There's no need to dress formally for your presentations. The regular clothes you wear to class are fine. Just use common sense, and avoid anything that your be distracting or somehow undercut your credibility.
Here are 5 things not to wear:
Your Pajama Pants
Your tutu
Your Unusual Hat
Your Bacon Costume or Hulu Skirt
Anything Lady Gaga Would Wear
I have added a document to the fourth assignment: Oral Presentation & Recommendation Report Evaluation. This document explains all the things that will go into your grade for the group project as well as the assignment for a self and group assessment writing that you need to complete by the end of the last day of classes.
Because this final assignment has many parameters and everyone's grade can be different, I didn't break the grade out into percentages. As an example, let's say the recommendation report is a B, but one member of your group was absent for half the classes and only contributed the title page. That student's grade would be different from a student who was in class every day and wrote 1/3 of the report.
Please review the document before the next class session (Wed, 12/4) and be prepared to ask any questions. Group work time is limited so I will not read the document in class. I'll just answer questions.
Logistics for the Assessment Writing
Feel free to get started on the self and group assessment writing as you have time, but you will not submit the information via Tests & Quizzes in Scholar until the last day of class (so that you will have had time to see all of the oral presentations). Just work in a word processor and copy your answers over into Scholar on that last day of class.
All in-class writing has been graded at this point, and the grades should show in the Gradebook. Take a minute to check the information. In particular, make sure that you have credit for Rough Drafts that you posted in the Forums. There is no easy way to ensure that I caught every draft.
Please check the grades and email me by Tuesday, December 3 if you notice any questions.
The final exam for this course will work as extra credit. I'll share more details on how it will count during the last week of class. For now, you need to know the following details:
Here are the exam deadlines for both classes:
Final Exams:
CRN #97848 (11:15 MWF section): Due by 12:05 PM on Monday, December 16, 2013
CRN # 93093 (2:30 MW section): Due by 6:25 PM on Wednesday, December 18, 2013
At a minimum, your group's report should include the items in boldface.
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Take a quick read of 8 Tips to Power-Up Your Classroom Presentations for some simple ideas to help with your slideshow. The article is pitched to teachers, but you can easily apply the ideas to your work too.