By Monday, April 7, at midnight

Project Three

• Finalize client
• Post a draft of the group proposal
• Post a draft of each Individual's Usability Study

Reading

• Review readings in Week 12 and Week 13
• Review "Web 2.0 for Business and Professional Use (not Facebook)"

By Wednesday, April 9, at midnight

Reading

• The PowerPoint FAQ: http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/
• Purdue OWL Handout on PowerPoint:
• Rhetoric of PowerPoint
• PowerPoint Presentations: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
• Avoiding PowerPointlessness

Reading Response

• In the first half, consider some of the more pointless PowerPoint (or other programs) presentations (you've encountered over the years of your education or other experiences). How were the slides designed?? All text and few pictures?? Cluttered with text?? What stands out to your as the most pointless features of pointless powerpoints?? In the next half, consider how you can use these programs in a stand-alone presentation.

Peer Review

• Post one comment on an Individual Usability Study draft
• Post one comment on Group Proposal Draft

By Friday, April 11, at midnight

Project Three

• Submit Proposal using the "story" content type

Reading

• Movies in PowerPoint
  
  • "Create great PowerPoint Movies"
  • "Create an interactive PowerPoint Movie"
• Keynote for Mac (read through overviews, starting with "New in Keynote '08")
• "Leveraging Multimedia for Learning" by Ruth Clark (from Adobe.com)

Project Log

• Complete a Project Log

Continue posting comments and replies using Principles for Comments and Replies. Please follow the guidelines for effective blog responding as discussed in this chapter. You need five (5) for this week, so respond to reading posts that have been promoted to our front page. For reference on how to do this, review How to Post Comments and Replies. Your posts should adhere to the guidelines for networking in online forums listed in the Project Checklist (TH, page 627).

No later than today, you should read through the course calendar for the following week. Make sure that you understand all of the assignments. If you have any questions, contact the instructor.