Presentation and
Discussion Guidelines
Every member of your group should have one
part of the presentation that they are responsible for, but you should practice
your presentation as a group, and are free to collaborate on all aspects of the
presentation. You will be marked
individually based on content, and presentation effectiveness including how you
handle questions, but part of your mark will also be based on the overall
success of the presentation as a group.
You are responsible, in terms of content to:
Highlight the key
ideas underpinning the enhancement from an academic point of view,
architectural point of view, and code point of view.
Be aware of potential
societal, legal, or user impact of your enhancement.
Illustrate with
concrete examples at both the design level and the source code level.
Provide a list of
references to related material (papers, standards, web links, competing technologies) that might be of interest
Addressing any
“focus” questions that may have been assigned as part of the presentation.
The first person presenting should introduce
the group as well as the overall topic, in addition to their part of the
presentation. The last person presenting
should wrap up the presentation in addition to their part of the presentation
with a summary or conclusions slide and then open the floor for questions.
Each person should plan for their part of the
presentation to take 5 minutes … without questions … but there will be questions which is why 30 minutes is budgeted for the entire
presentation. The whole class will be able to ask you questions, but the
professor will also give you feedback and may highlight issues for the benefit
of the class as a whole. However, you control the presentation and can choose
to defer questions to the end of the presentation
Be prepared that if you run short on time
that you may need to omit slides, or drastically reduce what you say about a
slide, if for example, we get sidetracked on a good discussion). You should be
able to summarize the point or significance of any slide in a single sentence
if needed. You should also be able to summarize the key points or significance
of your presentation in just a couple of sentences with just a few select
slides.
Everyone is expected to participate in the
creation of the presentation which should include at least a couple of practice
sessions. The presentation should be rehearsed so that if flows smoothly, and
everyone who speaks is comfortable and professional in front of an audience.
All groups should show up 5 minutes before class time on the day they present
and make sure their presentation is installed properly on the class computer.
Presentations in general: Consider the following to help improve your
presentations: