Five Slides, One Clear Explanation

Your final Week 6 presentation has a hard limit: five slides.

The limit is intentional. Digital literacy includes editing. If every fact becomes a slide, the audience is forced to identify the important part for you.

Choose something difficult enough to explain

Select a technology idea with a mechanism or tradeoff, such as:

• local file vs cloud file;
• how a phishing message creates pressure;
• why permissions should match required actions;
• how a spreadsheet formula becomes a result;
• why a chart can mislead without changing its data;
• how a Form becomes a dataset.

Required five-slide sequence

Slide 1 — Problem

State the misunderstanding or practical problem.

Slide 2 — Evidence

Show one useful visual, example, or small data point. Cite/reuse responsibly.

Slide 3 — Explanation

Show the mechanism. An original diagram is usually stronger than a decorative photo.

Slide 4 — Solution

Show the decision or behavior that addresses the problem.

Slide 5 — Takeaway

Give the audience one memorable, defensible conclusion plus a limitation or condition when appropriate.

Speaker notes

Every slide gets speaker notes containing the explanation you would say aloud. Notes should clarify the visual rather than repeat the exact words on-screen.

For Slide 2 or 3, include the source/provenance details needed to verify the important evidence.

Accessibility and permission test

Before submission:

• run the ten-second “what should I notice?” test on at least one slide;
• check readable text amount and contrast;
• make color redundant with labels/symbols where needed;
• provide accessible descriptions for meaningful visuals where supported;
• verify any shared deck permission matches the intended reviewer/audience.

Submit — Explain Something Difficult Simply

Submit:

1. exactly five slides;
2. speaker notes for all five;
3. Visual Source Record;
4. Accessible Slide Audit;
5. one short note explaining what you deliberately removed to keep the presentation focused;
6. one limitation to your explanation.

Defense

Your strongest defense answers three questions:

• Why did this idea need a visual presentation rather than a one-page Doc?
• Which visual carries actual evidence or mechanism?
• What would be misunderstood if Slide 3 disappeared?

The presentation is finished when the audience can follow the argument—not when every empty corner is filled.