IDS 402 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric Overview In this course, you will explore the relationship between wellness, society, and the individual. It is important to recognize the influence and impact that wellness can have and what that means for individuals in all disciplines.
IDS 402 Final Project Guidelines and Rubric Overview In this course, you will explore the relationship between wellness, society, and the individual. It is important to recognize the influence and impact that wellness can have and what that means for individuals in all disciplines. Issues of wellness have influence on many aspects of society, and how that is dealt with requires diverse knowledge and perspectives to investigate and change. Across many disciplines, the ability to investigate and then articulate a plan to inspire change is often necessary to achieve personal and professional goals. The purpose of this assessment is to examine the role of wellness in society and how that impacts individuals through the development of a plan that addresses a local or global problem relating to wellness. This assessment addresses the following course outcomes: Analyze the various components of wellness for investigating the influence of wellness on one’s discipline of study or chosen profession Integrate interdisciplinary approaches for determining the impact that contemporary issues in healthcare systems have on modern society Describe contemporary issues surrounding wellness for their relevance to and impact on the individual and society by employing appropriate research strategies Recommend potential applications of strategies for monitoring and enhancing personal and public wellness Articulate informed viewpoints on contemporary issues surrounding wellness issues through effective communication skills Assess cultural and social attitudes, choices, and behaviors for their implications to lifelong health and wellness through the incorporation of diverse perspectives and viewpoints informed by relevant literature and peer experiences Prompt For this assessment, you will choose a local or global issue that pertains to wellness. The chosen issue should also relate to one or more of the topics that has been addressed in this course (factors that support or challenge wellness, wellness through the lens of different disciplines, and so on). In this presentation, you will explain the issue, describe how it pertains to wellness, and provide a plan of action for addressing this issue. This plan includes recommendations for improvements as well as strategies and a plan for implementing the recommendations. You will develop your plan as a multimedia presentation that will require an oral component. This oral component should be audio that accompanies a PowerPoint presentation. You will be required to provide written speaker notes that correspond to your presentation (whether it is PowerPoint or video). Be sure to support your answers with appropriate evidence. You are encouraged to conduct interviews with individuals who are involved or affected by the issue you are addressing, but this is not required. Relevant and appropriate research is also acceptable. Specifically, you must address the critical elements listed below. Note that these are not in any particular order; they can be constructed in your presentation in any configuration. I. Introduction: For this part of the assessment, you will examine the role of wellness in society and how it influences aspects of culture and the individual. To help guide your analysis, you will explore a topic that has been discussed in this course (factors that support or challenge wellness, wellness through the lens of different disciplines, and so on). A. Analyze how social practices have shaped our idea of wellness and how that idea of wellness has shaped social practices. B. Utilizing interdisciplinary approaches, explain how a topic discussed in this course has or has not shaped our idea of wellness. C. Analyze how the importance (or lack thereof) of wellness and health in society has been a force for social change. In other words, has an emphasis or lack of emphasis on wellness in society sparked change in the everyday behavior of individuals or societies? D. Analyze how wellness has influenced the behaviors and operations of individuals in your discipline of study or area of interest. In other words, look at the influence of wellness through the lens of your discipline. E. Utilizing interdisciplinary approaches, explain the positive and negative aspects associated with a topic that has been discussed in this course. F. Using relevant research or diverse perspectives, assess how emerging technologies have the potential to improve personal and societal wellness. II. Issue: For this part of the assessment, you will introduce the issue and how it relates to wellness and any of the topics that have been discussed in the course. A. Using appropriate research strategies, describe a social or global issue that is related to wellness. 1. What is the origin of the issue? 2. What is the issue about? B. Using appropriate research strategies, describe the target population of the issue. 1. Who is impacted by the issue? 2. What is important to know about them? C. Using appropriate research strategies, explain how the chosen issue relates to a topic that has been discussed in this course. 1. In other words, how can you connect the social or global issue you have chosen with a topic that has been discussed in this course? 2. How does it inform your understanding of the issue? D. Using relevant research or diverse perspectives, assess how the chosen issue is impacting the target population. E. Utilizing interdisciplinary approaches, predict how the chosen issue will or will not change in the future. Be sure to justify your prediction. III. Plan: For this part of the assessment, you will offer recommendations and a plan to improve the issue, as well as strategies for implementing your plan. A. Make recommendations for how the current issue could be addressed so that it no longer adversely affects the target population. 1. What strategies or steps could be taken to help the individuals who are adversely affected by the chosen issue? 2. How could these recommendations be implemented so that a new population is not adversely affected? B. Explain the strategies that could be utilized to address the chosen issue. C. Imagine you are in charge of addressing your chosen issue. Utilizing interdisciplinary approaches, explain how you would implement your plan. D. Explain the benefits of your plan and justify why your plan would be preferable. Be sure to support your justification with relevant research or individual perspectives. IV. Presentation: For this part of your assessment, address these specific elements in the construction of your presentation. The length of this presentation (including all audio elements) should be 8-12 minutes. A. Construct your presentation in a way that ensures it is logically organized in order to convey your message to your audience. B. Provide supporting evidence in your presentation to articulate the importance of the chosen issue. C. Develop the audio elements to logically flow with your presentation to articulate the importance of the chosen issue and the goals of your plan. 1. Did you emphasize key ideas in your speech? 2. Does your speech logically flow with the accompanying presentation? Milestones Milestone One: Topic Selection In Module Two, you will complete the Milestone One Worksheet and submit it for instructor feedback. The final project represents a significant portion of your final grade, so it is imperative that you develop your ideas well. The worksheet will walk you through a few questions to help guide your selection of a topic for your final project. Your instructor will review your completed worksheet and offer feedback to help guide the development of your final project. This milestone will be assessed on a pass/fail basis. Milestone Two: Presentation Outline In Module Three, you will submit a two- to three-page outline of your final project presentation. Think of it as a script with notes to help add context to the points you will be making. It does not need to use complete sentences or paragraphs, but it should contain enough detail to allow your instructor to offer you some feedback. Note that this outline, with revisions, can serve as your speaker notes for the final project submission. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone Two Rubric. Milestone Three: Presentation Slides and Feedback In Module Five, you will create the visual facet of your final project presentation. Keep in mind that your voice will be the primary carrier of your message and that visuals play a supporting role. You want your voice and visuals to work together and not compete for attention, so you should minimize the number of words on each slide and maximize the use of visual elements, including photos, illustrations, and graphs. This milestone will be graded with the Milestone Three Rubric. Milestone Four: Presentation Practice/Tech Check In Module Six, you will practice putting it all together. For this assignment, you will narrate the first section of your presentation. This milestone will be assessed on a pass/fail basis. Deliverables Milestone Deliverable Module Due Grading One Topic Selection Two Graded separately; pass/fail Two Presentation Outline Three Graded separately; Milestone Two Rubric Three Presentation Slides and Feedback Five Graded separately; Milestone Three Rubric Four Presentation Practice/Tech Check Six Graded separately; pass/fail Final Project Submission: Presentation Seven Graded separately; Final Project Rubric Final Project Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Your multimedia presentation (8–10 slides) with audio elements must be accompanied by speaker notes (2–3 pages). The length of this presentation (including all audio elements) should be 8-12 minutes. The notes should be submitted in a Word document with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style. Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard. Students can view instructor feedback in the Grade Center. For more information, review these instructions. Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value Introduction: Social Practices Meets “Proficient” criteria, and analysis demonstrates keen insight into how the idea of wellness and social practices have influenced each other Analyzes how social practices have shaped the idea of wellness and how that idea of wellness has shaped social practices Analyzes how social practices have shaped the idea of wellness and how that idea of wellness has shaped social practices but analysis is cursory Does not analyze how social practices have shaped the idea of wellness and how that idea of wellness has shaped social practices 5.5 Introduction: Idea of Wellness Meets “Proficient” criteria, and usage of interdisciplinary lens demonstrates a nuanced understanding of how the idea of wellness has or has not changed Explains how a topic discussed in this course has or has not shaped the idea of wellness through an interdisciplinary lens Explains how a topic discussed in this course has or has not shaped the idea of wellness through an interdisciplinary lens, but explanation or usage of an interdisciplinary lens is cursory Does not explain how a topic discussed in this course has or has not shaped the idea of wellness through an interdisciplinary lens 5.5 Introduction: Force for Social Change Meets “Proficient” criteria, and analysis demonstrates keen insight into how the importance or lack of importance of wellness in society has been a force for social change Analyzes how the importance or lack of importance of wellness and health in society has been a force for social change Analyzes how the importance or lack of importance of wellness and health in society has been a force for social change, but analysis is cursory Does not analyze how the importance or lack of importance of wellness and health in society has been a force for social change 5.5 Introduction: Discipline of Study Meets “Proficient” criteria, and analysis demonstrates keen insight into how wellness has influenced the behaviors and operations of individuals in the discipline of study Analyzes how wellness has influenced the behaviors and operations of individuals in the discipline of study or area of interest Analyzes how wellness has influenced the behaviors and operations of individuals in the discipline of study or area of interest, but analysis is cursory Does not analyze how wellness has influenced the behaviors and operations of individuals in the discipline of study or area of interest 5.5 Introduction: Positive and Negative Aspects Meets “Proficient” criteria, and usage of interdisciplinary lens demonstrates a nuanced understanding of the influence of wellness on many disciplines Explains the positive and negative aspects associated with a topic discussed in this course through an interdisciplinary lens Explains the positive and negative aspects associated with a topic discussed in this course through an interdisciplinary lens, but explanation or usage of interdisciplinary lens is cursory Does not explain the positive and negative aspects associated with a topic discussed in this course through an interdisciplinary lens 5.5 Introduction: Emerging Technologies Meets “Proficient” criteria, and relevant research or diverse perspectives used demonstrate a nuanced understanding of the potential of emerging technology to improve personal and societal wellness Assesses how emerging technologies have the potential to improve personal and societal wellness using relevant research or diverse perspectives Assesses how emerging technologies have the potential to improve personal and societal wellness using relevant research or diverse perspectives, but assessment is cursory or utilization of relevant research or diverse perspectives is inappropriate Does not assess how emerging technologies have the potential to improve personal and societal wellness using relevant research or diverse perspectives 5.5 Issue: Social or Global Issue Meets “Proficient” criteria, and description demonstrates a nuanced understanding of the relationship between the chosen issue and wellness Describes a social or global issue and how it relates to wellness using appropriate research strategies Describes social or global issue and how it relates to wellness using research strategies, but description is cursory or research strategies are inappropriate Does not describe a social or global issue and how it relates to wellness using appropriate research strategies 5.5 Issue: Target Population Meets “Proficient” criteria, and description demonstrates a nuanced understanding of the target population Describes the target population of the issue using appropriate research strategies Describes the target population of the issue using research strategies but description is cursory or research strategies are inappropriate Does not describe the target population of the issue using appropriate research strategies 5.5 Issue: Topic Meets “Proficient” criteria and makes cogent connections between the chosen issue and a topic discussed in this course Explains how the chosen social or global issue relates to a topic discussed in this course using appropriate research strategies Explains how the chosen social or global issue relates to a topic discussed in this course using research strategies, but explanation is cursory or research strategies are inappropriate Does not explain how the chosen social or global issue relates to a topic discussed in this course using appropriate research strategies 5.5 Issue: Impacting Meets “Proficient” criteria, and relevant research or diverse perspectives used demonstrate a nuanced understanding of how the chosen issue is impacting the target population Assesses how the chosen issue is impacting the target population using relevant research or diverse perspectives Assesses how the chosen issue is impacting the target population using relevant research or diverse perspectives, but assessment is cursory or utilization of relevant research or diverse perspectives is inappropriate Does not assess how the chosen issue is impacting the target population using relevant research or diverse perspectives 5.5 Issue: Predict Meets “Proficient” criteria, and usage of interdisciplinary lens demonstrates a nuanced understanding of the influence of wellness on many disciplines Predicts how the chosen issue will or will not change in the future and justifies prediction through an interdisciplinary lens Predicts how the chosen issue will or will not change in the future and justifies prediction through an interdisciplinary lens, but prediction, justification, or usage of an interdisciplinary lens is cursory Does not predict how the chosen issue will or will not change in the future or justify prediction through an interdisciplinary lens 5.5 Plan: Recommendations Meets “Proficient” criteria, and recommendations made demonstrate keen insight into how to address the chosen issue Makes recommendations for how the current issue could be addressed so that it no longer adversely affects the target population Makes recommendations for how the current issue could be addressed so that it no longer adversely affects the target population, but recommendations made are cursory Does not make recommendations for how the current issue could be addressed so that it no longer adversely affects the target population 5.5 Plan: Strategies Meets “Proficient” criteria, and explanation offers varied strategic options that could address the chosen issue Explains strategies that could be utilized to address the chosen issue Explains strategies that could be utilized to address the chosen issue, but explanation is cursory Does not explain strategies that could be utilized to address the chosen issue 5.5 Plan: Implement Meets “Proficient” criteria, and usage of interdisciplinary lens demonstrates a nuanced understanding of the influence of wellness on many disciplines Explains how the plan would be implemented through an interdisciplinary lens Explains how the plan would be implemented through an interdisciplinary lens, but explanation or usage of an interdisciplinary lens is cursory Does not explain how the plan would be implemented through an interdisciplinary lens 5.5 Plan: Benefits Meets “Proficient” criteria, and relevant research or diverse perspectives used demonstrate keen insight into why the plan would be preferable Explains the benefits of the plan and justifies why the plan would be preferable using relevant research or diverse perspectives Explains the benefits of the plan and justifies why the plan would be preferable using relevant research or diverse perspectives, but explanation or justification is cursory or utilization of relevant research or diverse perspectives is inappropriate Does not explain the benefits of the plan or justify why the plan would be preferable using relevant research or diverse perspectives 5.5 Presentation: Organized Meets “Proficient” criteria, and organization cogently conveys the message to the target audience Constructs the presentation in such a way that it is logically organized in order to convey its message to the target audience Constructs the presentation in such a way that it is organized in order to convey its message to the target audience, but organization does not meet the criteria Does not construct the presentation in such a way that it is logically organized in order to convey its message to the target audience 5.5 Presentation: Evidence Meets “Proficient” criteria, and supporting evidence in the presentation cogently conveys the importance of the chosen issue and the goals of the plan Provides supporting evidence in the presentation that supports the importance of the chosen issue and the goals of the plan Provides supporting evidence in the presentation that supports the importance of the chosen issue and the goals of the plan, but supporting evidence does not meet the criteria Does not provide supporting evidence in the presentation that supports the importance of the chosen issue and the goals of the plan 5.5 Presentation: Flow Meets “Proficient” criteria, and the flow of the presentation cogently articulates the importance of the chosen issue and the goals of the plan Develops the audio elements to logically flow with the presentation to articulate the importance of the chosen issue and the goals of the plan Develops the audio elements to flow with the presentation to articulate the importance of the chosen issue and the goals of the plan, but audio elements do not meet the criteria Does not develop the audio elements to logically flow with the presentation to articulate the importance of the chosen issue and the goals of the plan 5.5 Articulation of Response Submission is free of errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, and organization and is presented in a professional and easy to read format Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas 1 Earned Total 100% Rubric Annotations Term Definition Organized Presentation is clear and cohesive, particularly for the audience; begins with a broader view of the topic and then narrows the focus. Evidence Supporting research or perspectives are incorporated into the presentation and support the message of the presentation. Flow Audio elements emphasize the key ideas of the speech and flow cohesively with the accompanying presentation.