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MULTIMEDIA ASSIGNMENT The purpose of this assignment is to provide students with an opportunity to research and present a topic of interest in Psychology, and to familiarize themselves with presenting information in PowerPoint or other multimedia format. (The entire assignment is worth 10 marks and 10% of the final grade in the course). _____________________________________________________________________________ Powerpoint Presentation Topic: Chapter 3 - Biological Foundations of Behavior The brain has a remarkable ability to adapt as demonstrated in the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaDlLD97CLM . Given the surgery described in the video which of Jodi’s abilities would be negatively impacted and which would be spared related to brain lateralization? Discuss the phenomenon of cortical plasticity as it pertains to Jodi’s recovery of function (such as walking) after the surgery. Be sure to include research findings related to cortical plasticity across the lifespan. General Guidelines When preparing your PowerPoint presentation, keep the following points in mind: 1. You will not actually be required to “present” your presentation in person but should prepare it as if you were going to do so. 2. Keep your presentation to about 15 content slides (not including title page and references). 3. Font size should be 44 pts for titles, and 28 pts for on slide text. 4. Ensure good use of your space such that slides do not appear cluttered or busy. Try to keep to a maximum of 7 key points per slide. 5. All points stated that are not your own ideas must be properly cited. Failure to cite the original source is considered plagiarism. 6. Refer to the OWL website for APA formatting under “Assignment” icon under “Course content” icon 7. You must use the “notes section” in your PowerPoint to clarify the key points stated in your slides. Keep the contents of your notes clear, precise and to the point; you may use point form in your notes section. NB. On each slide notes section there should be approximately the notes necessary for 2 minutes of verbal elaboration. Overall, your presentation should be designed so as not to exceed 30 minutes of verbal elaboration. 8. All graphics (pictures, graphs, charts, etc.) must be labelled using a one-word title. This title should appear just below the graphic in a small but legible font. Additionally, all graphics must be cited in the reference section of the project. References for graphics should appear in alphabetical order with respect to the one-word titles assigned. References for graphics should appear in their own section on the reference page, not mixed in with the general references. (Please see the reference section of the good PowerPoint examples provided on the “Good PowerPoint Project” page for clarification of this point). 9. Most importantly you must include sources for all information that is not your own. You must provide references in APA format for all of the information on ALL slides, and on ALL notes pages as well as providing a reference page (at the end of the powerpoint presentation). If you fail to do so your assignment will be considered to be plagiarized and you will receive a grade of ZERO for your assignment. Please refer to the “APA Tutorial” for information on APA formatting. 10. The assignment must be saved in powerpoint (.pptx) before it is submitted to the link on OWL. Content of the Assignment Each PowerPoint presentation must include the following: 1. An opening slide with the following information: o Topic Title o Student's Name o Student Number o Section Number o Professor’s name 2. An introduction to the topic (approximately 1-2 slides) o Introduce topic o Statement of relevance to psychology of your topic on its own slide. 3. A body (approximately 11 slides) o Provide evidence of scientific basis by consulting with at least 3 professional psychology journals (these refer to articles retrieved from psycINFO, Psycharticles, Google Scholar, or some other database) and 2 other legitimate scientific sources (these could be 2 more scientific journal articles, or websites (these refer to urls ending in “.net”, “.gov”, “.edu”, “.org”, “.gc” not in .com) or edited scientific books. 4. A summary and conclusion (approximately 1-2 slides) o State what was learned from this topic o Summarize key points and provide “take home message” o If your topic included a “fact or fiction” discussion provide your conclusion based on the evidence in your presentation. 5. Reference page(s) (approximately 1-2slides) o All sources must be listed on the reference page entitled “References” o All pictures, graphs, charts etc. used on slides must be named with a one-word title. Use this title to reference these pictures in a separate section on the reference page entitled “Graphics“. Note: Refer to good PowerPoint example posted on OWL for clarification of these 5 points. Topics Project topics are provided in Assignment section under course content on OWL. Late Penalty: 1 point out of 10 per day. Note: Plagiarism will result in a grade of zero on the assignment. To avoid plagiarism, students must quote their sources. All information taken from a source must either be reworded OR placed in quotation marks. But, in either case, you must quote the source of the information. Grading Scheme ¬¬¬______ 1. Introduction of topic - Clear and concise introduction of topic - Clear statement of how the topic relevant to psychology (1.0 mark) ______ 2. References - Complete and accurate use of APA format with the presentation and in the reference section (1.0 mark) - Use of 3 professional psychology journals and 2 legitimate websites (1.0 mark) ______ 3. Content - Clear and accurate information - Complete coverage and discussion of key aspects of the topic - Clear and accurate summary and conclusion - Effective use of “notes pages” (4.0 marks) ______ 4. Creativity - Overall creativity in presentation of topic - Use of relevant visual aids (pictures, figures, graphs, etc.) - Appropriate use of PowerPoint animation function(s) (1.0 mark) ______ 5. Overall quality - Well organized presentation - Originality of thought related to topic presentation - Clean presentation style (slides do not appear busy or cluttered) - spelling and grammar - Appropriate transition between slides (2.0 marks) ______ Total grade for assignment (Out of 10.0) Note: The grade on this assignment will constitute 35% of your final grade in the course. * On the dropbox there is a good example there *