Competencies
1025.1.3 : Uses Communication Strategies to Influence Others
The learner uses communication strategies to influence others.
Producing an effective message encompasses efficient planning, organization, and influential communication. In this task, you will:
1. Create a written proposal for a new policy for an organization or community.
2. Create a professional, influential, narrated digital multimedia presentation of your proposed change.
For your proposal and presentation, you may:
A. Select a topic from the "D268 Task 3 Rotating Topic List" document in the Supporting Documents section located below the rubric, OR
B. Use a policy topic based on your own professional interests.
This task includes two parts:
1. A written presentation plan. You may use the space provided in the RRM3 D268 Task 3 PPTX Template located in the Supporting Documents.
2. A professional, narrated multimedia presentation (i.e., narrated PowerPoint (.pptx) or narrated Panopto video) that focuses on a new policy for an organization or community (e.g., workplace, environmental, social group or club, neighborhood, school). You may use the space provided in the RRM3 D268 Task 3 PPTX Template located in the Supporting Documents.
Your submission must represent your original work and understanding of the course material. Most performance assessment submissions are automatically scanned through the WGU similarity checker. Students are strongly encouraged to wait for the similarity report to generate after uploading their work and then review it to ensure Academic Authenticity guidelines are met before submitting the file for evaluation. See Understanding Similarity Reports for more information. Grammarly Note: Professional Communication will be automatically assessed through Grammarly for Education in most performance assessments before a student submits work for evaluation. Students are strongly encouraged to review the Grammarly for Education feedback prior to submitting work for evaluation, as the overall submission will not pass without this aspect passing. See Use Grammarly for Education Effectively for more information. Microsoft Files Note: Write your paper in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) unless another Microsoft product, or pdf, is specified in the task directions. Tasks may not be submitted as cloud links, such as links to Google Docs, Google Slides, OneDrive, etc. All supporting documentation, such as screenshots and proof of experience, should be collected in a pdf file and submitted separately from the main file. For more information, please see Computer System and Technology Requirements. You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.
A. Write your presentation plan by doing the following:
1. Describe the audience (i.e., organization leaders, hospital administration, community council members, neighborhood association, neighbors, school board, colleagues, etc.) you wish to target who has the potential to enact your proposed policy.
a. Explain how your proposed policy will affect your chosen target audience from prompt A1.
2. Describe the problem to be solved by the proposed policy.
3. Describe your proposed policy and how it will be implemented.
B. Present your proposed policy from part A by creating a narrated multimedia presentation (i.e., record a voiceover of you narrating a PowerPoint [.pptx] or Panopto video). See notes below for more details on recording options.
1. Your presentation needs to be between 2 and 7 minutes in length.
2. Your presentation needs to be appropriate for the selected audience.
3. Your presentation needs to describe the problem to be solved by the proposed policy.
4. Your presentation needs to propose the change and how it will be implemented.
5. Your presentation needs to integrate the following principles of multimedia design:
a. Effective organization
b. Effective opening and closing
c. Appropriate choice and placement of 2 relevant visual aids (i.e. images, graphs, etc.)
d. Effective use of vocalics (i.e., pitch, tone, inflection, volume)
Note:
Recording Option 1 (PowerPoint .pptx):
• If you use a narrated PowerPoint (.pptx), do not enable the webcam as the file will be too large.
• Your narrated PowerPoint must be submitted in .pptx format. All other file formats will be returned for resubmission for part 2 of this task.
• Each slide must include narration.
• The recording must feature a clearly understood, audible voiceover of you narrating your multimedia presentation.
• For instructions on how to access and use WGU’s PowerPoint, refer to the "Introduction to Microsoft PowerPoint" link in the Web Links section located below the rubric.
• For instructions on how to record a PowerPoint, refer to the “How to Make a PowerPoint with Audio” link in the Web Links section located below the rubric.
Recording Option 2 (Panopto):
• If you use a narrated Panopto video, your webcam is optional.
• The video must feature a clearly understood, audible voiceover of you narrating your multimedia presentation.
• For instructions on how to access and use WGU’s Panopto, refer to the "Panopto FAQ" link in the Web Links section located below the rubric.
• For the direct link and directions to login to WGU’s Panopto, refer to the "Panopto Access" link in the Web Links section located below the rubric.
INSTRUCTIONS
Format
- s will be returned for resubmission for part 2 of this task.
C. Acknowledge sources—using in-text citations and references—for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized. This includes source citation for any visual elements used in the digital presentation.
Note: Sources are NOT required for this task, but if sources are used, they must be acknowledged and cited appropriately. Fake, non-existent, or AI-generated sources are not acceptable sources.
D. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.
File Restrictions
File name may contain only letters, numbers, spaces, and these symbols: ! - _ . * ' ( ) File size limit: 200 MB File types allowed: doc, docx, rtf, xls, xlsx, ppt, pptx, odt, pdf, csv, txt, qt, mov, mpg, avi, mp3, wav, mp4, wma, flv, asf, mpeg, wmv, m4v, svg, tif, tiff, jpeg, jpg, gif, png, zip, rar, tar, 7z