In your seven-page paper (not including the title and reference pages or the three visual media examples), be sure to address the following: Discuss the rationale behind choosing each of the three media elements and support your discussion with concepts from the course material. Explain why the media elements contained in your Final Project deliver the message you intended to communicate. Describe the intent of the message. Apply a minimum of five concepts from the course material to support your choice of media elements. For example you may use concepts such as visual literacy, perception, visual marketing, storytelling, design, branding, social media, communication theories, or any of the other concepts presented during the course. Be sure to discuss the relationship of the concepts to the media elements that you have chosen.

Word document, PowerPoint, or PDF mock-up that illustrates what you would want your website to look like. Complete with appropriate images, effective composition and color usage, company logo, video clips, and shapes representing where the buttons would be. Your Final Project must contain aspects of each element discussed in the course as it applies to your example communication piece. It must use appropriate typefaces, deliver a clear message, and have clear brand identity. It must also use an appropriate composition of graphics, photos, video, or other visual media. In addition to the text, your paper must contain a minimum of five scholarly sources, two of which must be from the Ashford University Library.

For this project, use the concepts you've learned in this course to effectively apply visuals to a business-related message. Below, you will find just a few examples of how visuals can be utilized to communicate a message in the business setting. Feel free to use any of the examples listed below, or if you choose to select examples not included on the list, be sure to request instructor approval prior to completing the Final Project. Examples of Business Communication How Each Example Might Look for Your Assignment Presentation on department achievements PowerPoint slides with visuals such as video clips, images, and charts and associated speech in the Speaker's Notes section at the bottom.. Print advertisement for your own business Word document or PDF version of an advertisement, complete with appropriate image(s), embedded (or links to) video clips, composition, typography, and company logo and website. Training materials on your job responsibilities Word document or PDF version of job instructions using typography, composition, and relevant images and video to promote clarity. Company website

Final Project: Using Visuals to Communicate a Message Visual media can have a significant impact on how effectively a message is communicated. Appropriate and strategic visuals can inspire the audience, lend clarity to a message, and, in general, say things that words alone cannot. Throughout this course, you decided on a message to communicate, determined the most effective platform or medium for that message, and selected the most appropriate visuals to support the message. For the Final Project, incorporate a minimum of three different types of visual design, such as typography, graphics, and images to deliver your intended message. Note that if you did not create the visual, you must include a reference for the visual(s) contained in the project.

Distinguished - Effectively applies at least five concepts from the material to support media element choices and thoroughly discusses the relationship of the concepts to the media elements. Proficient - Applies at least five concepts from the material to support media element choices and discusses the relationship of the concepts to the media elements. Minor details are missing. Basic - Generally applies at least four concepts from the material to support media element choices and partially discusses the relationship of the concepts to the media elements. Relevant details are missing. Below Expectations - Attempts to apply at least three concepts from the material to support media element choices; however, does not discuss the relationship of the concepts to the media elements. Significant details are missing. Applies Concepts to Support the Media Element Choices and Discusses the Relationship of the Concepts to the Media Elements

Distinguished - Comprehensively explains why the media elements deliver the intended message and completely describes the intent of the message. Proficient - Explains why the media elements deliver the intended message and describes the intent of the message. The explanation or description is slightly underdeveloped. Basic - Partially explains why the media elements deliver the intended message and generally describes the intent of the message. The explanation or description is underdeveloped. Below Expectations - Minimally explains why the media elements deliver the intended message and provides little or no description of the message intent. The explanation and description are significantly underdeveloped. Non-Performance - The explanation of why the media elements deliver the intended message and the description of the intent of the message are either nonexistent or lack the components described in the assignment instructions. Explains Why the Media Elements Deliver the Intended Message and Describes the Intent of the Message

Distinguished - Thoroughly discusses the rationale for each of the three media elements contained in the message. Proficient - Discusses the rationale for the three media elements contained in the message. Minor details are missing. Basic - Partially discusses the rationale for at least two of the media elements. Relevant details are missing. Below Expectations - Minimally discusses the rationale for at least two of the media elements. Significant details are missing. Non-Performance - The discussion of the rationale for the three media elements is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions. Discusses the Rationale for the Three Media Elements

Distinguished - Clearly uses at least three different types of media to appropriately deliver the intended message. Proficient - Uses at least three types of different media to appropriately deliver the intended message. One of the media types is unclear. Basic - Uses at least three types of different media to deliver the intended message. At least one of the media types is unclear or inappropriate. Below Expectations - Uses at least two types of different media to deliver the intended message; however, the media types are unclear and/or inappropriate. Non-Performance - The three different types of media to deliver the intended message are either nonexistent or lack the components described in the assignment instructions. Uses At Least Three Different Types of Media to Deliver the Intended Message