Introduction Your PowerPoint presentation is due this week. Most of you will have a mic built into your computer, but if you don't, then you are required to obtain a headset microphone to produce the PowerPoint narration. Headset microphones can be purchased from the bookstore or at any electronics or discount store for between $10-25. When purchasing a headset microphone, consider the ports available on the computer being used and purchase accordingly. In addition, you should take the time to review the Resources tab for technology guidance so that you will be ready to complete your speech on time. Of course, if you face technical trouble, there is support available. Review the Narrated PowerPoint Tutorial (in Required Resources) for instructions on how to record the narration. PowerPoint Project Timeline Due Description Week 4 PowerPoint Topic and Organization Week 5 PowerPoint Outline Rough Draft Week 6 PowerPoint Outline Final Draft, Images, and Sources Week 7 PowerPoint Presentation Week 8 PowerPoint Evaluation Instructions The following are the best practices for creating your speech presentation: Title Slide: Include the title, audience (who you prepared the presentation for: school or institution), the presenter who prepared and narrated, and the date. Attention-Getter: Give the audience a reason to pay attention. Make them want to listen to your speech. Thesis: Clearly state the purpose of your presentation (On this slide, establish the tone of the presentation and include any questions you think your audience might have about your topic - questions you will answer during your presentation). Body of the Presentation (multiple slides): Include the information you found during your research and organize it in a visually pleasing manner. Use some type of division like levels of headers or titles. Use words and phrases to clarify key points. Provide researched evidence for each point. Cite your evidence, quotes, and statistics within your presentation using in-text citations ( ) on the slides as well as full reference citations on the last slide. Include images to add visual appeal to the slides. Summary and Conclusion: Summarizing is similar to paraphrasing but presents the gist of the material in fewer words than the original. An effective summary identifies the main ideas and major support points from the body of your outline or presentation. Minor details are left out. Summarize the benefits of the ideas and how they affect the thesis statement of the outline and main objective of the presentation. End with a final strong statement regarding the intent of the presentation. References: Use the APA citation format. The illustrations should be included with your resources. APA tutorials are available in the Chamberlain University library. Keep in mind the following: At least 4 authoritative, outside scholarly sources are required from Week 6 outline. (Anonymous a.

1. Introduction
Your PowerPoint presentation is due this week. Most of you will have a mic built into your
computer, but if you don't, then you are required to obtain a headset microphone to produce the
PowerPoint narration. Headset microphones can be purchased from the bookstore or at any
electronics or discount store for between $10-25. When purchasing a headset microphone,
consider the ports available on the computer being used and purchase accordingly.
In addition, you should take the time to review the Resources tab for technology guidance so that
you will be ready to complete your speech on time. Of course, if you face technical trouble, there
is support available.
Review the Narrated PowerPoint Tutorial (in Required Resources) for instructions on how to
record the narration.
PowerPoint Project Timeline
Due
Description
Week 4
PowerPoint Topic and Organization
Week 5
PowerPoint Outline Rough Draft
Week 6
PowerPoint Outline Final Draft, Images, and Sources
Week 7
PowerPoint Presentation
Week 8
PowerPoint Evaluation
Instructions
The following are the best practices for creating your speech presentation:
Title Slide:
Include the title, audience (who you prepared the presentation for: school or institution), the

2. presenter who prepared and narrated, and the date.
Attention-Getter:
Give the audience a reason to pay attention. Make them want to listen to your speech.
Thesis:
Clearly state the purpose of your presentation
(On this slide, establish the tone of the presentation and include any questions you think your
audience might have about your topic - questions you will answer during your presentation).
Body of the Presentation (multiple slides):
Include the information you found during your research and organize it in a visually pleasing
manner.
Use some type of division like levels of headers or titles.
Use words and phrases to clarify key points.
Provide researched evidence for each point.
Cite your evidence, quotes, and statistics within your presentation using
in-text citations ( ) on the slides as well as full reference citations on the
last slide.
Include images to add visual appeal to the slides.
Summary and Conclusion:
Summarizing is similar to paraphrasing but presents the gist of the material in fewer words than
the original. An effective summary identifies the main ideas and major support points from the
body of your outline or presentation. Minor details are left out. Summarize the benefits of the
ideas and how they affect the thesis statement of the outline and main objective of the
presentation. End with a final strong statement regarding the intent of the presentation.
References:
Use the APA citation format. The illustrations should be included with your resources. APA
tutorials are available in the Chamberlain University library. Keep in mind the following:
At least 4 authoritative, outside scholarly sources are required from Week 6 outline.
(Anonymous authors or web pages are not acceptable.)

3. Appropriate citations within the presentation are required on the last slide. Just copy and paste
this from the last page of your outline - the References page. References should be in APA
format.
Each resource should be entirely double spaced.
All entries must use hanging indents - the first line is flush left, and all the rest are indented.
All Chamberlain University policies are in effect including the plagiarism policy.
Additional Hints
Use a
minimum
of 5 visual aids to further clarify and support the written part of your presentation. You could use
example graphs, diagrams, photographs, flowcharts, maps, drawings, pictograms, tables, and
Gantt charts. If a slide appears boring, then strongly consider adding a visual. It is the blend of
text and images that make the slides engaging for the audience.
Animation and video clips should
not
be used for this speech. YouTube is
not
allowed.
Do
not
type out text onto the slide and then read it during your presentation. Remember, you are the
teacher, so teach, don’t read!
Click on the following link to view a presentation of sample slides. Click on the arrows to scroll
through the slide show.
Presentation Requirements (APA format)
Time Length: 5-7 minutes
Slide Length: minimum of 8 slides

4. Slide Content
Title slide
Attention-Getter
Thesis
Body of the Presentation
Summary and Conclusion
References slide (minimum of 4 scholarly sources from Week 6 outline)
Minimum of 5 visual aids