CM220M5-1: Develop strategies
for effective problem solving using digital media.
Assessment Introduction and Instructions: For
the Module 5 Assessment, you will design a slide presentation, video, or other
approved digital media format using the ideas from your Module 4 persuasive
essay. The purpose is to share your argument for change with your community,
inspiring your audience to change how they think about the topic.
Develop
a digital media presentation that is designed to have a strong impact on the
audience by revising the essay you submitted in Module 4. Your digital media
presentation is not necessarily testing your design skills, though you should
certainly try to practice the design suggestions provided in the Writing Center
resources. More importantly, you are practicing your composition skills by
applying persuasive strategies in a new context with visual media. You will
demonstrate visual rhetoric skills by combining text and images to compel your
audience to recognize the importance of your argument for change.
Your presentation will need to include
the following:
- Title slide (for a slide presentation) or opening credits (for a
video). - A clear argument for change in your community (the one you have been
writing about throughout the course). - Your thesis statement.
- A minimum of 8–10 slides (slide presentation, not including the
title and references slide) or approximately a 5- to 7-minute (video). - Research from at least four credible sources to support the main
message. These can be sources from your essay. - Minimally, two information-oriented visuals like a chart, diagram,
or infographic to represent key information in your argument. - 3–4 photos or relevant clip art.
- A visually engaging design template that reinforces the overall
theme of the presentation. - Demonstration of the design principles from the Module 5 readings,
such as trimming text and using a color scheme. - A concluding slide with a closing technique, such as a call to
action. - Reference slide (for a slide presentation) or an attached Word
document (for a video).