Celebration of Research: Honors Student Mentoring Project: Presentation Slides Instructions

Scholarship as Conversation

The Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) describes "Scholarship as Conversation" as "[c]ommunities of scholars, researchers, or professionals engage[d] in sustained discourse with new insights and discoveries occurring over time as a result of varied perspectives and interpretations." Participants in the Celebration of Research will be contributing to scholarly conversations in the disciplines for which they have undertaken their research projects. Participants should evaluate and cite the work of others who have contributed to that scholarly conversation. They should also clearly and succinctly convey to a general audience the place of their research in that conversation. As the ACRL has noted, "Developing familiarity with the sources of evidence, methods, and modes of discourse in the field assists novice learners to enter the conversation. New forms of scholarly and research conversations provide more avenues in which a wide variety of individuals may have a voice in the conversation. Providing attribution to relevant previous research is also an obligation of participation in the conversation. It enables the conversation to move forward and strengthens one’s voice in the conversation."

For more information on "Scholarship as Conversation," see the ACRL's "Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education."

Presentation slides must be created using the following tools:

• Create your presentation slides using Microsoft PowerPoint. There should be at least one slide for each of the sections listed below, but you may use as many slides as needed. 
• Use any of the suggested programs in the "presentation building tools" box to add visual aids such as images, charts, maps, graphs, infographics, etc.. 
• Use the animations and transitions options in PowerPoint to make your slides dynamic for the recording. 
• Once your PowerPoint slides are complete, see the video presentation instructions tab to record and submit your presentation. 

Presentations must include the following slides:

• Title and byline – include the project title, student name, and Lakeland Honors Program.
• Proposal/Abstract – include the proposal previously submitted.
• Research question – include a section that highlights your research question or thesis statement. 
• Background – explain the significance of your project. 
• Methods – list detailed steps used to complete your project.
• Results – present any results that you have from your project, including tables, graphs, diagrams, pictures, and/or infographics as needed.
• Implications – discuss the potential future directions of your project.
• References – list outside references used in your project. There is no required amount of references, and you may select your citation style. Images, particularly those that are copyrighted, should also be cited. 

Presentation slide text and images must meet the following criteria:

• Font sizes no smaller than 14pt.
• Images should be high quality and copyright free. 

Charts & Graphs:

Microsoft Office: Excel & Word:

Available in myLakeland through Office 365.

Adobe Spark:

Create unique charts and graphs for free.

Images (select images labeled for re-use):

Creative Commons -- CC Search:  

CC Search is a tool that allows openly licensed and public domain works to be discovered and used by everyone.

Google Images: 

After you perform a search go to Tools, click on Usage Rights, and select creative commons licenses.

Other useful image search platforms include Bing Image, Flickr, and Yahoo Images.

Infographics:

Canva:

Free online infographic maker. Create infographics from scratch or using templates.

Piktochart:

Create infographics using free online templates.

Word Clouds:

Wordle:

Wordle generates “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. 

TagCrowd:

Create your own word cloud for free from any text to visualize word frequency.