Create a seven-slide (minimum) PowerPoint presentation delineating the three most salient points that you have learned in this course. The purpose of the Salient Points Presentation is for you to review what you have learned so far and identify the most salient points that you have learned in this class. What content from these first four modules do you find most important? *Phases of Emergency Management

 Why is it important? How does it affect you or your career?  Career-Paralegal

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Public Safety Policy and Law

Assignment Two – Salient Points Presentation

The purpose of the Salient Points Presentation is for you to review what you have learned so far
and identify the most salient points that you have learned in this class. What content from these
first four modules do you find most important? Why is it important? How does it affect you or
your career?

Task
Create a seven (7) slide (minimum) PowerPoint presentation delineating the three most salient
points that you have learned in this course.

Your PowerPoint presentation should be succinct, or to the point, but it should also convey, in
technical writing, the three most important points that you seek for the viewers of the
presentation to receive.

Please see the URL below on making and innovative power point presentation:
http://www.udemy.com/blog/best-powerpoint-presentations/

Be sure that you explicitly state the salient points in your presentation.

Sample Outline
• Slide One: Introduction
• Slide Two: Point 1
• Slide Three: Point 2
• Slide Four: Point 3
• Slid Five: Synthesis (bring it all together)
• Slide Six: Synthesis (bring it all together)
• Slide Seven: Conclusion

Rubric
This assignment is worth up to 100 points of your final grade and will be evaluated using the
following rubric.

Exemplary Accomplished Developing Beginning
Foundation of
Knowledge /
Application of
Knowledge

41 – 50 points
The presentation
thoroughly
incorporates
appropriate source
material to develop
and substantiate the
analysis. Concepts
and ideas are
effectively
communicated.

31 – 40 points
The presentation
incorporates
appropriate source
material to develop
and substantiate the
analysis. Student
demonstrates an
effective presentation
of thesis, with most
support statements
helping to support the
key focus of
assignment.

21 – 30 points
While student has
included a few
supporting facts and
statements, this has
limited the quality of
the assignment.

0 – 20 points
The presentation
does not
incorporate
appropriate source
material to develop
and substantiate the
analysis. Student’s
writing is weak in
the inclusion of
supporting facts or
statements.

Organization
of
Ideas/Format

21 – 25 points
The presentation
thoroughly
follows APA
formatting and style
guidelines. There is
an introduction,
logical body, and
summary. Thesis is
clearly defined and
well constructed to
help guide the reader
throughout the
assignment.

16 – 20 points
The presentation
follows APA formatting
and style guidelines.
There is an
introduction, logical
body, and summary.
Thesis is defined and
mostly well
constructed to help
guide the reader
throughout the
assignment.

11 – 15 points
The presentation
does not follow APA
formatting and style
guidelines. An
introduction, logical
body, and/or
summary is lacking.
While thesis helps to
guide the
development of the
assignment, the
reader may have
some difficulty in
seeing linkages
between thoughts.

0 – 10 points
The presentation
does not follow APA
formatting and style
guidelines. Multiple
aspects, such as
introduction, logical
body, and summary
are lacking. Reader
is unable to follow
the logic used for
the thesis and
development of key
themes.
Introduction of
thesis is not clearly
evident.

Use of
Computer
Technology/
Applications

21 – 25 points
The student clearly
demonstrates an
ability to adequately
employ online tools,
word processing
software,
PowerPoint, and use
of the Online Library
or other technology
to complete the
assignment.

16 – 20 points
The student
demonstrates some
ability to adequately
employ online tools,
word processing
software, PowerPoint,
and use of the Online
Library or other
technology to
complete the
assignment.

11 – 15 points
The student
demonstrates little
ability to adequately
employ online tools,
word processing
software,
PowerPoint, and use
of the Online Library
or other technology
to complete the
assignment.

0 – 10 points
The student does
not demonstrate an
ability to adequately
employ online tools,
word processing
software,
PowerPoint, and use
of the Online Library
or other technology
to complete the
assignment.