Module 2 - Case

POWERPOINT AND INNOVATION IN TECHNOLOGY

Assignment Overview

In this Case Assignment, review this PowerPoint Tutorial and bookmark the following websites for tutorials to make your own creative interpretation of the importance of creativity in problem solving.

There are multiple elements to this Case Assignment.  Please make sure that you follow the requirements very carefully and double-check your work against the requirements before uploading. 

PowerPoint training courses, videos and tutorials:

• PowerPoint 2013: https://tinyurl.com/q5ubxlp
• PowerPoint 2010: https://tinyurl.com/kvhctan
• Word for Mac Training: https://tinyurl.com/kj9syrn
• Videos: Microsoft PowerPoint Lectures One and Two at https://tinyurl.com/ychr53zd

Case Assignment

This is a multi-part assignment that contains several elements that must be included in each slide. Therefore, make sure that you follow the Case Assignment guidelines very carefully and include everything that is required. For example, for the Case Assignment, slides 1 and 2 must include both graphics and words to help explain your impressions of ‘creativity’ and Problem Solving’. For Slides 3 and 4, you must have reviewed the prescribed article to answer the questions.

Pay close attention to the requirements in the Assignment Expectations. Steps 2 and 3 list exactly what your slides need to include.

Make sure that you double-check your work against the requirements before you upload your slideshow.

Develop a short PowerPoint presentation to illustrate your understanding of the creative process. Highlight your own creativity as you develop the following slides:

Slide 1: Include images and words in a collage that illustrates your first impressions when you see or hear the word "creativity."

Slide 2: Include images and words in a collage that illustrates your first impressions when you see or hear the word "Problem Solving."

Slides 3 & 4: The process for developing innovative ideas is often referred to as the design process, or the engineering design process. The article, Decisions by Design: Stop Deciding, Start Designingwas written by two designers at IDEO, an influential design firm. "Decisions by Design" describes how the process of engineering design can be viewed as a process for decision making. After reading this article, consider how design facilitates decision making. Based on your observations, what are some steps in the design process? How are these steps helpful in decision making? Organize your answers to these questions in at least 2 slides using bullet points. Include images wherever you would like to illustrate your own personal creativity.

Assignment Expectations

Develop at least 4 PowerPoint slides using the instructions above.

1. Creative images can be found using Internet websites, scholarly articles, textbooks, etc. Include a title on each slide and descriptive text in the notes section of each slide.
2. Each slide must contain:
   1. At least one image per term
   2. Abbreviated text defining the term
   3. References cited next to each image (full reference will be included on the References Cited slide, so refer to the Writing Style Guide on how to use in text citations next to each image)
   4. Full definition in each Notes section
3. Add a Title Slide and a References Cited slide. Your References Cited slide should list the bibliographical information for each image you use to illustrate the required terms.
4. Upload as a PowerPoint file into your Case drop box by the module due date.