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FRE 201

Projet Final

2015

Electronic presentation

Your final project for FRE 201 will be to create an audiovisual presentation of 2-3 minutes. Because there

were so many problems and errors with varying software and delivery methods for the midterm project, I

am asking all of you to use either PowerPoint or Movie Maker1 to create the project and then to load

your files onto Google Drive and send me the link. I have attached a set of instructions to help you with

these programs (see p. 3). At the end of the instructions you will also find links to online tutorials if you

need further assistance (see p. 8).

Subject:

In chapter 5 of Bien vu, bien dit we discussed the use of past tenses to create narration about either

collective or individual history. For your project, you will compose a narration within this scope. You will

narrate an event from your own past. These events may be true or completely fictional, so long as they are

clearly defined and narrated. The script must be your own composition.

Questions you might consider as you choose and prepare your topic:

Quand est-ce que cet événement a eu lieu? Où?

Quel était le contexte pour l’événement

Qu’est-ce qui a provoqué l’événement? (sa cause)

Quelles personnes ont joué un rôle dans l’événement? Comment étaient-ils?

Est-ce que vous avez joué un rôle dans l’événement?

Qu’est-ce qui est arrivé?

Combien de temps est-ce que l’événement a duré?

Comment est-ce que l’événement s’est terminé?

Quels étaient les résultats de l’événement?

Quelle a été votre réaction à l’événement?

Qu’est-ce que l’événement a changé (dans le monde; dans votre vie…)?

Quelle était l’importance de cet événement (dans les monde; dans votre vie…)?

Pourquoi avez-vous choisi cet événement?

Format:

Your project must consist of a single electronic file [un fichier] which includes both images and narration.

Approximately 2-3 minutes in length

Images may include photos, drawings, or video

Narration must be synchronized with the images and the presentation must play through

independently

Narration must be you speaking in French2

1 Both PowerPoint and Movie Maker should be available on the campus computer system. Movie Maker will allow you to use

individual slides or video footage. Please take some time to consider how to make best use of these apps for your particular

project. Whether you choose slides or video, the program needs to play independently once it has been started. That is, once I

click on “play,” the file, audio and visual, must run through to the end without further intervention or clicking on my part. 2 This is not to say that you cannot include some music or sound effects if you like, but those are not required.

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Grammatical content:

The purpose of this project is to demonstrate your ability to talk about the past in French. Try to include a

variety of vocabulary and also of the grammatical structures we have studied so far this semester (see the

chapter review sheets). You certainly don’t have to include them all, but you must demonstrate some

use of both the present and past tenses and some stress should be made on appropriate use of passé

composé and imparfait.

Timeline:

The complete electronic file is due no later than 12:00 (noon) on the last day of class (Monday,

December 14). See the attached instructions for the means of submitting them.

Grading criteria:

Oral content (relevance to topic, organization, variety, creativity, use of appropriate vocabulary

and correct grammar)

Comprehensibility (pronunciation, intonation, fluidity, volume)

Visual content (relevance to topic, organization, creativity)

Overall technical quality of file (e.g., Are the images clear? Is the narration loud enough? Does

the file run independently?)

Does the presentation meet the criteria of the assignment?

Please note:

This assignment is not looking for a list of answers to the questions offered above. Those are

provided simply to help you get started. They will not all be pertinent to all topics.

The language aspect of your presentation should take precedent above all other components.

Academic misconduct:

Having a classmate or other person complete this composition in whole or in part constitutes cheating and

will result in an investigation into academic misconduct. This includes having another person “look it over”

before you submit it.

Copying your composition in whole or in part from an outside source constitutes plagiarism and will result

in an investigation into academic misconduct.

Use of an online translating program constitutes cheating and will result in an investigation into academic

misconduct

See the following pages for instructions on how to use Movie Maker and Google Drive…

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First Steps are For Students Make Assignment In Movie Maker, please scroll down

to Find instructions for Sending PowerPoint.

Step 1. Open movie maker and load your project

Important Note –

If you don’t have Movie Maker, you will have to download it

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/get-movie-maker-download

Step 2. Once your project is loaded or finishing making the project, find the (save movie

button)

Step 3. Select Recommend for This Project

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Step 4. Save File In a Location That you will remember

Step 5. See this screen, doing it correctly

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Step 6. Box should pop up after finished. Click “Open Folder”

Step 7. Remember where your movie is saved

(Important – Remember where the movie is saved, will be needing this in Step 12)

Step 8. Open web browser and go to https://www.google.com/drive (You may need to

make a google account)

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Step 9. (Should look like this once signed into google drive)

Step 10. Click “New” (red button)

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Step 11. Select File Upload

Step 12. Locate Movie File. (This is the same file location you saved in Step 7)

Step 13. Select file and click open

Step 14. Selected file or your movie file will start to upload (Should look like this)

Step 12. Right click on the movie on google drive once it has uploaded

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Step 13. Click Get Link

Step 14. Copy this link and email this link to your professor.

Step 15. Done :D

For more information you can consult these online tutorials:

Movie Maker tutorial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNKRCaiox4E

Google Drive Tutorial:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6KTD4u0JY4

For PowerPoint Users…see next page

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For PowerPoint Users

Step 1: Create PowerPoint and save to location you’ll remember (it normally saves in your

documents folder unless told otherwise)

(If already created PowerPoint, simply just know where it is saved on your

computer)

Step 2: Open web browser and go to https://www.google.com/drive

(You may need to make a google account)

Step 3: Once google drive is created or signed in, should look like this.

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Step 4: Click “New” Button. (Red Button)

Step 5: Select “File Upload”

Step 6: Locate PowerPoint File and click “Open”

Step 7: It will then upload to Google Drive

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Step 8: Right Click on The File and Select “Get Link”

Step 9: Copy This Link into an Email address and send this email to your professor

Done!