CPR101

ICT News topics

• Your topic should relate to programming development or applications, or new developments that make what was impossible now possible.
  • No presentations about the latest hardware please. Hardware is always better, faster, cheaper but that alone does not make it a game changer.
  • 5G and IoT are examples of networking and hardware game changers.
  • See these examples of ICT-News. These are merely examples, not a prescriptive list.

Planning your presentation

Development

• Done by groups of n as per your professor's instructions
• Start one week ahead of presentation day beginning with a Teams Chat to all group members plus professor.
• If you don't participate, you don't get the marks.

Delivery

• During each class, presentations will be played from a prepared video file. (details below)
• The schedule (due date) for delivering presentations is found in
  either your MS Team > CPR101xaa course code > General > Files or your Blackboard course per your professor's instructions.
  • Update the schedule with your Topic title and News Item URL the week before your presentation.
  • Update the schedule with your Presentation video URL the day before your presentation.

Outline - Tell us...

• A summary of your news item
• Why did you choose that topic? What did you find interesting? Your enthusiasm will 'sell' it.
• Why did you find that news item worth sharing? (e.g. strategic opportunity? benefits programmers? benefits users?)
• These questions are meant as guidelines to organizing your content.
  • If you implicitly answered them, no need to do so explicitly.
  • It's not a test or assignment, it's a friendly presentation to colleagues.

Creating your presentation

Create a PowerPoint slide deck for a 4-minute presentation, +/- 1 minute.
Tools other than PowerPoint can be used. PPT is recommended because narration can be done slide by slide instead of one long perfect take. PPT will also easily export a video file.

• Narrate it; an example is HERE.
• Export it as an MPED-4 (*.mp4) video to local storage
  File > Export > Create a Video, (720p) is a good balance between size and quality; use Recorded Timings and Narrations.
• check for quality and completeness.
• Upload to YouTube
  • You'll need a Google/YouTube account. Sign on. Click the Camera+ icon in top right.
  • Drag your file in.
  • (Step 1 of 3 – Details)
    • Title defaults to file name. Ensure it has a descriptive title.
    • Audience: Made for Kids (we hope!)
    • More Options: which are not optional; set to the following:
      Video language = English (Canada),
      Caption certification = never aired on television in the US (else auto closed captions are not available)
      Allow embedding = Yes (so it can play from inside BigBlueButton)
  • (Step 2 of 3 – Video elements)
    • end screen or cards not required
  • (Step 3 of 3 – Visibility)
    • Save or publish = Unlisted
    • Copy the video link  https://youtu.be/???????????
    • SAVE the video
• Add your https://youtu.be/??????????? link to the ICT news presentation schedule.
• We will play your video near the beginning of our weekly class.

Presentation delivery

• The schedule for delivering presentations is in an Excel spreadsheet found your class Team's Files area, or in your Blackboard course, likely in the "Course Resources and assignment submission" area.
• Scoring is based on content only, not the 'production values' of the presentation itself.
  • 3 – 5 minutes and ready on time = 100%
  • > 5 min. && < 6 min. = 75%
  • < 3 min. or > 6 min. = 50%
  • < 2 min. or > 7 min. = 25%
• If your presentation is not ready on time, email your professor with a link to your presentation within 2 calendar days of your presentation date when it will be worth 75%, within one week it is worth 50%, within two weeks it is worth 25%, thereafter 0%.
• Creating a news presentation is not a requirement to pass the course.
  Although, at 5% of course marks, it should not be missed and is a worthwhile experience.
• Be prepared to answer questions from your colleagues afterward. This means giving the topic a little more consideration and a little more investigation than for just the news item itself.
• If you have concerns about creating and sharing this presentation, contact your instructor.
  • There are many reasons some of us are reluctant to make a presentation in front of people in real time. Abject fear is one. The presentation is meant to challenge, not to traumatize.