SMORE PRESENTATION-EDUCATION

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Case Study: Component I

General Instructions

This assignment has two components. Students will be assigned a student affairs functional
area by the instructor, and the student will then select a college or university to study this
functional area as a case study. Please be sure to select a college or university for your case
study that provides sufficient detailed information for completing the case study.

Students will learn about the office/department by reading materials or brochures from the office
and exploring the office’s website along with national professional organizations for these areas.
(*Students may also choose to make an in-person visit to the office, if feasible. An in-person
visit is optional and not required).

Component I: Students will create a SMORE presentation of their case study of the office.

Component II: Students will write a paper reflecting on their learning from completing the case
study

COMPONENT I: SMORE Presentation (100 pts)

The goal of the SMORE presentation is to provide students with an opportunity to share their
thoughts on what they learned through the case study.

Please include the following in your SMORE presentation:

• A brief description of the college or university that you selected for your case study (i.e.,
name of the university, location, student population, etc.)

• A description of the student affairs area/office you were assigned by the instructor and
include the following:

o name of office,
o purpose, goals, and mission of the office,
o staff employed within the functional area/office and what their roles are,
o services provided to college students through this office, and
o any additional information that is helpful to understanding this office

• What professional organizations are associated with this area or office in student affairs?
(Note: Each functional area of student affairs has its own national professional
organization. Please select an organization that is specific to your assigned functional
area. Avoid using the general professional organizations that apply to all functional areas
of student affairs, such as ACPA, NASPA, etc.)

• Explain how this office interacts and supports students.
• What kind of information is presented to students in the form of printed or electronic

resources (brochures, website, etc.)? Try to get a copy of these documents to include in
your presentation and include web links that are relevant to the office and student
interaction.

• Provide your overall evaluation of this area/office at the college or university you chose.
• Be sure to support your presentation with five sources, providing a reference list and

citing the sources in-text.

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Presentation Format Guidelines:

• Use SMORE (www.smore.com) to create this assignment and discuss the above items.
• There is not a defined length for the SMORE presentation but be sure to cover all

requirements in the presentation thoroughly and include references at the conclusion of
the presentation.

• Resources to help learn about how to create a SMORE.
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• Your presentation should be professional, well-organized, visually appealing, and
creative by including related images, graphics, YouTube videos, and/or other forms of
technology. It should be free of grammatical errors and thoroughly address all aspects of
the tasks.

• Posting your SMORE: Open a Word document, copy and paste your Smore link in the
document, save the document to your computer, and then upload the document to the
Case Study Component 1: SMORE Presentation submission link.

• Resource to help you retrieve your SMORE link.
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Scoring Guidelines

Points available: 100.

Component Unacceptable Acceptable Target

APA Format:
Reference list is

complete, and sources
are cited in-text.

Less than 5 sources;
sources not cited in-
text; more than three

errors in format.
(0 points)

5 sources included;
sources cited in-text; no
more than three errors

in format.
(10 points)

5 sources included;
sources properly cited
in-text; no more than
one error in format.

(20 points)

Content: All guiding
prompts have been

addressed in a
cohesive presentation.

Delivery not smooth,
audience’s attention

lost. The content lacks
a clear point of view.

Some of the information
may not seem to fit.

Sources used appear
unreliable. Information
is missing, incomplete,

out of date and/or
incorrect. (0 points)

Smooth delivery that
holds audience’s

attention. The content is
presented with a logical

progression of ideas
and supporting

information. At least 5
of the guiding prompts
have been addressed
and the information is

complete and accurate
or all prompts have

been addressed, but
details are limited.

(20 points)

Interesting smooth
delivery that holds the
audience’s attention.

The content is
presented clearly and

concisely with a logical
progression of ideas

and supporting
information. All guiding

prompts have been
addressed and the

information is complete
and accurate.

(40 points)

Attractiveness &
Creativity:

Presentation is
engaging without being

Use of font, color,
graphics, effects etc.

but these often distract
from the presentation

Makes good use of font,
color, graphics, effects,

etc. to enhance to
presentation. May

Makes excellent use of
font, color, graphics,

effects, etc. to enhance
the presentation. The

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Component Unacceptable Acceptable Target

overwhelmed by text,
color, or font.

content. Amount of
content/text included in
sections is distracting or

overwhelming.
(0 points)

include too much
information to be

visually appealing.
(10 points)

amount of information
presented in each

section is appropriate.
(20 points)

Professional
Presentation:

grammar, mechanics,
spelling.

Writing involves many
errors (more than 3).

(0 points)

Writing involves few
errors (no more than 2).

(10 points)

Writing is free of all
writing errors.

(20 points)