1 IDS 403 Final Project Part Two Guidelines and Rubric Overview This course explores technology and its impact on the world around us. Technology influences society, and society influences technology, creating a feedback loop between them. We will critically analyze this feedback loop in this course through social, historical, and theoretical approaches to technology as well as the four general education lenses: history, humanities, natural and applied sciences, and social sciences. Each of these four perspectives allows us to better understand the construction of technology and its interrelation with society. From this enhanced understanding, you will be equipped to draw connections between technology, society, and your personal and professional lives, helping you to become a better-informed citizen who can make a positive difference in the world. Issues and events in technology have a pervading influence on many aspects of society, and how they are dealt with requires diverse knowledge and perspectives to investigate and change. The purpose of this project is to examine a specific issue or event in technology and how it impacts individuals and society through the development of a critical analysis portfolio and a presentation in which you will demonstrate your ability to think critically, investigate, and communicate clearly. These skills are often necessary to achieve personal and professional goals across many disciplines. In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:  Analyze the evolving role of technology in one’s discipline of study or chosen profession by investigating the influence of technology on modern culture [IDS-403-01]  Integrate interdisciplinary approaches for determining how technology affects modern identity in personal and professional contexts [IDS-403-02]  Explain how technology influences modern society by employing appropriate research strategies [IDS-403-03]  Recommend strategies for utilizing current technology to meet personal and professional goals [IDS-403-04]  Articulate informed viewpoints on how technology shapes the world and can influence change using effective communication skills [IDS-403-05]  Assess the impact of emerging technologies on societal issues for incorporating diverse perspectives and viewpoints informed by relevant literature and interpersonal experiences [IDS-403-06] Prompt For the second part of this project, you will develop a multimedia presentation in which you will have a chance to reflect on what you have learned about your issue or event, yourself, and society through analyzing its impact on technology. You will also be able to apply your communication skills and integrate multimedia elements to communicate your message to an audience. In developing this presentation, you will be able to use your analyses from the first part of this project as a starting point. The reflective nature of this ...

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IDS 403 Final Project Part Two Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
This course explores technology and its impact on the world
around us. Technology influences society, and society
influences technology, creating a feedback
loop between them. We will critically analyze this feedback
loop in this course through social, historical, and theoretical
approaches to technology as well as the
four general education lenses: history, humanities, natural and
applied sciences, and social sciences. Each of these four
perspectives allows us to better
understand the construction of technology and its interrelation
with society. From this enhanced understanding, you will be
equipped to draw connections
between technology, society, and your personal and professional
lives, helping you to become a better-informed citizen who can
make a positive difference in the
world.
Issues and events in technology have a pervading influence on
many aspects of society, and how they are dealt with requir es
diverse knowledge and perspectives
to investigate and change. The purpose of this project is to
examine a specific issue or event in technology and how it
impacts individuals and society through the
development of a critical analysis portfolio and a presentation
in which you will demonstrate your ability to think critically,

2. investigate, and communicate clearly.
These skills are often necessary to achieve personal and
professional goals across many disciplines.
In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the
following course outcomes:
of study or chosen profession by investigating the influence of
technology on modern culture
[IDS-403-01]
approaches for determining how
technology affects modern identity in personal and professional
contexts [IDS-403-02]
employing appropriate research strategies [IDS-403-03]
r utilizing current technology to
meet personal and professional goals [IDS-403-04]
world and can influence change using effective communication
skills [IDS-403-05]
erging technologies on societal issues
for incorporating diverse perspectives and viewpoints informed
by relevant literature and
interpersonal experiences [IDS-403-06]
Prompt
For the second part of this project, you will develop a
multimedia presentation in which you will have a chance to

3. reflect on what you have learned about your
issue or event, yourself, and society through analyzing its
impact on technology. You will also be able to apply your
communication skills and integrate multimedia
elements to communicate your message to an audience.
In developing this presentation, you will be able to use your
analyses from the first part of this project as a starting point.
The reflective nature of this activity
prompts you to dig deeper and consider the implications posed
by the critical analysis of your issue or event in technology.
How does studying technology affect
how you understand yourself as well as the world around you?
You’ll also be challenged to incorporate a dash of creativity to
enhance your message.
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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
technology 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

4. presentation as 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. This could be the external microphone of your
device, a set of earbuds, or borrowed 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/event and how it relates to issues of
technology and any of the topics
that have been discussed in the course.
A. Using appropriate research strategies, describe a social or
global issue/event that is related to issues of technology. [IDS-
403-03]
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-403-03]
i. Who is impacted by the issue?

5. ii. What is important to know about them?
C. Using relevant research or diverse perspectives, assess how
society impacts the chosen issue. [IDS-403-06]
II. Yourself: This section of your presentation explores how
studying technology influences your individual framework of
perception with respect to your
discipline of study or profession.
A. How has critically analyzing your issue/event in technology
informed your individual framework of perception? Consider
how it has altered the
way you perceive the world. [IDS-403-05]
B. How can critically analyzing technology influence your field
of study or profession? How can studying technology inform
your understanding of
the next big topic of study in your field or profession in the
next five to ten years? [IDS-403-01]
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III. Society: This section of your presentation explores how
studying technology enhances your ability to engage
constructively in society.
A. How does critically analyzing technology add value to how
you interact with people and understand social or global issues
or events?
Supplement your reasoning with examples. [IDS-403-04]
B. Recommend strategies for using this kind of critical analysis
for meeting your personal and professional goals. What might
this look like in your
everyday life? Consider how technology can be used to address
the day-to-day responsibilities or questions faced by
practitioners in your field or
discipline. [IDS-403-04]
IV. Conclusion:
A. Using relevant research or diverse perspectives, assess the
benefits and challenges of addressing issues in technology.
[IDS-403-06]
B. Explain how critically analyzing technology adds value to

7. interactions with people in personal and professional contexts.
[IDS-403-02]
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-403-05]
B. Provide supporting evidence in your presentation that
supports the importance of the chosen issue or event and its
impact within technology.
[IDS-403-05]
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 technology. [IDS-403-05]
Milestones
Milestone Three: Technology, 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 global nature of technology
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. This milestone will be

8. graded with the Milestone Three Rubric.
Final Project Part Two Submission: Multimedia Presentation
In Module Seven, you will submit the second part of your final
project. 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. This submission will be graded with the
Final Project Part Two Rubric.
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Final Project Part Two Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: 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 on a
separate slide. If you require alternative accommodations for
completing this assignment, reach out to your instructor directly
for more information.
Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs
Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Issue/Event:
Social or Global

9. Issue/Event
[IDS-403-03]
Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
description demonstrates a
nuanced understanding of the
relationship between the
chosen issue and problems in
technology
Describes a social or global
issue or event and how it
relates to problems in
technology, using appropriate
research strategies
Describes a social or global
issue or event and how it
relates to problems in
technology, but description is
cursory or research strategies
are inappropriate
Does not describe a social or
global issue or event and how it
relates to problems in
technology
8
Issue/Event:
Impact on Society
[IDS-403-03]

10. Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
description demonstrates a
nuanced understanding of the
social impact of the issue or
event
Describes impact of the issue
or event on society using
appropriate research strategies
Describes the impact of the
issue or event on society, but
the description is cursory or
research strategies are
inappropriate
Does not describe the impact
of the issue or event on society
8
Issue/Event:
Society Impacts
[IDS-403-06]
Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
the relevant research or diverse
perspectives used demonstrate
a nuanced understanding of
how society influences the
chosen issue and how it is
perceived
Assesses how society impacts
the chosen issue, using

11. relevant research or diverse
perspectives
Assesses how society impacts
the chosen issue, but
explanation is cursory or
utilization of relevant research
or diverse perspectives is
inappropriate
Does not assess how society
impacts the chosen issue
8
Yourself:
Individual
Framework of
Perception
[IDS-403-05]
Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
explanation demonstrates keen
insight into how the
issue/event has informed
individual framework of
perception
Explains how critically
analyzing an issue/event in
technology has informed
individual framework of
perception

12. Explains how critically
analyzing an issue or event in
technology has informed
individual framework of
perception, but explanation is
cursory
Does not explain how critically
analyzing an issue or event in
technology has informed
individual framework of
perception
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Yourself:
Individual Field of
Study or Profession
[IDS-403-01]
Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
explanation demonstrates keen
insight into how issue/event
can influence your discipline of
study or profession
Explains how critically
analyzing technology can
influence discipline of study or
profession
Explains how critically
analyzing technology can
influence discipline of study or

13. profession, but explanation is
cursory
Does not explain how critically
analyzing technology can
influence discipline of study or
profession
8
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Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs
Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Society: Interact
[IDS-403-04]
Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
explanation demonstrates keen
insight into how critically
analyzing technology adds
value to interactions with
people and to understanding
social or global issues or events
Explains how critically
analyzing technology adds
value to interactions with
people and to understanding
social or global issues or events

14. Explains how critically
analyzing technology adds
value to interactions with
people and issues or events,
but explanation is cursory
Does not explain how critically
analyzing technology adds
value to interactions with
people and to understanding
social or global issues or events
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Society: Strategies
[IDS-403-04]
Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
strategies are plausible and
detailed
Recommends strategies for
using critical analysis for
meeting personal and
professional goals
Recommends strategies for
using critical analysis for
meeting personal and
professional goals, but
recommendations are
inappropriate
Does not recommend
strategies for using critical
analysis for meeting personal

15. and professional goals
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Conclusion:
Benefits and
Challenges
[IDS-403-06]
Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
relevant research or diverse
perspectives used demonstrate
a nuanced understanding of
the benefits and challenges of
addressing issues in technology
Assesses the benefits and
challenges of addressing issues
in technology, using relevant
research or diverse
perspectives
Assesses the benefits and
challenges of addressing issues
in technology, but analysis is
cursory or utilization of
relevant research or diverse
perspectives is inappropriate
Does not assess the benefits
and challenges of addressing
issues in technology
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16. Conclusion:
Adds Value
[IDS-403-02]
Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
explanation demonstrates keen
insight into how critically
analyzing technology adds
value to interactions with
people in personal and
professional contexts
Explains how critically
analyzing technology adds
value to interactions with
people in personal and
professional contexts
Explains how critically
analyzing technology adds
value to interactions with
people in personal and
professional contexts, but
explanation is cursory
Does not explain how critically
analyzing technology adds
value to interactions with
people in personal and
professional contexts
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Presentation:
Organized

17. [IDS-403-05]
Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
organization cogently conveys
the message to the target
audience
Constructs the presentation in
such a way that ensures the
audio and visual elements are
logically organized
Presentation is constructed
with audio and visual elements,
but the organization is illogical
Does not construct the
presentation in such a way that
it is logically organized in order
to convey its message to the
target audience
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Presentation:
Evidence
[IDS-403-05]
Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
supporting evidence in the
presentation cogently conveys
the importance of critically
analyzing technology

18. Provides supporting evidence
in the presentation that
supports the importance of the
chosen issue or event and its
impact within technology
Provides supporting evidence,
but it does not support the
importance of the chosen issue
or event and its impact within
technology
Does not provide supporting
evidence that supports the
importance of the chosen issue
or event and its impact within
technology
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Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs
Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Presentation: Flow
[IDS-403-05]
Meets “Proficient” criteria, and
flow of the narration cogently
articulates the importance of
critically analyzing technology

19. Develops 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
technology
Develops the audio narration,
but it does not logically flow
with the presentation to
articulate the importance of
the chosen issue or event and
its impact within technology
Does not include audio
narration to articulate the
importance of the chosen issue
or event and its impact within
technology
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Articulation of
Response
Submission is free of errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, and
organization and is presented
in a professional and easy-to-
read format
Submission has no major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization

20. Submission has major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that negatively impact
readability and articulation of
main ideas
Submission has critical errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that prevent understanding of
ideas
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Total 100%
IDS 403 Final Project Part Two Guidelines and Rubric
Overview Prompt Milestones Final Project Part Two Rubric
CYB-610 Embedded OS Presentation Scoring Guide
Performance Level Ratings
Meets Expectations
Performance consistently met expectations in all essential areas
of the assignment criteria, at times possibly exceeding
expectations, and the quality of work overall was very good.
The most critical goals were met.
Near Expectations
Performance did not consistently meet expectations.
Performance failed to meet expectations in one or more

21. essential areas of the assignment criteria, one or more of the
most critical goals were not met.
Below Expectations
Performance was consistently below expectations in most
essential areas of the assignment criteria, reasonable progress
toward critical goals was not made. Significant improvement is
needed in one or more important areas.
Criteria
Below Expectations
Near Expectations
Meets Expectations
Earned
The students clearly describes the tools used by hackers to
penetrate the specified devices and the effects of each
penetration type.
0 pts – 6 pts
7 pts – 9 pts
10 pts
The student provides insight as to how embedded operating
system vendors provide defenses against hacking attempts.
0 pts – 6 pts
7 pts – 9 pts
10 pts
The students describes, in steps, at least one strategy used to
attack embedded operating systems.
0 pts – 6 pts
7 pts – 9 pts
10 pts

22. The students describes, in steps, at least one strategy to defend
against the chosen attack.
0 pts – 2 pts
3 pts – 4 pts
5 pts
The student clearly explains innovative ideas to secure devices
which host the programs.
0 pts – 2 pts
3 pts – 4 pts
5 pts
Industry standard technical writing is correct and utilized
throughout.
0 pts – 6 pts
7 pts – 9 pts
10 pts
TOTAL
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