Assignment TopicThis week will culminate in the creation of a narrated PowerPoint to create awareness
about the environmental issue surrounding the local community. It will be built on your
learning from the previous weeks (Weeks 1–5).
Assignment Directions
Your PowerPoint presentation must include information from your previous weeks
(Weeks 1–6), effectively identifying the problem of environmental injustice, probing
answers to research questions toward creating awareness on the issue on the chosen
topic, addressing measures to mitigate environmental injustice, and recommendations
that seek to establish environmental justice.
Assignment Deliverables
The structure of your presentation will follow the chronological order of the assignments.
Here is a suggested organization.
1. Title slide, including the presentation title, your name, name of the course, and
the date
2. Discussion of environmental injustice facing your local community
3. Brief history and context of your topic to environmental injustice
4. Critical assessment of work of local activist working on the topic under study
5. Overview of the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of nonprofit
organization working on the topic under study
6. Assessment of measures to mitigate environmental injustice
7. Recommendations that seek to establish environmental justice key points in your
code of ethics
8. A conclusion with final thoughts
9. References in APA style
For this presentation, you will provide an audio narration of approximately 8–10
minutes. There are a variety of ways to add audio narration, but using the record audio
feature in PowerPoint is highly recommended for its simplicity. If you wish to use
something else, please check with your instructor first.
Effective presentations will include the following elements.
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Well designed, well balanced slides that incorporate visual aids and text
harmoniously
In-slide references to sources
Clear, confident audio narration
Correct use of grammar, spelling, and punctuation
The grading rubric for this assignment is detailed below.
Rubric
Week 7: Course Project—Narrated PowerPoint Presentation on Environmental
Justice Grading Rubric
Week 7: Course Project—Narrated PowerPoint Presentation on Environmental Justice Grading Rubric
Criteria
This criterion is linked to a
Learning OutcomeContent
Content is accurate and all
required information is
presented in a logical order.
This criterion is linked to a
Learning OutcomeAnalysis
Presentation of the research
process summarizes
multidimensional areas, (2)
highlights key findings, and (3)
many insightful implications are
drawn from the data.
This criterion is linked to a
Learning OutcomeAPA-Styled
Paper and References
There are appropriate in-text
citations in APA. Full
bibliographic citations for all
sources used are included.
This criterion is linked to a
Learning OutcomeGrammar,
Spelling, and Punctuation
It is free of spelling,
grammatical, and punctuation
errors.
This criterion is linked to a
Learning OutcomeSlide
Presentation and Transition
Presentation flows well and
logically. Presentation reflects
extensive use of tools in a
creative way. Transitions are
smooth. Transitions enhance
the presentation.
This criterion is linked to a
Learning OutcomePresentation
Skills
It is well rehearsed. There are
no pronunciation errors or
other mistakes.
Ratings
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Total Points: 150