The Presentation Assignment focuses on introducing yourself with some basic personal information and a personal story about food. Your audience for the presentation is Traci and other students in the class. Think of it as relatively informal video presentation.

Self-Introduction Presentation Criteria

Length

Aim for 3–5 minutes for your presentation. You can run over a few seconds, but not a few minutes.

Checklist Requirements

Your Presentation Assignment should . . .

• Feature video and audio either of (1) you talking to the audience OR (2) audio of you talking to the audience with video showing about one slide for each 30 seconds (for a total of 6–10 slides maximum).
• Be easily viewable, without a login or special software.
• Has a title that includes your name and a title for your story.
• Focus on this information:
  • Introduction: Share basic personal information about who you are, including your name, your area of study or major, and what you plan to do with your degree. You can add other details as you like (e.g., preferred pronouns, clubs or Greek organizations, military experience).
  • Your Food Story. Tell a personal food story that will be interesting or entertaining to your audience of college students at Virginia Tech. Focus on a story you can tell in a few minutes that will help us learn more about you.
  • Conclusion. Pull the ideas together by talking about the “So what?” for your story—What do you want the audience to take away? What should they learn or understand about you after hearing your story?
• Is free of distractions like background noise in the audio and, if you are showing yourself talking, extraneous background clutter (p. 337).

If slides are used, your Presentation Assignment should also . . .

• Have presentation slides that meet these five characteristics:
  • They present clear, well-supported claim(s) (p. 600).
  • They are easy to see (p. 600).
  • They are easy to read (p. 601).
  • They are simple (p. 601).
  • They are correct (p. 602).
• Include only images or photographs that meet the following characteristics:
  • Is clear, well-focused, and relevant to the topic (p. 303)
  • Serves a clear purpose, and avoids purely decorative images (p. 303).
  • Is free of distractions like extraneous background clutter (p. 337).
  • Avoids clipart, which looks less professional.
  • Has no watermarks or otherwise indications that the audio, video, or image belongs to someone else (p. 309).