CONCEPTS FOR A DIGITAL WORLD

GSCI 1042

 

CRN 14880     FALL 2008

 

PRESENTATIONS

 

·        The presentation is worth 40% of your final grade.

 

·        Because this course is scheduled twice a week for only 7 weeks, timelines are extremely tight and must be adhered to.  Be very careful about submitting required information by the deadlines.  Not complying with the requirements for presentations may result in a grade of zero.

 

·        Presentations will occur during scheduled class on November 18, November 25, December 2, and December 9, 2008.  You may be required to give your presentation in any one of the presentation weeks’ classes.  Any presenter/group who/which does not give their presentation on the required date, and in the specified sequence, will receive a grade of zero for their presentation.  If a group member does not participate in the presentation, they will receive a grade of zero.  There will not be any opportunity for makeup presentations.

 

·        Presentations will be done by groups of two students per group.  There may be individual presentations but only if there is no partner available or if one of the two partners in a group of two does not appear to present or if one of the partners is uncooperative or has inadequately participated in preparing the presentation.  If one of the partners is determined to be uncooperative or inadequately partipated in preparing the presentation, that partner will be disqualified from giving a presentation and will receive a grade of zero for the presentation portion of their final grade.

 

·        Students will be given the opportunity to select a partner during a specific class (refer to course outline).  If no partner is chosen during that class or, during the class when partner selection takes place, Mr. Richmond is not notified by both partners about who their partner is, then Mr. Richmond will determine partners for each group.

 

·        Every student must choose an available presentation topic and post it to the course blog by completing assignment 2 by its deadline.  Both students in a presentation group must agree on an available presentation topic and each member of the group must complete assignment 2 and post the same available topic by the assignment’s deadline.

 

·        list of presentation groups will be posted on the CFADW course website.

 

·        Presentation topics are specifically related to information technology – history (past, present, future), important people, effects on the individual and society, important technologies (past, present, future), etc.  No product demos are allowed, (Those are available at Future Shop, Best Buy, etc.)  The topic’s content must inform/educate about information/content not covered during the course but it may expand on content covered during the course.

 

·        By November 11, 2008, you must be scheduled for a place in the presentation schedule or you will receive a grade of zero for the presentation portion of your grade evaluation.   If your name, presentation topic, and presentation date do not appear on the presentation schedule  it is because you and your partner have not complied with the presentation assignment qualification requirements which includes completing preparatory assignments, etc.

 

·        Presentations must use information technology such as PowerPoint.  Individual presentations must be no less than 7 minutes and no more than 8 minutes long, not including additional time for questions and answers (you will be timed).  Group presentations must be no less than 10 minutes and no more than 11 minutes long, not including additional time for questions and answers (you will be timed).  You are allowed to use a short audio-visual clip no longer than 3 minutes in length, and the time for the audio-visual clip will be added to the minimum required length of the presentation.  For example; if the clip is 3 minutes long, an individual presentation must be between 10 minutes and 11 minutes long (not including the question and answer period) or, if it is a group presentation, the group presentation must be between 13 minutes and 14 minutes long (not including the question and answer period).

 

·        Each individual or group will be evaluated and graded according to the quality of their presentation which includes: Knowledge of subject matter; Effectiveness of communication; Evidence of research; Use of audio-visual material; Within required time; Ability to relate to the audience; Ability to answer questions; Extemporaneous style delivery (no/very little reading/referring to notes); Understandability; Sharing of work by group members (if a group presentation).  If it is a group presentation, you and your partner should share equally in developing the presentation, in presenting, and answering questions. 

 

·        You must practice your presentation so that it appears to be extemporaneous which means your presentation must not be read from notes and/or the screen.  You should appear relaxed and confident because of your thorough familiarity with the content of your presentation.  There will be a question and answer period immediately after your presentation.  You should be familiar enough with the content of your presentation to be able to competently answer relevant questions.

 

·        Any information/material/concepts/ideas/pictures/videos which you use and are not your own must be adequately referenced (MLA style preferred) in your presentation otherwise its plagiarism.  The reference(s) must appear with the material being referenced (i.e. on the same PowerPoint slide) and at the end of your presentation.

 

·        Your presentation materials, PowerPoint, documents, pictures, etc., must be submitted on a computer readable CD immediately after you finish your presentation.  Your CD must not have any viruses, worms, Trojans, or other nasties which can infect a computer.  If the content in your CD infects the computer, there will be dire consequences to your presentation grade (possibly zero).   Your CD must be labeled with the title of the presentation, the names of the presenters, and the date the presentation was given.  DVD disks or Flash drives will not be accepted.

 

·        The following only applies to group presentations.  For each presentation, a grade, out of 40 marks will be determined and that number will be multiplied by the number of people in the group and given to the group to divide among them and, within 24 hours after the presentation, each member of the group must inform Mr. Richmond, by email to the course email account (cfadw14880@yahoo.ca) about the number of marks each person in the group is to receive.  For example, if I determine that the presentation received 30/40 marks and there are two people in the group, that mark of 30 will be multiplied by 2 and give to the group to divide among them.  If both members of the group did equal work, they should share the marks equally (30 marks each).  If one person did more work then they should receive more marks than the other person (If one person did 2/3 of the work they should receive 40 marks, the other person should receive 20 marks.).  If no email is received from both members of the group within 24 hours of the evaluation being given to them, then the same evaluation will be given to each of them.  The subject line of the email to be used is: Presentation Grade

 

·        All students, including those who are not presenting, are required to attend from the beginning to the end of each class.

 

·        Evaluative questions about the presentations will be given as assignments to the class.

 

·        If you have any questions, email them to Mr. Richmond at the course email address: cfadw14880@yahoo.ca

 

·        For additional information, refer to the course outline and other documents available on the course website: http://ca.oocities.com/cfadw14880