In chapter 19 of The Bedford Researcher it addressed the decision you need to make on how you will design your document. This is important as first impressions are important to a reader but of utmost importance to an instructor grading it. Have you followed their guidelines?
You have to take into consideration the type of writing it is. For example, a piece for a newspaper would look much different from a formal essay. You have to decide on the font, where you will place images, look at the guidelines of expectations and how you will use headers and footers in it. You will want to correctly cite your sources in the right format.
In this chapter it went over the expectations of a multimedia essay. This is very reliant on visual images and layout, rather than text. I think of PowerPoint and Key note when I think of this. Some tips are to keep transitions from being distracting, make slides look clean and font big enough to read. Keep color scheme, fonts, lay out very consistent. Bullets are best used and keeping wording concise. If this presentation was to be designed to be orally presented you would rely heavily on bullets, minimal wording, visual engagement and your dynamic speaking skills.
This chapter also covered the design of articles. You have to take into consideration your audience, key points, mood and the type of publication you are writing for.
Web site design can be instrumental to promote businesses, inform people. allow access to other sources related to the subject and are designed for a much broader audience than a research paper is. You have to consider the diversity of the group you will be reaching and how you will organize and design your website to meet those needs. Many of the tips are similar to what you would use in a PowerPoint as far as consistency in fonts and removing distracting features. With a website design I feel it is most important that it is easy to navigate a labeled well.
It talked about designing oral essay presentations. When doing this you are inserted as part of the selling feature of your idea. It is important that you look presentable, your gestures are kept to a minimum, you are articulate and can make eye contact with your audience and you are able to connect through all of that and your choice of words. When doing this you have to think of who you are speaking to so you are able to meet expectations. Evaluate their common knowledge on the topic and focus on what they may not know in order to narrow it down. You cannot possibly cover every bit of evidence in your research without putting them to sleep. Grab their attention, Establish your main point, talk about key points with evidence to support it, walk them through it with good transitions and close it by restating your main point. I always invite questions.
For speeches it is encouraged to use speaker's notes rather than formally writing it out. It is a bullet point list for you to cover in your talk. It allows for you to speak in your own voice with ad libs and not like a robot.
Poster presentations were covered in this as well and the take away was much similar to the rules for making a nice PowerPoint slide. Focused, consistent in font, clear in purpose and a good representation of what you intend to share with your audience is the most important points.
You have to take into consideration the type of writing it is. For example, a piece for a newspaper would look much different from a formal essay. You have to decide on the font, where you will place images, look at the guidelines of expectations and how you will use headers and footers in it. You will want to correctly cite your sources in the right format.
In this chapter it went over the expectations of a multimedia essay. This is very reliant on visual images and layout, rather than text. I think of PowerPoint and Key note when I think of this. Some tips are to keep transitions from being distracting, make slides look clean and font big enough to read. Keep color scheme, fonts, lay out very consistent. Bullets are best used and keeping wording concise. If this presentation was to be designed to be orally presented you would rely heavily on bullets, minimal wording, visual engagement and your dynamic speaking skills.
This chapter also covered the design of articles. You have to take into consideration your audience, key points, mood and the type of publication you are writing for.
Web site design can be instrumental to promote businesses, inform people. allow access to other sources related to the subject and are designed for a much broader audience than a research paper is. You have to consider the diversity of the group you will be reaching and how you will organize and design your website to meet those needs. Many of the tips are similar to what you would use in a PowerPoint as far as consistency in fonts and removing distracting features. With a website design I feel it is most important that it is easy to navigate a labeled well.
It talked about designing oral essay presentations. When doing this you are inserted as part of the selling feature of your idea. It is important that you look presentable, your gestures are kept to a minimum, you are articulate and can make eye contact with your audience and you are able to connect through all of that and your choice of words. When doing this you have to think of who you are speaking to so you are able to meet expectations. Evaluate their common knowledge on the topic and focus on what they may not know in order to narrow it down. You cannot possibly cover every bit of evidence in your research without putting them to sleep. Grab their attention, Establish your main point, talk about key points with evidence to support it, walk them through it with good transitions and close it by restating your main point. I always invite questions.
For speeches it is encouraged to use speaker's notes rather than formally writing it out. It is a bullet point list for you to cover in your talk. It allows for you to speak in your own voice with ad libs and not like a robot.
Poster presentations were covered in this as well and the take away was much similar to the rules for making a nice PowerPoint slide. Focused, consistent in font, clear in purpose and a good representation of what you intend to share with your audience is the most important points.
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