Motivation and emotion/Assessment/Multimedia

Multimedia presentation — Guidelines

Audiovisual to accompany the book chapter

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How to make a multimedia recording (15 mins)

Overview

Weight: 20%
Due: Week 14 Mon 9am 28 Oct 2024
Tasks
- Create and share a public link to an online multimedia presentation up to 3 minutes long which engagingly summarises psychological science about a unique motivation or emotion topic.
- Address the same topic as covered by the book chapter.
Follow the instructions and address the marking criteria

Marking and feedback

Submissions will be marked according to the marking criteria
Feedback will be provided to explain how well the presentation meets the marking criteria
Marks and feedback should be returned within 3 weeks of the due date
- Marks will be available via UCLearn — keep an eye on Announcements
- Written feedback will be available via the topic's Wikiversity discussion page
Follow up if you don't understand the feedback

Extensions and and late submissions

Extension requests require an Assignment Extension Form to be submitted via UCLearn) with appropriate documentary evidence
Submissions are accepted up to 3 days late (-10% per day)

Learning outcomes

How the unit's learning outcomes are addressed by this assessment exercise:

Learning outcome	Assessment task
Integrate theories and current research towards explaining the role of motivation and emotions in human behaviour.	Summarise the main theoretical principles and key research to explain a specific motivation or emotion topic.
Critically apply knowledge of motivation or emotion to an indepth understanding of a specific topic in this field.	Demonstrate how psychological knowledge applies to understanding human behaviour in everyday life.

Graduate attributes

How the unit's graduate attributes are addressed by this assessment exercise:

Graduate attribute	Assessment task
Be professional — communicate effectively	Use oral, visual, and multimedia communication skills.
Be professional — display initiative and drive	Produce a multimedia presentation about an applied motivation or emotion topic.
Be professional — solve problems via thinking	Use critical thinking to summarise how psychological science can address real-world problems.
Be a global citizen — informed and balanced	Provide a balanced overview presentation which is accessible to a lay audience.
Be a global citizen — creative use of technology	Create a novel multimedia presentation using simple tools.
Be a lifelong learner — evaluate and adopt new technology	Learn how to prepare, record and openly share a multimedia presentation.

Instructions

Overview: Explain the motivation or emotion problem, key points related to theory and research, and emphasise practical, take-home messages
Style and format:
- Style is open — could be in third person, second person, or first person narrative point of view
- Format is open — could be a screencast, slidecast, animation, or video
- Effectively communicate key psychological ideas using basic online multimedia tools
- Present a "stand alone" work. The audience should not need to read the chapter in order to understand the presentation. Avoid repeated mentions of the chapter, although the presentation should be hyperlinked to the chapter for further information.
Platform:
- Platform is open — as long it allows public viewing online via a web browser without having to login or download.
- A common method is to record a screencast by narrating slides and then exporting the video file to a hosting service such as YouTube. Other possible methods are listed here.
Scripting:
- Better quality productions tend to be scripted beforehand and involve at least a few takes.
- Generative AI may be used with appropriate acknowledgement (e.g., to help develop the script and with production)
Equipment: Recommended equipment:
- electronic recording device (e.g., computer, tablet, or phone) connected to the internet
- microphone (better sound quality will be achieved by connecting an external microphone (rather than an inbuilt/onboard microphone)

Length:
- 3 minutes (max.). Beyond the max. will not be counted for marking purposes
- No minimum
Submission: Submit the chapter URL (website address) and Wikiversity author name into the assignment drop-box via UCLearn

Marking criteria

Multimedia presentations will be marked against the following criteria.

Overview (10%)

Title and sub-title matches the book chapter
Outline focus question(s) and/or the purpose of the presentation
Introduce a specific, "real-world" problem or case study

Content (10%)

Well organised explanation of how key motivation or emotion theory(ies) and research apply to the problem

Conclusion (10%)

Provide practical take-home message(s). Take-home messages are very brief summaries of what the best available psychological science says about the sub-title question. They can also be practical, self-help, implementation-type messages.

Audio (30%)

Clear, well-paced, engaging style of audio communication. A common mistake is to verbalise too many technical words and concepts too quickly and in a monotone manner.
Speaking rate: Target 125 to 150 words per minute for public speaking. Develop a script that is no longer than 450 words to fit within 3 minutes. This is roughly 10% of the written chapter. More info: [1] [2]
Recording quality: Clearly audible with minimal background noise (e.g., use an external rather than on-board microphone)
Some excellent examples of short, clearly explained audio about scientific findings can be found on the Great Moments in Science ABC Radio National podcast by Dr Karl Kruszelnicki. For example: What we know about misophonia, the 'hatred of sounds'.

Video (30%)

Easy-to-grasp, interesting style of visual communication. A common mistake is to present too much text and/or use font which is too small.
Consider supplementing text-based visuals with tables, pictures, and/or diagrams. But also try to avoid over-complicated visuals because it can be difficult for a viewer to simultaneously process audio and video.
Recording quality: Clearly visible (e.g., not too light/dark, good resolution, not blurry or jerky)

Meta-data (5%)

Accurate title and sub-title (i.e., matches the book chapter)
Informative description
Provide a clickable, working hyperlink from the multimedia presentation to the book chapter (e.g., in the description field).
Provide a link from the book chapter to the multimedia presentation (by adding {{MECR3|1=the website address}} underneath the title).
Acknowledge academic sources used in the presentation in a list of APA style references (e.g., at the end of the presentation and/or in the description field).
It is a bonus if the presentation also includes:
- Linked time codes in the description
- Sub-titles/closed captioning

Licensing (5%)

Copyright license for the presentation is clearly indicated (as appropriate to the hosting platform). For example:
- at the beginning (e.g., on title slide) and/or end of the presentation (e.g., last slide)
- in the description and/or license field
Acknowledge the source of any images used. A common mistake is to re-use copyright restricted images without permission or to re-use Creative Commons images without appropriate acknowledgement. Acknowledge image authors, sources, and licenses in at least 1 of the following locations:
- directly on the slide where the image is presented
- on a separate slide at the end of the presentation
- in the description of the presentation (this is probably the best way because then the hyperlinks will likely be clickable or at least copyable)

Figure 1. Example of a YouTube video which has been published with a Creative Commons Attribution license and which explains the copyright source for images used.

Grade descriptions

This section describes typical characteristics of multimedia presentations at each grade level, based on the marking criteria.

Grade	Description
HD (High Distinction)	An excellent, professional multimedia presentation which effectively communicates how key concepts from motivation and/or emotion theory and research can be applied to a specific, applied problem. The presentation is well-scripted, well-paced, and clearly structured. Audio and video quality are excellent. Engages the viewer and retains interest. Clear take-home message(s). Production quality makes effective use of simple tools.
DI (Distinction)	A very good multimedia presentation. Key concepts are well covered and summarised. The presentation is well-scripted. The presentation may be more pedestrian or lacking in quality of insight or production compared to HD presentations. Nevertheless, the presentations provides a valuable and useful overview of key relevant theory and research about the topic.
CR (Credit)	The presentation does a competent job of informing the viewer about key theory and research about a specific topic. Unlike higher-grade presentations, this presentation has some notable flaw(s) or omission(s) in either content (e.g., coverage may be unbalanced) and/or style (e.g., too fast) and/or an aspect of production quality (e.g., audio background noise) which may make it somewhat difficult for a viewer to follow. Nevertheless, the presentation successfully communicates the main information.
P (Pass)	The presentation is sufficient as a basic recorded presentation of key psychological science theory and research in relation to an applied problem. However, these presentation are typically rudimentary (e.g., minimalistic text-based slides with narrated audio) and/or pedestrian (e.g., rapid, monotone verbalisation of dot-points) and may also exhibit technical problems (e.g., poor sound quality). The presentation likely lacks depth of insight about the topic and often doesn't provide illustrative examples (or overly indulges in a specific example) or can be overly detailed and lacking in selectivity of key content. Nevertheless, the presentation succeeds in communicating the main ideas in an understandable manner. The presentation is unlikely to be well planned or scripted and may be too long or short.
F (Fail)	The presentation does not provide a sufficiently indepth an/or watchable overview of the problem and what is known from a motivation or emotion theory and research point of view. There may be little or poor preparation of material and/or poor production quality. The presentation may attempt to compensate for a lack of adequate content by overly focusing on a narrow aspect of the topic and thereby missing the overall target. Technical problems may include poor quality picture, audio, or both. The presentation is typically frustrating for a user to watch because it is difficult to understand the presentation's purpose and/or to learn from the presented material.

Examples

Examples of high quality multimedia presentations:

Dark humour: Why do we enjoy dark humour? (2019)
Methamphetamine and emotion: What is the effect of methamphetamine on emotion? (2020)
Phobias: What are phobias and how can they dealt with? (2019)

For more examples, see the orange Ms in the lists of previous book chapters.