Multimedia Presentation: For the second part of the project, you will create a multimedia presentation that incorporates audio narration and visuals to articulate how critically analyzing your issue or event in diversity impacts your own framework of perception and ability to constructively engage in society. PowerPoint: You are required to include a combination of text and visuals in order to support your PowerPoint presentation. Use the Check File Compatibility With Earlier Versions and Are You Having Video or Audio Playback Issues? resources to help you check compatibility between versions of Office. Also, follow the instructions on the Microsoft Support page to compress your presentation into a zipped file. You may upload a zipped file when submitting this assignment. Reducing the size of the PowerPoint presentation file by compressing it makes it easier for your instructor to download and grade. Microphone: While it is not necessary to purchase a microphone for this project, you will need to have access to a microphone to record the narration of the presentation. You can use the external microphone of your device, a set of earbuds, or a borrowed microphone from a friend. This assignment is graded on the content of the narration and not the quality of the recording. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed: I. Issue/Event: For this section of your presentation, you will introduce the issue or event and how it relates to issues of diversity and any of the topics that have been discussed in the course. A. Using appropriate research strategies, describe a social or global issue or event that is related to issues of diversity. [IDS-400-03] i. What is the origin of the issue? ii. What is the issue about? B. Using appropriate research strategies, describe the impact of the issue or event on society. [IDS-400-03] i. Who is impacted by the issue? ii. What is important to know about those who are impacted by the issue? C. Using relevant research or diverse perspectives, assess how society impacts the chosen issue. [IDS-400-06] II. Yourself: This section of your presentation explores how studying diversity influences your individual framework of perception with respect to your discipline of study or profession. A. How has critically analyzing your issue or event in diversity informed your individual framework of perception? Consider how your analysis has altered the way you perceive the world. [IDS-400-05] B. How can critically analyzing diversity influence your field of study or profession? How can studying diversity inform your understanding of the next big topic of study in your field or profession in the next five to ten years? [IDS-400-01] III. Society: This section of your presentation explores how studying diversity enhances your ability to engage constructively in society. A. How does critically analyzing diversity add value to how you interact with people and understand social or global issues or events? Supplement your reasoning with examples. [IDS-400-04] B. Recommend strategies for using this kind of critical analysis for meeting your personal and professional goals. What might this look like in your 2 everyday life? Consider how diversity can be used to address the day-to-day responsibilities or questions faced by practitioners in your field or discipline. [IDS-400-04] IV. Conclusion: A. Using relevant research or diverse perspectives, assess the benefits and challenges of addressing issues in diversity. [IDS-400-06] B. Explain how critically analyzing diversity adds value to interactions with people in personal and professional contexts. [IDS-400-02] V. Presentation: Throughout your presentation, you will be assessed on your ability to use effective communication skills to deliver your message to your audience. A. 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. [IDS-400-05] B. Provide supporting evidence in your presentation that supports the importance of the chosen issue or event and its impact within diversity. [IDS-400-05] C. Develop the audio narration to logically flow with the presentation to articulate the importance of critically analyzing the chosen issue or event and its impact within diversity. [IDS-400-05] Milestones Milestone Three: Diversity, You, and Society In Module Five, you will draft the content that will inform your final multimedia presentation, due in Module Seven. This includes the intersectional nature of diversity and its impact on one’s individual framework of perception, one’s discipline of study, and society in general. This milestone will be submitted as a presentation draft that includes speaker’s notes. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical elements of the final product. It should reflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course. Your multimedia presentation should be approximately 10 to 12 slides and 8 to 12 minutes in length. You are required to include a combination of text, visuals, and sound in order to support your work. Support your presentation with relevant resources cited in APA format and noted.
