• Time Required
• 7–8 hours, including reading time

This is our final week to work on the Pitch Presentations. By this point, you should have a completed script and working draft of your slides. This week, you will make any remaining revisions to your script and slides and then record your presentation as a video. Starting next week, we will turn to working directly on the Recommendation Report itself.

Connections to the Recommendation Report

The work on the Pitch Presentation will fit into your Recommendation Report in these ways:

• The script for your pitch can be used as part of your report introduction and front matter.
• Graphics that you create can be used as illustrations and visuals in your report.

 

What You Will Learn & Practice

• How to analyze your audience and purpose so that you can choose supporting material that is convincing to your readers and decide the best way to present information clearly and effectively. [CLO 1]
• How to find and evaluate ethical evidence in secondary sources, such as books, articles, podcasts, and videos, and through primary research, such as observation, inspection, experiment, and interview, that supports your position. [CLOs 2 & 3]
• How to write documents you may encounter in the workplace, such as letters, memos, instructions, proposals, reports, and presentations. [CLO 4]
• Collaborate with classmates in planning, researching, writing, revising, and presenting information. [CLO 5]
• How to use colors, layout, and formatting that make your documents understandable and easy to read and how to take advantage of design principles, including contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity, to communicate your ideas effectively. [CLO 6]

 

Activities to Complete

📚 To Read This Week

• Chapter 9 of Markel & Selber, “Emphasizing Important Information”
• Technical Help for Making Videos
  • Turn Your PowerPoint Slides into a Video
  • Ways to Record Your Presentation
  • Using Kaltura to Create Your Video
• Review readings from Modules 8 & 9 as needed.

📝 To Write This Week

• Complete the Chapter 09 Review, “Emphasizing Important Information.”
• Confirm that you have met the Pitch Criteria by completing the Pitch Self-Check.
• Submit your Pitch Best Presentation Submission.

💬 To Discuss This Week

• Check in with your Accountability Group, according to the agreement that you have made.
  • Be sure that group members understand that Feedback Discussions have no grace period.
  • Remind your group that Work Logs have a 5-day grace period and must be submitted by March 30.
• Post any questions you have about the course projects below (optional). You can also check these Discussions for answers.
  1. Questions about the Pitch Presentation
  2. Questions about the Recommendation Report
• Complete your participation in the Feedback Discussions from last week:

  Pitch Slides Feedback Discussion

  • Feedback is due in the Pitch Slides Feedback Discussion by 11:59 PM on Wednesday, March 30.

  Second-Chance Slides Feedback Discussion

  • If you needed more time to write your pitch draft, follow the directions in the Second-Chance Pitch Slides Feedback Discussion.
  • After peer review partners are assigned (Thursday, March 31), read drafts from your classmates and offer feedback on how to revise. Feedback is due by 11:59 PM on Monday, April 4.

📓 To Track This Week

• Track and reflect on the work you have done for the week in your Work Log for the Week of 03/28, reviewing the Weekly Work Log Guidelines if needed.

 

 

Photo credit: Yellowstone social media team member, Ashton, recording a video by Yellowstone National Park on Flickr, used under Public Domain.