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Seek, Answer, Relate, Apply 

(SARA)

OVERVIEW

To help you develop your information literacy and communication skills as well as spark your curiosity in the field of stress and pain, you will complete a "SARA" project. You will research a question, prepare a well-designed 5-8 minute slide presentation, record the presentation and share it with your classmates. You will also create three multiple-choice questions on your presentation. Complete details are below.

Each student needs to watch 15 SARAs and take their associated quiz. If you do more, I will count your best 15. 

THE DETAILS

1. Choose a question from the list below by going to the SARA goggle sheet and writing your name beside that question. There is a link to this google sheet on your Canvas homepage for Stress and Pain. - first come, first serve, so don't delay. Alternatively, you can choose one of your own. This needs to be approved by me, so let me know ASAP what it is.

2. Answer the question.  To answer your question, you will need to find and use a minimum of three articles, and at least two must be peer-reviewed. To find peer-reviewed sources, log onto the SUU library website. Find the box that looks like the one shown at the bottom of this page. Enter your keywords and use Boolean Operators (AND, OR) between them as needed. If you require a refresher on using Boolean Operators, check out the short video at the bottom of this page. Note: in the EBSCO search box, be sure to click on "scholarly/peer-reviewed articles". If you are not sure if an article is peer-reviewed, email me the full citation and I will let you know. Describe and summarize the evidence from your sources to answer your SARA.

3. Relate what you learned to one or more specific facts/findings/theories in the class.  For example, does the info you found contradict a fact/finding/theory? Does the information you found provide an example or application of a fact/finding/theory?  Talk about this on a slide with the title "Time to Relate"

 

4. Apply what you learned.  Using a slide with the title "Time to Apply",  talk about how you can use the information you found to better your life and/or others. Be specific and insightful. Saying only "this will help people feel less stress and pain" is not adequate.  

5. Put together a well-designed slideshow to share your SARA with your classmates. Use pleasing colors, graphics and/or photos, simple fonts (e.g. calibri, arial), and minimal text on a slide (use short but descriptive bullet points and not full sentences). If you have more than 3 bullet points on a slide, have them appear one at a time. You can create your slide show using PowerPoint, Canva, or google slides. To record a video of your presentation, I recommend ScreenCast-omatic. This is a free app for recording your screen. Once your recording is made - verify that the sound and video both work! Then, you will upload it to a shared folder. The link is on the class homepage in Canvas. Make sure you set the sharing permissions to "anyone with the link can view".

6. Create 3 multiple-choice questions. Each question needs to have 4 options (a-d). The question should be easy to answer if someone watched your SARA presentation, however, the answer should not be directly on one of your slides. Finally, your questions need to be about important and meaningful material discussed in your presentation. Please read and re-read your questions to make sure they are clear and well-phrased. Do not include your questions in your video. You will submit your questions in Canvas. Be sure to tell me the correct answer for each question!

7. Submit your video and 3 questions by the due date. Remember, drop your video into the shared google folder (see step 5) and upload your 3 questions to Canvas (see step 6).

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REFERENCE YOUR SOURCES 
 

You need to tell people where you got your information from. If everything on a given slide comes from the same article, then you can include a brief citation for the article in the corner of the slide (e.g. Smith & Jones, 2020). If the information on a slide comes from several articles, then include a brief citation beside each bit of information. You should make the font size for the brief citation smaller than the main text as this should not be the focus of your presentation. The last slide of your presentation will be your APA-formatted reference list. Put the articles in alphabetical order and remove any hyperlinks. Make sure you know how to cite and create a reference list in APA format and style.

One common error people make is with how they write DOIs. Specifically, they include the SUU library info in the DOI address. This is not correct because anyone who is outside of the SUU community will not be able to access the link. See the incorrect and correct ways to write DOIs below. Make sure to get them correct on your SARA slide :)  

INCORRECThttps://doi-org.proxy.li.suu.edu:2443/10.1007/s00213-021-05994-6
 

CORRECT:  https://doi.org/10.1007/s00213-021-05994-6

Not sure how to reference?
 

Click on the tab "Help Referencing APA Style"

located below on this webpage.

You can also use the Scribbr app.

Not sure what your Slide Presentation 
should look like?

 

Check out the samples below.

Not sure if an article is peer-reviewed or a layman source? 
 

Simply e-mail me the full reference and I will let you know.

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