Powerpoint
Clarity is the key to a great powerpoint. Keep it simple and avoid writing sentences. It’s okay to have notes with you during the presentation, but writing down all the information on the slides will keep the audience distracted from the presentation itself. Remember that this presentation is under 10 minutes, so don’t overwhelm the audience with surplus amounts of information. To keep the slides simple and short, use this template as a guide to create your own 8-slide powerpoint:
Presentation
Each group will have 10 minutes to present their powerpoint. For those who are not presenting, you will be the judges! Using the survey, you will evaluate your peers based on the clarity of their Research question, Method, and Results.
Quick Tip: Make sure everyone in your group understands the material. Believe it or not, the audience will feel more comfortable listening to the presentation when the presenters are confident with their knowledge of the presentation. Purely memorizing the script won’t be as helpful when it comes time for Q&A at the end.
Evaluation
The presentation grade will be determined by both the instructors (professor+TAs) and your peers.
Don’t be afraid of student grading–our BCS 259 class had many successful experiences from this system and a lot of students found it helpful to receive feedback from their peers. Even if there are individual differences in terms of the range of grades for each presentation, the overall mean grade won’t be affected by individual differences and stay constant across the groups. Furthermore, your instructors should be fair by looking into any misfit or ‘overly’ harsh gradings and discount them to make it fair.
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