Students will create a 3-7 minute multimedia presentation highlighting relevant course content and learning materials. Students are asked to actively embrace and engage in personal and professional reflection.

Note: Student assignment submissions will be curated as digital artifacts and shared as an OER (Open Educational Resources).

Renewable Assessments

Please read through the following before you begin.

OER (Open Educational Resources)

Instructions

Reflect and present on a topic that is relevant to the course learning outcomes. Consider the significance of race, the link to racism, and or the effects of racial trauma the Black community has faced through the ideas and opinions of Anti-Black racism. Highlighting from the content, fundamental arguments, ideas, thoughts, opinions, problems and solutions which may be relevant from a perspective of a lived experience or representations constructed by other people. Give examples of a situation you have encountered with Anti Black racism that you will reflect upon. Consider a lived event, or an event from mass media or social media to name a few. Explain how you felt about the situation and what you would like to see done to change the problem and/or make changes towards this issue to improve it for others. "This is your voice, your story".

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Your Reflection Should Include the Following Structure

• Introduction: Write a clear and precise thesis statement in only 1 opening paragraph of what event or situation you are going to reflect upon, then explain the significance of the problem, why this issue matters to you and how you experienced this particular event.
• Background: Describe relevant issues and facts using some reliable sources of information e.g., academic journals, scholarly articles, and research papers.
• Solution: Provide a solution to the problem by outlining feasible outcomes. Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of your solution.
• Conclusion: Explain how this overall event has left you and how you plan to cope and or address this issue in the future.

Suggested Formats

• A Video Presentation or Audio Podcast - You can record your reflection as a Video Interview or as a Podcast and upload the audio or video file.
  • It should be 3 to 7 minutes long. Do not exceed 8 minutes.
• A Power Point or Prezi Presentation - A presentation of between roughly 5-10 slides. Record the PowerPoint as a video.

Tip:

You can use a free account of Zoom to record the video and or audio.

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