Course Project: Leadership Project.equella.ecollege.com/file/5144154b-310d-4cc9-a6a4-d2edace97617/4/COLL148_CH_CourseProject.html#1″>Objectives | .equella.ecollege.com/file/5144154b-310d-4cc9-a6a4-d2edace97617/4/COLL148_CH_CourseProject.html#2″>Content Overview | .equella.ecollege.com/file/5144154b-310d-4cc9-a6a4-d2edace97617/4/COLL148_CH_CourseProject.html#3″>Milestone and Project Requirements | .equella.ecollege.com/file/5144154b-310d-4cc9-a6a4-d2edace97617/4/COLL148_CH_CourseProject.html#4″>Best Practices | .equella.ecollege.com/file/5144154b-310d-4cc9-a6a4-d2edace97617/4/COLL148_CH_CourseProject.html#5″>Grading Rubric: Course Project: Leadership PowerPointObjectives.equella.ecollege.com/file/5144154b-310d-4cc9-a6a4-d2edace97617/4/COLL148_CH_CourseProject.html#top”>Back to TopTCO 6: Given an example of a role model or mentor such as a community or industry leader analyze the practices of effective leadership and accountability that contribute to documented success and create an individual plan for employing similar strategies at college and in a career.Content Overview.equella.ecollege.com/file/5144154b-310d-4cc9-a6a4-d2edace97617/4/COLL148_CH_CourseProject.html#top”>Back to TopAs stated in TCO 6 the course project is designed to give you an opportunity to practice real college-level academic research that will be required throughout your academic program and beyond to begin learning about people who have had a significant influence on your chosen field and who may be good role models for you and to begin charting your path toward success in your chosen field. To accomplish that your course project will require you to:Indicate your field of study expected graduation date and career goal.Explain effective leadership characteristics particularly as required in your field of study.Summarize the importance of individual accountability and personal responsibility as elements of success.Identify a recognized leader within your field of study (or a closely-related field) who exemplifies positive leadership skills in that field and who can be a positive role model as you work toward success in the field.Define your personal strengths and areas for positive change (based on self-assessments) and list how they can be used to support your success.Evaluate the roles of critical thinking leadership and accountability as critical elements in your personal plan for success.Milestone and Project Requirements.equella.ecollege.com/file/5144154b-310d-4cc9-a6a4-d2edace97617/4/COLL148_CH_CourseProject.html#top”>Back to TopThere are four graded elements for your project. The due dates indicated have been set to give you time to carefully and thoroughly develop each section. More detailed instructions for each element are provided later in the course.Week 3 — Proposal (25 points)Write a brief overview of your project including the leader you selected your rationale for selecting this person the research you have completed to date and your plan for completing your research and project.Note: Even if you are working on your project in a group you must each complete your own proposal.Week 5 — Outline (100 points)Create a title page outline and references page in APA format.Find at least three authoritative academic research sources from the DeVry Library databases and use content from those sources to support the various sections of your project outline.Properly cite all sources used on the outline (in-text parenthetical citations) and on a separate references page (full bibliographic citations).Follow all DeVry University policies including the academic integrity and plagiarism policies.Note: Even if you are working on your project in a group you must each complete your own outline.Week 6 — Presentation Draft (25 points)Create and submit a rough draft of a PowerPoint a visual representation of the leadership project you planned in your outline. It does not have to be pretty or polished at this point but it should contain the required number of slides demonstrate that you will cover all required content and indicate support for the content areas with properly cited authoritative research.If you have never built a PowerPoint presentation before review this information on .microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/create-a-basic-presentation-in-powerpoint-2007-HA010194282.aspx”>Microsoft PowerPoint Basics to learn more.Note: If you are working in a group you may combine the best parts of your individual outlines as you develop your group’s presentation PowerPoint. All members of the group will earn the same grade on the group PowerPoint draft.Week 8 — PowerPoint Presentation (200 points)Polish and submit your leadership project presentation PowerPoint. Remember that the goal is to show how you will follow your leader’s example to become personally successful in your own right. Your presentation must include:A title slideAt least 13 body slideswith appropriately detailed researched (& cited) information about:yourself your academic program and career goalsyour leader his or her path to success and his or her leadership qualitiesthe role of leadership responsibility and accountability in achieving personal successyour personal plan for utilizing your strengths and making positive changes to achieve personal successA references slide listing bibliographic information for the three or more authoritative academic sources that you use and cite in the body of your presentation and any other sources (non-academic sources image sources etc.) you use.Minimum of 15 slides in totalNotes in the “click to add notes” section below each slide. ONSITE/BLENDED students: You should include speaker notes that can be used in place of notecards during your speech. ONLINE students: You must write the full content of the speech you would deliver if you were presenting to a live onsite class. In the Notes window below each slide type the related parts of your speech.Deliver your presentation. ONSITE/BLENDED students: Deliver your presentation to your class using your PowerPoint as a visual aid to support your speech. Your presentation should be 5-10 minutes long depending on whether you are working in groups and depending on your class size. You should create speaker notes in the Notes window below each slide and use printouts of these instead of notecards during your speech. ONLINE students: You must deliver in written form the full content of the speech you would give if you were presenting to a live onsite class. In the Notes window below each slide type the related parts of your speech.Note: If you are working in a group you will collaboratively present the group’s PowerPoint. Your instructor may give credit based on individual contributions to the presentation. All members of the group will earn the same grade on the group PowerPoint.ONSITE students must submit their final PowerPoint projects on the day of their class presentations or as specified by the instructor.ONLINE students – This project is due in week 8. Please see the syllabus for information on course deadlines.Best Practices.equella.ecollege.com/file/5144154b-310d-4cc9-a6a4-d2edace97617/4/COLL148_CH_CourseProject.html#top”>Back to TopThe following are the best practices in preparing this presentation.Title Slide:Include for whom you prepared the presentation who prepared it and the date.Introduction:The purpose of an introduction or opening is as follows:Introduce the subject and why the subject is important.Preview the main ideas and the order in which they will be covered.Establish a tone of the document. Include in the introduction a reason for the audience to read the rest of the slides. Also include an overview of what you are going to cover in your project and the importance of the material. (This should include or introduce the questions you are asked to answer on each assignment.)Body: State the main ideas state major ideas with each idea support with information and evidence found during research and investigation and cite sources for all researched information.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 report. Minor details are left out.Reference Slide: Use the APA citation format as specified in the Syllabus.Grading Rubric: Course Project: Leadership PowerPoint.equella.ecollege.com/file/5144154b-310d-4cc9-a6a4-d2edace97617/4/COLL148_CH_CourseProject.html#top”>Back to TopCOLL148 Final Project Presentation Grade Rubric – Blended/On-SiteGroup Members:Points Earnedout ofPoints Possible130PPT Content10Title Slide90Intro Body Conclusion Slides30Required content (topics & 15 slides) personalized for student/group’s leader academic programs and career interests.30Support: USE & cite appropriately at least THREE quality sources20Organization10Notes: include speaker notes in notes section of each slide to use during presentation.25References Slide – APA citation of the 3 quality sources used in presentation AND all images or other sources used5Conventions (spelling grammar etc.)35PPT Appearance20Visually appealing format and content15Appropriate level of supporting detail35PPT Presentation15Group presentation skills20Individual contribution200TOTAL PROJECT SCORECOLL148 Final Project Presentation Grade Rubric – OnlineStudent Name:Points Earnedout ofPoints Possible165PPT Content10Title Slide80Intro Body Conclusion Slides40Required content (topics & 15 slides) personalized for student/group’s leader academic programs and career interests.30Support: USE & cite appropriately at least THREE quality sources10Organization25References Slide – APA citation of the 3 quality sources used in presentation AND all images or other sources used40Speaker Notes: In notes section of each slide include full-text of speech (with in-text citations) that would be given in a live presentation.10Conventions (spelling grammar etc.)35PPT Appearance20Visually appealing format and content15Appropriate level and arrangement of supporting detail200TOTAL PROJECT SCORE
