Be sure to look at the Canvas Module for this week for various hand-in mechanisms!

Homework: Self Introduction

This is an INDIVIDUAL exercise with an individual response.

*** IMPORTANT ***

this slide format is the submission format for all homeworks!
For every homework you submit in this class, please use this slide format for your submission.

All homeworks and in-class exercises for the entire course use this slide format.

All homeworks and in-class exercists for the entire course use this slide format.

All homeworks and in-class exercises for the entire course use this format.

Create ONE slide with the following information:

• First main bullet: your first name and FAMILY NAME. First name Upper/Lower; FAMILY NAME in Capitals. Optionally, a nickname you preferred to be called in class and preferred gender pronouns. (The capitalization disambiguates name ordering, which is culture-dependent.)
  Example: Philip KOOPMAN (he/him)
• First sub bullet: Your home city and country (where you consider yourself to be "from" and or otherwise identify with for cultural purposes). Multiple answers or skipping this item are acceptable as you prefer.
• Second main bullet: What you plan to do when you graduate (25 words or less; does not have to be a complete sentence)
• Third main bullet: What you hope to get out of taking this course (25 words or less; does not have to be a complete sentence)
• Include a copy of your favorite picture, photograph, hobby, activity, quote, meme, or something else about yourself. The idea is to share something you would like to share so your classmates can get to know you a little better. Must be "safe for work." Including an attribution such as URL, or if it is your own say so. (The attribution is important; it is required on future homeworks.)
• Include a portrait/head photo of yourself (the photo should be mostly face, not a far away whole-body photo). The point is so that we can recognize you later as an attendeed in a Zoom setting.
• In the FOOTER of the slide, also put your name and your andrew ID the way we will use for assignment file names
  Example: KOOPMAN Philip (pk1g).
• If you wish to leave out one of these elements (except your name) due to privacy concerns you may do so. Please contact the course staff to discuss your specific concern. These slides will be shown in class but not made public beyond the class.

Make sure that you conform to the following format requirements

• Exactly ONE slide. Landscape (16:9) format preferred to give you a bit more space to work with. No title slide.
  • For those using powerpoint use page size of "On-screen show 16:9" page size 10"wide x 5.625" high or very close approximate (within 0.1" difference). DO NOT USE "widescreen" format without also using a custom page size, or any page size wider than 10 inches or your fonts will be too small. Be sure to double-check the page size.In Powerpoint you will likely need to use "custom size" to make this setting because the default 16:9 is 13.3" x 7.5" (Why do we insist on this? Because in previous semesters not being this rigid has led to far too much drama and trauma due to unreadable fonts when grading assignments.)
• You can use any legible template, but we suggest something not too busy. You might want to enlarge the text area to give yourself more space to work with. We recommend saving this file as a starting point for future homeworks.
• Use 24 point font or larger for primary bullets. For sub-bullets use 20 point or larger. On future assignments nothing below 18 point, but on this assignment the only thing that can be as small as 18 point is your name and slide number. The font needs to be bigger than you might think to be visible, so please pay attention to this. Normal document styles will be too small -- use a slide style. Beware powerpoint font auto-resize which will shrink fonts to nothing silently. We'll point out slides with illegible fonts as a bad example during presentations, so please try to get this right.
• Set options in your tool to save fonts (all characters) when you save or export your results. Otherwise you might get some really weird fonts when displayed. Generally if it looks OK when displayed in Canvas you should be OK.
• Double-check that your FOOTER has your name and Andrew ID as required above. Footer can be smaller font, but must be plainly visible.
• File name: HW01_FAMILYNAME_GivenName_AndrewID.ppt (or .pdf, as appropriate). If acrobat, we still want a slide format, not normal page text. Acrobat is there in case you are using alternate software other than Powerpoint to create your slides. DO NOT use MS Word or equivalent. Use a slide formatting program that supports slide header, large fonts, bullets, slide numbers, etc.
  • If you submit more than once the submission system might alter your file name (e.g., by adding a "-2" suffix). Since this is beyond your control you can disregard this, and we will not deduct points on the rubric for this so long as the file name you uploaded to Canvas is correct.

Submit the result onto Canvas. Look for the Week #1 module, assignment HW01. Upload the file in its native format (.ppt, pptx, .pdf) and NOT as a zip file. After you've uploaded make sure it displays properly. We'll render files direct from Canvas to minimize conversion issues.

This slide will be covered by a live talk in class. Be prepared to spend about 60-90 seconds talking about the slide during our first class meeting. If you have problems (e.g., technical issues) we'll try again in the second class. The point of this exercise is both to help students know each other and also to discover any technical problems so they can be resolved before week #2.

Here's an instructor example for this homework. (Powerpoint | Acrobat)

NOTE: Sometimes Canvas will a append a suffix to your file name such as "-2" if you upload multiple times. This is an acceptable deviation from the file naming requirement and regardless is something you cannot control.

Hint on time management: if you're feeling frustrated and not making progress on a homework assignment please contact the course staff in office hours to discuss the situation and get some help. Keeping in mind that you have lectures and project work, homeworks should be about an hour a week, with some variance across different students in the class. We don't expect perfect answers. Rather, we want you to spend time thinking through the question, make a good faith effort, and if you get stuck make sure you ask in class or office hours to learn any lessons to be learned from having become stuck.

Rubric (all elements must be met for check-off):

• Slide size 10" wide x 5.625" high (check this in page size properties) regardless of format.
• Bullet: Name in proper format, e.g., Philip KOOPMAN
• Bullet: Home city/country
• Bullet: After graduation plan or "not sure" if applicable
• Bullet: Course goal
• Inclusion of picture, quote, or other personal introduction discussion point
• Attribution of picture, quote, or other (might be "self")
• Inclusion of portrait photo with readily visible facial features
• Footer has name and Andrew ID, e.g., KOOPMAN Philip (pk1g)
• Select "embed fonts"/all characters for saving the file.
• File name is HW01_FAMILYNAME_GivenName_AndrewID.ppt (or other extension), e.g., HW01_KOOPMAN_Philip_pk1g.pptx
• File uploaded to canvas in native format and displays properly within Canvas.

9/9/2023: updated to encourage slightly larger fonts