IDS 403 Final Project Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric: Final Project Outline
Overview and Prompt
For your final presentation, due in Module Eight, you will devise a plan of action for addressing a local or global technology issue of your choice. In Module
Three, you will be submitting a presentation outline for this project.
Your assignment is to submit a 2- to 3-page outline of the presentation you will give as part of your final project. Think of it as a script with notes to help add
context to the points you will be making. It need not include complete sentences or paragraphs, but it should contain enough detail to allow your instructor to
offer you some feedback. While you may organize the outline however you choose, be sure to address the following:
I. Introduction: For this part of the assessment, you will examine the role of technology in society and how it influences aspects of culture and the
individual. You will explore a topic that has been discussed in this course (technology as control, identity, gender, class systems, etc.) to help guide your
analysis.
A. Analyze how social practices have shaped technology and how technology has begun to shape social practices. In other words, how has
technology changed the everyday operations in modern societies?
B. Analyze the influence of technology on society as a force for social change.
C. Analyze how technology 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 technology through the lens of your discipline.
D. Explain how a topic that has been discussed in this course has or has not shaped our interactions and usage of technology through an
interdisciplinary lens.
E. Explain the positive and negative aspects associated with a topic that has been discussed in this course through an interdisciplinary lens.
F. Using relevant research or diverse perspectives, assess how emerging technologies have brought about societal issues.
II. Issue: For this part of the assessment, you will introduce the issue and how it relates to technology 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 technology.
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 change 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, and 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.
B. Explain how current technology could be utilized to address the chosen issue.
1. Is there new or updated technology that could be used to address an issue associated with older or outdated technology?
2. Could the technology associated with the chosen issue be utilized in different way(s) to address the issue?
C. Imagine you are in charge of addressing your chosen issue. Explain how you would implement your plan through an interdisciplinary lens.
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.
Rubric
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 Proficient (100%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Introduction The outline effectively addresses the required
components of the Introduction section
The outline fails to effectively address the required
components of the Introduction section
15
Issue The outline effectively addresses the components
of the Issue section
The outline fails to effectively address the required
components of the Issue section
15
Plan The outline effectively addresses the components
of the Plan section
The outline fails to effectively address the required
components of the Plan section
15
Level of Detail The outline provides an appropriate amount of
detail, allowing the reader to understand the
major points of the analysis and supporting
material
The outline includes an inadequate amount of
detail, undermining the reader?s ability to
understand the major points and supporting
material
15
Use of Academically
Appropriate Evidence and
Resources
The outline references at least three specific,
academically appropriate sources of evidence
and/or resources, including at least three separate
disciplines, to support the central actions
The outline does not include evidence and/or
resources, or those selected are not academically
appropriate, and/or does not include at least three
separate disciplines
15
Organization of the Outline The outline is well organized and lends itself to a
cohesive presentation that will flow effectively
The outline suffers from major organizational
issues that will interfere with the overall flow of
the presentation
15
Articulation of Response The outline is free of major grammatical, syntax, or
spelling errors
The outline contains major grammatical, syntax, or
spelling errors that interfere with understanding
10
Total 100%