etc.). Two-dimensional data are always clearest in two dimensions.
● Plain black text on a plain white background.
What do you turn in? Submit the six presentation pages as specified, saved as a pdf file . (Submit only pdf files, not .zip or other formats.)
● One controversy page ● One page for position and argument summary ● Two evidence detail pages (at least one with a graphic) ● One conclusion page ● One page for the bibliography.
Submitting more than these pages will result in a lower score. If you want me to review your entire presentation, you may make a separate request. However, this assignment should include only the slides specified above.
I will provide feedback on your example pages, and that feedback should be used when preparing your final presentation.