Why did you select this topic? What did you set out to achieve? Did your project achieve that goal? What surprised you as you conducted your research? What skills did you develop through this project? What challenges did you encounter?

Research Presentation

You’ll be creating a presentation reflecting upon your research project for this final assignment. Your presentation should contain at least five slides, and is based on a slideshow in either Microsoft PowerPoint, Mac Pages, or Google Slides (or other slide-based software). You are encouraged, but not required, to use an audio voiceover if possible. Whichever platform you use, make sure you keep these requirements in mind:

1. Your first slide must include the title of your research paper, your name, your course, your instructor’s name, and the submission date.

2. Your second slide should include a brief introduction to and summary of your topic; make sure to include your thesis statement.

The subsequent slides should answer the following questions:
A. Why did you select this topic? What did you set out to achieve? Did your project achieve that goal?
B. What surprised you as you conducted your research?
C. What skills did you develop through this project? What challenges did you encounter?
D. Who is your audience? How did you create an effective argument directed toward that audience?

3. Make sure you have a separate slide for a clear conclusion.
4. Include your Works Cited as your final slide.
5. You are encouraged to use an image (photo, illustration, chart, or diagram) on each slide.

If you choose to use voiceover, try not to duplicate or read the content from each slide, but use the voiceover as an opportunity to add more information or explain key concepts. When you introduce and summarize your topic, avoid reading directly from your essay; instead, you’ll need to simplify the wording for your audience, engaging them and repeating key words or phrases for emphasis where necessary. Read Remixing a Paper for a Presentation for an example of what you might change from paper to presentation.

If you do not choose to use voiceover, you need to make sure that each slide contains complete thoughts in response to the prompts above.

You may find that you need to reorganize your written material for this presentation in order to achieve maximum impact. Consider your audience—in this case, your instructor—and your purpose. Take a moment to read Developing a Clear Structure for more details on how you might organize your presentation.