Structure and Signposts in Presentation

Here is the structure document for the U8 contextual report. I was thinking about this whilst listening to the stage three students share their insights about their U7 PDF presentations form last year. You can watch the recording of that session if you missed it.

Proposed Structure for U8 Contextual Report (2500 words)

and here is the complete document, with notes

The careful consideration of structure is at the heart of successful presentation. Based on our experience and the comments of stage three students yesterday, here are some things to consider.

Remember, your presentation will be looked at by several people. Not everyone will be familiar with what you have done. The structure of presentation should help people understand your learning journey.

Use titles, sub-titles, section-headings and quotes as way-finding and signposts for the reader. It’s important that the reader understands what you are doing and where they are in the presentation.

You could use simple question-and-answer prompts to give structure to your presentation. Quotes could be chosen from research sources, or from feedback comments…Use graphic symbols to identify precisely when you are evidencing specific learning outcomes…

Think of the reading UX attached to your presentation. Your task, as a designer, is to make that as clear and unambiguous as possible, and to direct the reader to the information that you think is most important.

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