Rough draft

Main topic is cardiovascular system

topic Overview

Submit to the discussion board a draft of your final PowerPoint presentation based on the information that you identified in Milestones One and Two for your classmates’ review. You will review at least two other classmates’ draft presentations. Use the critical element information in the final project document for your evaluations. This peer review is to help your classmate improve their presentation and to strengthen your critical-thinking abilities through constructive reviews of others’ work. Your response is evaluated for the critical elements described below and in the grading rubric. Remember, this rubric assesses your performance in this activity, not your peers’ materials. Your grade for this milestone is based on the peer review process, not your project. However, you will receive better feedback by presenting a complete, polished draft. You’ll submit this milestone in Module Six.

Prompt

We recommend you participate in your own initial thread to ask clarifying questions and respond to your peers’ critiques. You also should respond to your peers’ questions or comments from your review of their work. This process will allow everyone to gain the most insight in preparing for the final project.

Specifically, address the following critical elements:

1. Strengths: Provide feedback on the strengths of the peer’s presentation, explaining your reasoning using specific and relevant details.
2. Improvements: Provide feedback on aspects of the peer’s presentation needing improvement; use a positive tone and provide concrete suggestions.
3. Timeliness: Complete the initial post by Thursday at 11:59 p.m. in your local time zone. Complete the two response posts by Sunday 11:59 p.m. in your local time zone.

As a reviewer:

1. Take the time to review the presentation thoroughly. Refer to the final project document to confirm whether your classmate has addressed the assignment requirements.
2. You are critiquing the work, not the person. The critique should start with the strengths of the work. What succeeds and why?
   1. Example of a good critique: “The presentation captured my attention with the images used. The diagrams were clear and well labeled.”
   2. Example of a bad critique: “I liked Jason’s style.”
3. Suggest any areas for revision to improve these areas. Keep the tone positive, and provide concrete suggestions for improvement.
   1. Example of a good critique: “For improvement, I suggest increasing the font size and limiting the number of images on one slide.”
   2. Example of a bad critique: “The format needs fixing. It was so confusing that I did not understand anything about the organ system.”

As the author:

1. Read your classmates’ comments carefully, avoiding any desire to defend your work. What does each reviewer like about your work, and what does each reviewer think you should revise?
2. Consider particular points where several of your reviewers agree with one another. What strengths or weaknesses do your reviewers see that you might have missed, and how might you revise your work to match your strengths?
3. If you are unclear about what a particular reviewer means, ask them to clarify. For example, “Pat, could you be more specific in describing what confused you about the points I made on homeostatic interactions?”
4. If you have any questions after reading a classmate’s comments, ask your peers for a second opinion, but do not do so defensively. You might ask, “Do you feel the sources were appropriate? Because of the weaknesses Chris noticed, I am concerned whether the supporting details I provided were too general. How could the details be more specific?”
5. Thank your classmates for their feedback, and address any questions they asked about your work.
6. Remember, it is your work. Your peers may have approached the same topic differently; however, do not dismiss suggestions, especially if multiple reviewers name similar problems.
   1. Example: Several reviewers say that you did not support your information with any references.

What to Submit

Provide an organized list of comments for each review, addressing the critical elements for the presentations for at least two of your classmates. Select presentations that do not yet have a review or have the fewest reviews.