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WEEK 3 (PROJECT PLAN) INSTRUCTIONS: The goal of this assignment is to choose a topic and create a research plan that will contribute to the Week 7 Final Project.Description:Please read the two steps of the BIG6 model: task definition and information seeking strategies. As you consider the Week 7 Final Project, you will complete a project plan to help you focus your energies and generate ideas to help you be successful academically. To complete the Week 3 Assignment: Project Plan, you must complete Parts I and II.Part I:Read Week 7 Section to review the instructions for the Week 7 Final Project. After you understand what is required in Week 7, write one or two sentences per bullet point (there are additional questions and points to help you flesh your ideas): Topic:o Choose a topic that is realistic and one that you want to learn more about.o The topic might be a career field you want to go into or something else that deeply interests you. Scope and value:o What is the scope of the topic and your research?o What value does it bring to your life? To your professional life? Communication medium:o How are you going to communicate your project?o How will you make your presentation different and unique? Critical thinking questions:o Pose different questions that will help you with your research and investigate your topic in more depth.o Post critical questions that will push you to improve. Subtopics (optional). Brainstorming (optional).Part II:Part II is a reflective paragraph that represents your critical thinking process when thinking about possible sources and your research. You are NOT looking for specific sources now. Consider the best possible sources as presented in the WEEK 2 SOURCES ATTACHMENT. What type of sources will work best for your research? How can you support your project plan with credible, current, reliable, accurate, and relevant information?Once you complete Parts I and II, please submit the WORD document.Consider the following:- Keep in mind that a robust project plan will help you with the Week 5 and Week 7 assignments.WEEK 5 (SOURCE EVALUATION) INSTRUCTIONS:The goal of this assignment is to research your topic, evaluate selected sources, and organize your sources.Description:During the Week 3 Assignment, Project Plan, you chose a topic and created your project plan. In the Week 3 Lesson, you read about location and access and in Week 4, you learned about organizing your digital information and storing that information responsibly. Now it is time to take the work you did in the Week 3 Assignment, Project Plan, and locate and evaluate sources that will lead to your Week 7 Assignment, Final Project.Please follow these instructions: Download the Source Evaluation Worksheet template (in Word).Complete Parts I and II in the worksheet. Find a minimum of three (3) sources. One (1) source must be an academic source and from the APUS Trefrey Library (www.apus.edu/apus-library/) and the other sources must be credible and appropriate for college research. Please include robust source summaries in your own words that explain the contents of the source and the relevance of the source to your topic.Consider the following: Once you complete the Source Evaluation Worksheet, please upload the completed worksheet.WEEK 7 INSTRUCTIONSDemonstrate the ability to create a final project that uses both research-based and personal content while using presentation software to communicate with an intended audience.Description:During the first six-weeks you formulated a project plan, researched the content of the plan, and collected quality academic and non-academic sources. For the week 7 Final Project you will create a presentation that builds upon the Week 3 Project Plan and the Week 5 Location and Access (Source Organization worksheet) that effectively communicates the knowledge you have gained during COMM120.Please consider the following: Presentation will include an introduction, body, conclusion, and properly formatted reference/work cited slide in the citation style of your degree program (APA, MLA, or Chicago). Clear evidence that the topic was researched and expanded upon the week 2 Project Plan (CO2 & 5). Presentation provides audience with information to increase their knowledge of the topic presented (CO1). Presentation engages the audience by using elements such as images, graphs, and charts. Appropriate citations must be included. Three (3) vetted credible sources. One (1) of the sources must be scholarly and from the library. Appropriate length 7-9 slides.If you have multimedia skills and want to add creative content to your presentation, please do! Try to add any of the following enhancements and as you do, think about how it will impact your presentation and improve communication with the intended audience. Voice narration, closed captioning, script. Appropriate background music (must be cited on reference page). Creative use of slide animations and transitions.Note: The Week 7 Final Project is a presentation and be turned in as a PowerPoint
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Source Evaluation Worksheet
Part I: Topic
Describe the topic, concept, idea, or approach that is going to be the central idea of the Week 7
Field of Study Project. There is no minimum word count but please use several fully thought-out
sentences to make your point.
Part II: Source Evaluation
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Source’s Publication Date: Add date
Publishing Information: Add publishing information
Source Summary:
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Article Title: Add title
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Source’s Publication Date: Add date
Publishing Information: Add publishing information
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Article Title: Add title
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Source Evaluation Worksheet
Part I: Topic
Describe the topic, concept, idea, or approach that is going to be the central idea of the Week 7
Field of Study Project. There is no minimum word count but please use several fully thought-out
sentences to make your point.
Part II: Source Evaluation
Article Title: Add title
Article Author(s): Add author(s)
Retrieval Information (example website link): Add information
Source’s Publication Date: Add date
Publishing Information: Add publishing information
Source Summary:
Add short summary
Article Title: Add title
Article Author(s): Add author(s)
Retrieval Information (example website link): Add information
Source’s Publication Date: Add date
Publishing Information: Add publishing information
Source Summary:
Add short summary
Source Evaluation | 1
Article Title: Add title
Article Author(s): Add author(s)
Retrieval Information (example website link): Add information
Source’s Publication Date: Add date
Publishing Information: Add publishing information
Source Summary:
Add short summary
Article Title: Add title
Article Author(s): Add author(s)
Retrieval Information (example website link): Add information
Source’s Publication Date: Add date
Publishing Information: Add publishing information
Source Summary:
Add short summary
Source Evaluation | 2
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