ENG315 Week 8 | General Engineering in Engineering - University of Maryland

5. Use

PowerPoint voice-over and / or the notes section to present your slides. Your assignment must follow these formatting

requirements:

• Include

a title slide containing the title of the assignment, your name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The title slide is not included in the required slide length.

• Format

the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide, and two to three (2-3) relevant graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, etc.) throughout the presentation, ensuring that the presentation is visually appealing and readable from 18 feet away. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

• Slides

should abbreviate the information in no more than five or six (5 or 6) bullet points each.

• Slide

titles should be based on the criteria being summarized (e.g., “Four Key Attributes,” “Responses to Budget Issues,” etc.).

Assignment

Checklist

• Descriptive

titles on each of the slides

• Text

contains concise, precise content

• Graphics

convey the idea described by the slide text

• Statements

in bulleted lists have a parallel structure

• The

font size is easily read from a distance

• There

are no more than three (3) different font styles in the presentation

• The

color and background convey a formal business tone

• Animation

effects are used in moderation

• There

are no misspellings or typographical errors The specific course learning outcomes

associated with this assignment are:

• Assess

strengths and weaknesses in the student’s own oral communication and in the oral communication of others.

• Use

sentence variety, effective word choice, and correct grammar in oral communication.

• Analyze

verbal and nonverbal techniques that enhance oral communication within a business and / or professional context.