This guide is for NURS 618 Week 8 Teaching Plan Presentation, start to submission. The largest item in NURS 618: a 10 to 15-minute recording of you teaching your general nursing topic plan, posted as an unlisted YouTube video.
NURS 618 is Nurse Educator II: Teaching Strategies, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's MSN. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as NURS618; it is the same course.
| Course | NURS 618 Nurse Educator II: Teaching Strategies |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 8 |
| Points | 200 points |
| Length | Approximately 10 to 15 minutes |
| Sources | The sources from your teaching plan |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Video posted to YouTube as unlisted; URL submitted in the course |
What NURS 618 Week 8 Teaching Plan Presentation asks for
You record yourself executing the general nursing topic teaching plan you submitted earlier. The video is approximately 10 to 15 minutes, posted to YouTube as unlisted, and you submit the URL. It is due in Module/Week 8 and, at 200 points, is the largest single item in the course.
Where it fits in NURS 618
In the published schedule, Teaching Plan Presentation is one of 7 graded written assignments in NURS 618. It follows Week 7 Service Learning Teaching Plan, and it is the last written assignment in the course.
How NURS 618 Week 8 Teaching Plan Presentation is graded
Liberty grades Teaching Plan Presentation with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 200 points in the published guide. That is about 20% of the course's 1,010 points. Read the rubric first. Each row is a criterion, and the wording of the highest column is the closest thing you have to a model answer.
Course grades in NURS 618 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 940 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course week begins on Monday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The NURS 618 Week 8 method, step by step
Plan the talk before the slides
Decide what the audience should know or do at the end, and outline the talk around that. The slides come last.
One idea per slide
Each slide carries one point, stated in its title. Short lines, readable type, no paragraphs on the slide.
Put the evidence where it is used
Cite sources on the slides where you use them and list them on a references slide (The sources from your teaching plan).
Write speaker notes or a script
Write notes for each slide in full sentences. They keep the recording on time and give the grader the reasoning the slides only point to.
Rehearse to the time limit
Do one timed run before the final recording and trim to fit the limit.
Check the technical requirements
Confirm the format the guide asks for (Approximately 10 to 15 minutes): slide count, length, audio and visual, and the file or link type Canvas accepts.
A structure for NURS 618 Week 8 Teaching Plan Presentation
Word targets are planning numbers for about 1,200 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Title and purpose | Topic, audience and the message of the talk. | ~120 words |
| Main points | The slides that carry the argument, one point each. | ~660 words |
| Evidence | Data and sources on the slides where used. | ~180 words |
| Close | What the audience should take away or do. | ~120 words |
| References | Sources in current APA on a final slide. | ~120 words |
A topic angle that works
Teach the plan you wrote, in the order you wrote it, and make each objective visible: say it at the start, show the strategy that serves it, and end with the evaluation questions. Graders compare the video with the plan.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
Good morning. By the end of the next twelve minutes, you will be able to name three early signs of sepsis and explain why each one matters.1 I want to start with Mrs. Lopez, who had her gallbladder removed yesterday and tells you this morning that she just does not feel right; take thirty seconds to talk with your partner about what you would check first.2 Hold on to your answers, because we will come back to them at the end to see how your thinking has changed.3
- States the objective in learner terms.
- Opens with an active strategy from the plan.
- Sets up the closing evaluation.
Mistakes that cost points on NURS 618 Week 8
- Changing the plan on camera without saying why.
- Running far outside 10 to 15 minutes.
- A public video. The guide says unlisted.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: Approximately 10 to 15 minutes
- Sources: The sources from your teaching plan
- Slide count and time limit within the guide's numbers
- Audio, notes or video included if the guide asks
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
How do I submit the NURS 618 presentation?
Record it, post it to YouTube as unlisted, and submit the URL in the course.
How many points is NURS 618 Week 8 Teaching Plan Presentation worth?
200 points in Liberty's published course guide for NURS 618, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 20% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is NURS 618 Week 8 the same in every section of NURS 618?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for NURS 618. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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