Case Study: Component I
General Instructions
This assignment has two components. Students will be assigned a student affairs functional area by the instructor, and the student will then select a college or university to study this functional area as a case study. Please be sure to select a college or university for your case study that provides sufficient detailed information for completing the case study.
Students will learn about the office/department by reading materials or brochures from the office and exploring the office’s website along with national professional organizations for these areas. (*Students may also choose to make an in-person visit to the office, if feasible. An in-person visit is optional and not required).
Component I: Students will create a SMORE presentation of their case study of the office.
Component II: Students will write a paper reflecting on their learning from completing the case study
COMPONENT I: SMORE Presentation (100 pts)
The goal of the SMORE presentation is to provide students with an opportunity to share their thoughts on what they learned through the case study.
Please include the following in your SMORE presentation:
• A brief description of the college or university that you selected for your case study (i.e., name of the university, location, student population, etc.)
• A description of the student affairs area/office you were assigned by the instructor and include the following: o name of office,
o purpose, goals, and mission of the office,
o staff employed within the functional area/office and what their roles are, o services provided to college students through this office, and o any additional information that is helpful to understanding this office
• What professional organizations are associated with this area or office in student affairs? (Note: Each functional area of student affairs has its own national professional organization. Please select an organization that is specific to your assigned functional area. Avoid using the general professional organizations that apply to all functional areas of student affairs, such as ACPA, NASPA, etc.)
• Explain how this office interacts and supports students.
• What kind of information is presented to students in the form of printed or electronic resources (brochures, website, etc.)? Try to get a copy of these documents to include in your presentation and include web links that are relevant to the office and student interaction.
• Provide your overall evaluation of this area/office at the college or university you chose.
• Be sure to support your presentation with five sources, providing a reference list and citing the sources in-text.
Presentation Format Guidelines:
• Use SMORE (www.smore.com) to create this assignment and discuss the above items.
• There is not a defined length for the SMORE presentation but be sure to cover all requirements in the presentation thoroughly and include references at the conclusion of the presentation.
• Resources to help learn about how to create a SMORE.
▪ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYylNev4O3E
▪ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKlOBDacx6I
• Your presentation should be professional, well-organized, visually appealing, and creative by including related images, graphics, YouTube videos, and/or other forms of technology. It should be free of grammatical errors and thoroughly address all aspects of the tasks.
• Posting your SMORE: Open a Word document, copy and paste your Smore link in the document, save the document to your computer, and then upload the document to the Case Study Component 1: SMORE Presentation submission link.
• Resource to help you retrieve your SMORE link.
▪ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UBhoWPWPJdM
Scoring Guidelines
Points available: 100.
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Component |
Unacceptable |
Acceptable |
Target |
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APA Format: Reference list is complete, and sources are cited |
Less than 5 sources; sources not cited in- text; more than three errors in format. (0 points) |
5 sources included; sources cited in-text; no more in format. (10 points) |
5 sources included; sources properly cited in-text; one error in format. (20 points) |
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Content: All cohesive presentation. |
Delivery not smooth, audience’s attention lost. The content lacks a clear point of view. Some of the information may not seem to fit. Sources used appear unreliable. Information is missing, incomplete, out of date and/or |
Smooth delivery that holds audience’s attention. The content is presented with a logical progression of ideas and supporting information. of the guiding prompts have been addressed and the complete and accurate or all prompts have been addressed, but details are limited. (20 points) |
Interesting smooth delivery that holds the audience’s attention. The content is presented clearly and concisely with a logical progression of ideas and supporting information. prompts have been addressed and the information is complete and accurate. (40 points) |
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Attractiveness Presentation is engaging without being |
Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc. but these often distract from the presentation |
Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, |
Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation. The |
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Component |
Unacceptable |
Acceptable |
Target |
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overwhelmed by text, color, or font. |
content. Amount of content/text sections is distracting or overwhelming. (0 points) |
include too much information to be visually appealing. (10 points) |
amount of information presented in each section is (20 points) |
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Professional Presentation: |
Writing involves many errors (more than 3). (0 points) |
Writing involves few errors (no more than 2). (10 points) |
Writing is free of all writing errors. (20 points) |
