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Homework Due That Day

1.

Mandatory on-campus orientation Tues., 8/19, 9:20-10:20 p.m.

Post your introduction to the class in the Introductions discussion forum in WebCT Vista.

2.

Files that you need for these chapters are included in the download from Course Technology in Vista.

Read Presentation Concepts – 1 (pp. Pres 1-42).

Complete and submit review assignments in Presentation Concepts 1 (p. Pres 43.)

3.

Read Presentation Concepts – 2 (pp. Pres 49- 86) Complete and submit review assignments (pp. Pres 87-88) in Presentation Concepts 2.

4.

Assignment 1: Post to the Presentation Concepts discussion forum:  Think about what you have learned after reading the Presentation Concept chapters. Describe the best and the worst presentations that you have ever attended.  Give examples of what made the presentations good or bad.  What would you have done differently?  This discussion should be in-depth and insightful – several paragraphs long.  This assignment counts as a test grade.  Correct spelling, grammar and punctuation should be used.  You may use a Word attachment for this assignment.  Ten points will be deducted for each day this assignment is late. 

Assignment 2: Submit your topic for oral presentation in the Oral Presentations discussion forum. Decide if it is persuasive, demonstrative or informative.

5.

Assignment 1:  Read and respond to at least 2 of the postings in the Presentation Concepts discussion forum.  Do you have other ideas or comments?

Assignment 2: Tutorial 1 Review Assignment, Case 1 (pp. PPT 33-35)

6.

Assignment 1: Tutorial 2: Submit review Assignment, Case 3 (pp. PPT 78-89 and pp. PPT 83-84)

Assignment 2: Submit a written outline for your oral presentation in the Oral Presentations discussion forum.

7.

Test on Presentation Tutorials 1-2 and PowerPoint Tutorials 1-2

Test will be available online – probably for a 72 hour period.  Look for more details later.

Midterm

Last day to withdraw without academic penalty

8.

Tutorial 3: Submit review Assignment and Cases 1 & 3

 

9.

Mandatory Attendance if you are scheduled for your oral presentation

Assignment 1: Submit your topic for your web presentation to the Web Presentations discussion forum.  Decide if it is persuasive, demonstrative or informative.

Assignment 2: Tutorial 4: Submit review Assignment and Case 1

10.

Mandatory Attendance if you are scheduled for your oral presentation

Submit an outline for your web presentation to the Web Presentations discussion forum.

11.

Tutorial 5: Submit review Assignment

12.

Assignment 1: Read PowerPoint Tutorial 6.  (Read only – no exercises due)

Assignment 2: Submit your topic for the poster presentation in the Poster Presentations discussion forum. Decide if it is persuasive, demonstrative or informative.

13.

Assignment 1: Web presentations due by midnight.  Due to the size of these files, you will probably need to bring these to me in person and not try to send them through email.

Assignment 2: Submit an outline for your poster presentation in the Poster Presentations discussion forum.

14.

Test on PowerPoint Tutorials 3-6

Test will be available online – probably for a 72 hour period.  Look for more details later.

Post critiques of web presentations in the Web Critiques discussion forum now and continuing through midnight on 12/2 .You must critique at least 3 presentations.

15.

Poster presentations due no later than 8:00 PM