340 WK1 assignment

Healthy Homes and Sustainable Foods Graphic Project

For this assignment you will research one of the topics listed below and present the data in the form of an Infographic, Prezi presentation, or PowerPoint Presentation. You need to use two scholarly sources and include a one-page summary of your graphic project in a word document.  You will upload your graphic and the summary to the Waypoint. If you chose a PowerPoint presentation, you need to have a minimum of five slides. For a Prezi Presentation, you need to include a minimum two main sections with two subsections for each one. For infographics, you need to include five main topic areas.

• Choose a topic:
  • Indoor Pollution: Use the information you gathered for the discussion post this week.
  • Local Sustainable Foods: Find out what foods are available in your area. 
  • Urban Homesteading Movements
  • Non-Toxic Homes Movements
  • Locate two scholarly articles from the Ashford Library to support your topic.
• Third, choose a medium – Infographic, PowerPoint, or Prezi.
  • PowerPoint: PowerPoint is part of the Microsoft Office software package and does not have free access. If you already have PowerPoint on your computer, this is a good option for the assignment. If you need help using PowerPoint please review the Microsoft PowerPoint tutorial at:
  • Prezi: Prezi is a good alternative to PowerPoint. It is also free and user-friendly. You can chose from numerous templates or create your own at to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Prezi offers tutorials (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and articles (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. on how to get started.
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• Create your presentation or infographic.
• PowerPoint Presentation Requirements: Five Slides 
• Prezi Presentation Requirements: Two main sections each of which should have one to two subsections.
• Infographic Requirements: Two main sections each of which should have one to two subsections.
• Write a summary of the topic. The summary should include the main points of your presentation and should be a minimum of one page. Remember to cite your scholarly articles and use 12point font and double spacing.
• Upload your graphic presentation to Waypoint. You should do your best to save the graphic presentation as a PDF file and then upload your summary of the project in a word document. If this is not feasible for you project, it is required a working link to your project in the word document with your summary.

The Healthy Homes and Sustainable Food assignment.

• Must include a title and a one-page summary of the main points of your presentation (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
• Must include a graphic presentation of the data in the following formats:
  • PowerPoint Presentation Requirements: Five Slides 
  • Prezi Presentation Requirements: Two main sections each of which should have one to two subsections.
  • Infographic Requirements: Two main sections each of which should have one to two subsections. 
• Must use at least two scholarly sources in addition to the required course materials.
  • The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
• Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Must include a reference section that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.