MGTS7610 Business Presentation Assignment Guide 1
MGTS7610 Management Communication (S1, 2024)
Assessment task 2: Business presentation
1. When is this task due?
This task is due by 4pm (Brisbane time)
on Friday, 10 May 2024.
• Late submissions will receive a 10%
penalty per day.
• IT problems are NOT an acceptable
reason for submitting work late.
• To avoid late penalties, don’t wait until
the last minute to submit your work.
• Your work will not be graded if it is more
than 7 days late.
2. What should I do if I need an extension?
• If you can’t submit your work on time
because you are sick (or have another
acceptable reason), you may request an
“extension.” Extensions give you a new
due date, so you can submit work late
without getting a late penalty.
• If you need an extension, you MUST
apply online BEFORE the due date.
• All decisions about assignment
extensions are made by the UQ
Business School Examinations team.
UQ Course staff CANNOT grant
extensions.
• Do NOT ask the Course Coordinator
or your tutor for an extension.
3. How much does this task contribute to my
final grade?
This task is worth 30% of your final grade.
4. How will this task be graded?
• The Grading Rubric for this assessment
task is included at the end of this
document.
• Read the Grading Rubric carefully, and
make sure you understand what is
required.

5. Can I use ChatGPT or other AI?
• You MAY use generative AI technologies
on this assignment.
• However, you MUST
o include a full transcript of all of your
interactions with AI (for every part of
the assignment)
o reference and critically evaluate the
AI contribution.
Failure to include a FULL
TRANSCRIPT of your interactions
with AI will result in a grade of ZERO
(0) for the entire assignment.
• Failure to reference AI use may
constitute student misconduct under
UQ’s Student Code of Conduct.
6. What do I have to do?
Presentations that don’t follow these
instructions will not be graded.
Imagine you are a Workplace Sustainability
Consultant giving a speech at a (fictional)
Industry Association Conference.
Create a 5-minute video presentation
recommending a solution to a problem
caused by businesses in a specific industry.
Submit the following three (3) documents,
• Your video presentation [see 7.1, 8.1 &
10. Video recording below]
• A Critical Reflection on your writing,
design, and delivery choices. [see 7.2,
8.2 & 11.Critical Reflection below]
• If you used AI: A full transcript of all AI
prompts & outputs MUST be included.
MGTS7610 Business Presentation Assignment Guide 2
7. How do I format this assignment?
7.1 Video recording:
• Your Powerpoint (PPT) slide deck MUST
include:
o 1x title slide – this slide should
include the title and date of your
presentation, and your name
o 2-3x content slides
o 1x Reference List slide
• Use what you have learned about visual
communication to design your PPT slides
• The Reference List should use APA 7th
style.
Do NOT mention “MGTS7610” or your
UQ Student Number in your PPT
because this should look like a
professional presentation, not an
assignment.

7.2 Critical Reflection:
• Your Critical Reflection should be
maximum 1 page + Reference List
o Use 11pt Calibri font
o Use 1.5 line-spacing.
o Use “normal” margins (choose
“normal” in Microsoft Word – this is
the default for new documents)
o Use clear spacing between
paragraphs.

7.3 Complete transcript of all AI prompts
& outputs:
• The Appendix containing the full
transcript of all AI-prompts and
responses can be any length.
8. How do I submit this task?
8.1 Video recording:
• Record your presentation as a single
continuous video.
• Submit your video assignment with
EchoVideo.
8.2 Critical Reflection (AND your full AI
Transcript, if applicable)
• Go to the MGTS7610 Blackboard site
and click “Assessment” in the left‐hand
menu.
• Go to the folder for “Assessment 2 –
Business Presentation”.
• Inside this folder, you will find a Turnitin
submission link – Click “View/Complete”.
• Follow these instructions to upload your
Explanation and Transcript.
• Check it has been uploaded correctly,
and download your digital receipt.
9. Where can I find answers to my questions
about this task?
• Participating actively in every tutorial is
the best way to prepare for assessment
tasks in this course.
• Ask your tutor questions during class.
• Search the Ed Discussion Board for
answers to Frequently Asked Questions
(FAQs).
• If your question hasn’t already been
answered, post it to the Ed Discussion
Board. Use a clear subject line to help
your classmates find answers to their own
questions.
• If you need technical help with Zoom or
Kaltura, contact the Ask Us service.
• Do NOT email general assignment-
related questions. Use the Ed
Discussion Board, so that other
students can see the answer.

MGTS7610 Business Presentation Assignment Guide 3

10. Video recording – maximum 5 minutes (+/-
30 seconds)
Imagine you have been invited to speak at a
(fictional) Industry Association Conference
(you can choose which industry).
The goal of your presentation is to persuade
industry leaders (e.g., CEOs of companies in
that industry) to adopt ONE solution to ONE of
the problems below:
• businesses harming water quality
(UNSDG 6)
• businesses failing to provide “decent
work” (UNSDG8)
• businesses failing to promote
sustainable consumption (UNSDG 12)

You need to
• choose a problem that is relevant to your
chosen industry (or choose an industry
that is relevant to the problem you wish to
solve)
• research your chosen problem / industry
• identify ONE solution that can be
implemented by businesses in that
industry
• create a 5-minute video presentation
recommending ONE solution to ONE
problem.
NOTES
• Your recording must be maximum 5
minutes (+/- 30 seconds), irrespective of
how long you speak for.
Videos that are longer than 5 minutes 30
seconds may receive a 10% penalty for
each additional minute (or part minute).
• Your presentation should briefly describe
your chosen problem, then explain and justify
your proposed solution.
• Do NOT propose multiple solutions.
• Use persuasive information, arguments, and
language to convince your audience to adopt
your proposed solution.
• You MAY structure your presentation using
the “appeal” genre taught in class (but you
don’t have to).
• You MUST speak in English.
• Your face MUST be visible at all times.
• Use appropriate gestures to support your
argument.
• Verbally acknowledge the source of any
information borrowed from other sources,
e.g., “According to the Australian
government, ….”
DO NOT include video clips or music in
your presentation.

11. Critical Reflection – maximum one page
(approximately 200–300 words)
To become an effective presenter, you need to
think critically about your own writing, design and
delivery choices, and understand how your
audience is likely to react to these choices.
Small details – such as the size and colour of the
fonts you choose, or your gestures and vocal
delivery – can make a lot of difference.
This part of the assessment task asks you to think
critically about your presentation and to explain
the writing, design and delivery choices you made
when preparing this assignment.
NOTES:
• Your Critical Reflection should use the
course materials to explain
o your writing choices (e.g., what
persuasive language you used)
o your design choices (e.g., visual
features in your PPT slides)
o your delivery choices.(e.g., your
gestures / vocal quality)
o how you used AI (e.g., what tools you
used and how you changed AI-generated
outputs)
• Use subheadings to organise your Critical
Reflection (e.g., Writing Choices, Design
Choices, Delivery Choices).
• Refer to specific communicative modes and
provide specific examples to illustrate
where/how your work follows the expected
structure and uses the expected linguistic /
visual features of the business presentation
genre.
MGTS7610 Business Presentation Assignment Guide 4

• Do NOT focus on the subject matter of your
presentation. Instead, focus on how you
designed and delivered your presentation.
• Do NOT use bullet points. Use what you
have learned about sentence structure and
clear writing (Week 3) to write in complete
sentences and paragraphs.
• Use the first-person pronoun (“I”) with active
verbs, e.g.,
o I used the Appeal genre to … because…
o I wanted my audience to … So, I
designed my slides using ….
o I altered the presentation generated by
ChatGPT by … because …
Acknowledge ALL of your information
sources (including the course materials)
in a single “Reference List” at the end of
your Critical Reflection.
The Reference List is NOT included in the
word limit for this part of the assignment.
Do NOT copy wording directly from the
Assignment Instructions or any other
source.
OPTIONAL:
• You may like to use some of the following
questions to help formulate your Critical
Reflection.
o What “moves” are made in this
presentation? In which order? Why?
o How did I want my audience to respond
to this presentation? Which elements of
my writing / design / presentation are
designed prompt that response? How
effective do I think this presentation
would be if it were used in “real life”?
Why?
o What kind of persuasive language did I
use in this presentation? Where? Why
did I choose those specific words /
phrases?
o What visual communication strategies
(e.g., colour, font, layout, images) did I
use in my PPT slides? How effective are
they? Why?
o What gestures did I use in this
presentation? How effective are they?
Why?
o What vocal features (e.g., pace,
intonation) did I use? How effective are
they? Why?
• Decide on the most appropriate order for
presenting the information in your Critical
Reflection.
MGTS7610 Business Presentation Assignment Guide 5
PRESENTATION
7 6 5 4 1-3 Incomplete
Marks (High Distinction) (Distinction) (Credit) (Pass) (Fail) 0%
85-100% 75-84% 65-74% 50-64% 1-49%
Knowledge / Topic
fluency
Presentation topic
has clearly been
researched and
presenter shows in-
depth knowledge of
the subject.
Your ideas are
clear, highly
organised and
compelling.
The presentation
shows that you
have considered
your audience and
topic deeply, and
researched it
broadly, providing
the audience with
significant subject
knowledge.
Your ideas are
clear, well
organised and
convincing.
It is apparent to
your target
audience that you
have considered
your topic, and
researched it
carefully.
Your ideas are
clear, well
organised and
persuasive to your
target audience.
You have
considered your
topic carefully and
presented it in a
knowledgeable
manner.
Your ideas are
mostly organised
and sound.
Your presentation
contains
information to
demonstrate that
you have
considered your
topic.
This is the
highest grade for
presentations
without an APA 7
reference list.

Your ideas are
disorganised or
very vague.
Presentation
demonstrates an
inadequate
knowledge of the
chosen topic, you
do not speak for
the entire duration,
or you rely on
external video
clips.

Assessment is too
incomplete to
assess this criterion.


10


You will FAIL this criterion if your recording is more than 30 seconds over or under the limit.
Presentation Style /
Non-verbal skills
Use of camera
position, posture,
gestures, and eye
contact to engage
the audience.
Presentation style
demonstrates
sophisticated and
polished public
speaking skills.
Your use of
posture, gestures,
and eye contact
creates a bond
with the audience.
You make clever
use of rhetorical
speaking devices.
Presentation style
demonstrates
highly developed
public speaking
skills.
Your use of
camera position,
posture, gestures,
and eye contact
engages the
audience.
You make
appropriate use of
rhetorical speaking
devices.
Presentation style
demonstrates well
developed public
speaking skills.
Your use of
camera position,
posture, gestures,
and eye contact
encourages
audience
involvement
Presentation style
demonstrates
appropriately
developed speaking
skills, and an
awareness of the
use of camera
position, posture,
gestures, and/or
eye contact to
encourage
audience interest.
Presentation style
demonstrates poor
public speaking
skills.
Little to no use of
camera position,
posture, gestures,
or eye contact to
engage the
audience, or your
video feed is not
on during the
presentation.
Assessment is too
incomplete to assess
this criterion.
10
You will FAIL this criterion if you don’t use relevant gestures to support your message AND/OR your use of Adaptor gestures is distracting / inappropriate.
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MGTS7610 Business Presentation Assignment Guide 6
Delivery/ Verbal Skills
Use of articulation,
pace, and tonal
variation to engage the
audience
Your speech is
articulated clearly
and delivered in a
natural and well
measured pace.
Tonal variation is
used purposefully
to direct audience
attention and
emphasise key
points and engage
the audience.
Presentation is
delivered without
reliance on notes.
Your speech is
articulated clearly
and delivered in a
comfortable and
well measured
pace.
Tonal variation is
used effectively to
place emphasis on
key points and
engage the
audience.
Presentation is
delivered with
minimal reliance
on notes.
Your speech is
generally clear,
and delivered in an
appropriately
measured pace.
Tonal variation is
used well to
emphasise most
key points, and
attract the
audience's interest
most of the time.
Presentation is
delivered with
some reliance on
notes.
Your speech is
mostly clear, and
mostly delivered in
an appropriate
pace.
Tonal variation is
sometimes used
for emphasis. Your
presentation relies
noticeably on
notes.
This is the highest
grade for presenters
who appear to be
reading a script.
Your speech is
poorly articulated,
or your pace is
way too fast for
audience
comprehension or
way too slow for
audience
engagement.
Little to no use of
tonal variation to
emphasise key
points.
You are clearly
reading from
notes.
Assessment is too
incomplete to assess
this criterion.
10
Professionalism
Use of visual support
to aid audience
engagement and
understanding.
Your presentation
demonstrates a
sophisticated
understanding of
how support
materials are used
to stimulate
audience reception
and
comprehension.
Your slides feature
consistent and
appealing design,
with thought
provoking images
and audio- visual
material.
No
spelling/grammatic
al errors on slides.
Your presentation
demonstrates a
highly developed
understanding of
how support
materials are used
to stimulate
audience reception
and
comprehension.
Your slides are
consistently
designed with
appropriate,
powerful and clear
images.
No
spelling/grammatic
al errors on slides.
Your presentation
demonstrates a
well developed
understanding of
how support
materials are used
to aid audience
reception and
comprehension.
Your slides are
consistently
themed, with
appropriate and
clear images.
No
spelling/grammatic
al errors on slides.
Your presentation
demonstrates a
well developed
understanding of
how support
materials are used
to aid audience
reception and
comprehension.
Your slides are
clearly organized.
Minimal
spelling/grammatic
al errors on slides.
Support material
demonstrates
limited
understanding of
how visual support
materials can be
used to aid
audience reception
and
comprehension.
Too many slides,
slides are poorly
organized, or they
are crowded with
too much content.
Multiple spelling/
grammatical errors
on slides.
This is the
highest grade for
presentations
that don’t include
images (a PPT
template alone
isn’t enough)
Assessment is too
incomplete to assess
this criterion.
10
MGTS7610 Business Presentation Assignment Guide 7
Critical reflection:
Rationale
Rationale uses
course materials to
provide highly
insightful, clear,
specific and well-
reasoned
commentary,
displaying critical
reflection on and
awareness of
communication
practices (including
use of AI, where
relevant).
Rationale uses
course materials to
provide clear, specific
and well-reasoned
commentary,
displaying critical
reflection on and
awareness of
communication
practices (including
use of AI, where
relevant).
Rationale uses
course materials to
provide clear and
well-reasoned
commentary,
displaying critical
reflection on and
awareness of
communication
practices (including
use of AI, where
relevant).
Rationale uses
course materials to
provide clear
commentary,
displaying critical
reflection on and
awareness of
communication
practices (including
use of AI, where
relevant).
Rationale for writing,
design, and/or
delivery choices is
unclear.
Rationale is too
incomplete or unclear
to assess this
criterion.
20
You will receive a grade of ZERO (0) for the ENTIRE ASSIGNMENT (not just this criterion) if you don’t include a FULL transcript of ALL AI interactions.
Critical Reflection:
Examples
Specific examples
provide highly
effective illustrations
clearly supporting
critical self-reflection.
Specific examples
provide effective
illustrations that
support critical self-
reflection.
Specific examples
support critical self-
reflection.
Examples illustrate
reflective comments.
Examples used to
illustrate reflective
comments may lack
specificity.
Examples are
missing,
inappropriate, or too
incomplete to assess
this criterion.
20
Critical Reflection:
Information &
Organisation
Extremely well-
organised, highly
detailed/specific,
succinct account of
writing, design &
presentation choices.
Well-organised,
specific, succinct
account of writing,
design & presentation
choices.
Well-organised,
specific account of
writing, design &
presentation choices.
Well-organised
account of writing,
design & presentation
choices.
Poorly-organised
account of writing,
design & presentation
choices.
Response is
inappropriate OR too
incomplete to assess
this criterion.
10
Overall: Grammar,
vocabulary, spelling,
formatting
Highly effective use of
sentence structure,
clear writing, and
vocabulary.
Formatted correctly,
and contains no
spelling or
punctuation errors.
Effective use of
sentence structure,
clear writing and
vocabulary. Mostly
formatted correctly or
contains only minor
spelling or
punctuation errors.
Effective use of
sentence structure
and clear writing.
Generally free of
grammar and
vocabulary errors.
Formatted with some
minor errors or
contains a few
obvious spelling or
punctuation problems.
Sentences are simple
and generally clear,
but may contain a few
vague or unnecessary
expressions.
Formatted with some
errors or contains a
few significant
spelling or
punctuation problems.
Comprehensible, but
contains significant
grammatical errors
and/or vague,
unnecessary
expressions. Not
formatted
appropriately or it
contains significant
spelling and
punctuation problems.
Hard to understand
due to significant
grammar / vocabulary
issues OR the answer
relies too much on
wording from the
Assignment
Instructions OR
the message is too
incomplete to assess
this criterion. Lack of
formatting impairs
comprehension, OR
contains many
significant spelling
and punctuation
problems [Consult
Student Services]