Lab #14: Presentation, PowerPoint 2000 and Information Policy

LAB TASKS

Pre-Lab Reading: Ch. 14, Hutchinson & Sawyer.

 

Task 1 (Team Work).

Decide a topic on issues such as information policy, social questions, ethics, and privacy and security that your group would like to discuss indepth, and prepare a presentation outline using PowerPoint.

 

Task 2 (Individual Work). Each individual is required to

• prepare 2 powerpoint slides which are related to the topic your group has picked
• insert your name, Group # on the header of the slides
• create a note view for each of the slides
• print slides in HANDOUT format only (2 slides per page)
• convert the PPT file into HTML files
• Upload the files to your personal web site

 Submission:

• 1-page printout that meets the requirement above.
• The URL where you post your slides by emailing it to ge@ist.psu.edu

 

Task 3 (Team Work). Compile every member's presentation and organize them into coherently to state your group's position on the social issues concerning information policy. It must meet the following requirements:

1. There should be at least 8 slides.
2. The slides should a cover slide, with topic, the group # or name and the member names (The name of the person who is absent shouldn't be included).
3. The presentation should have an introduction slide overviewing the topic
4. The presentation should have a summary slide for conclusion or implications
5. The presentation should use examples or evidence to get across your ideas or argument
6. Every slide should have a headline
7. The sentences should be short and succinct, with clear, bulleted points
8. The slides should have consistent background
9. The presentation should contain at least 2 graphics
10. The presentation should have visible text on your selected background
11. 2 different types of effects, transition and/or animation
12. You should save the slides as HTML format
13. Your should upload them onto one member's web space.

Submission: Send your team's URL to Xun Ge <ge@ist.psu.edu>.

 

OBJECTIVES

After completing this lab, you will be able to:

• understand how PowerPoint works to present information;
• synthesize information for PowerPoint slides;
• organize information or argumentation logically for the PowerPoint slides;
• use PowerPoint to present your position visually and effectively regarding information policy, ethics and social implications.

SKILLS

Create a presentation

• view, open and edit a presentation
• creating a PowerPoint presentation by using Autolayout or blank page
• save a presentation
• delete, move and insert slides
• run a slide show
• change font and font size
• print slides

Modify and refine a presentation

• size and move objects
• insert pictures and clip art
• insert sound or movie clips
• create speaker notes
• change the slides layout
• create and enhance a table
• add animatioin and sound
• add transitions and builds
• control and annotate a slide show

Save the PowerPoint file into web pages and upload it to the server.

RESOURCES

• Hutchinson & Sawyer. (2000). Computers, Communications, and Information (Required text).
• Introduction to PowerPoint
• Introduction to PowerPoint 97
• Penn State CAC Web-Based Tutorial (WBT) on Access.
  Select a level that meets your needs.
• Select a level that meets your needs.
• Optional text: O'Leary's Microsoft Office 2000.
• Go through the PowerPoint Tutorials.
• Optional text: MS Office 2000 for Dummies (Available from the bookstore, Cost: $20)

 

EVALUATION

This lab is worth 0.75 points. Individual work is worth 0.25 and the team work is worth 0.50.