Module 15

Module 15

 

Once your paper is complete and you have sent the final version to me by email, you’re ready to present your findings. Pandemic life being what it is, this year’s research will have to be presented by recorded presentation. You do not need to create a PowerPoint for this. You do need to record a video of yourself presenting your results. 

 

Your presentation is due by 11pm Saturday. It is my hope that enough of you will complete your presentations by that time so we can have an effective real-time Q&A via Zoom meeting. Our Zoom meeting would have to take place on Sunday. Please email me your availability for a Sunday late afternoon Zoom meeting for this Q&A.

 

 

Presentation Format

 

Your presentation must be a recording of you presenting your research. You can use any format you’d like for this, but it must be possible to post a link to it on your blog and other people must be able to view it without logging in or downloading any new apps.

 

Your presentation of research should include all of the first 8 components of your paper: Introduction to Conclusion.

 

PowerPoint properly used can enhance your presentation by showing your graphics, photos that illustrate your topic, and a few key words you want your audience to remember. However, just like in a classroom, you can also show your graphics on a poster board, by displaying them directly from your statistical analysis package, by saving them as PDF files and showing them full-screen on your laptop, and in many other ways. 

 

However you choose to display your graphics and other display items during your presentation, please keep the following guidelines in mind:

 

* Please do not use slides as if they were note cards. Instead, use real note cards or a digital display which you can keep in front of you so you maintain eye contact with your audience.

 

* Please do not read from your paper during your presentation. Instead, use note cards and know your topic well enough that you can speak about it confidently.

 

* Both you and your display items should be facing your audience. 

 

* Please do not use slides to display sentences that you also plan to say orally… i.e. do not read from your slides. Instead, know your material well enough that you can speak about it.

 

* No slide should have more than about 12 words on it. The only exception is if you want to show one of your questions on a slide along with your graphical display of the responses to that question… in that case, your question and/or the legend on your graphic may have more than 12 words and this is OK. 

 

* If asked, you should be able to say how each slide or other display item enhances your presentation and why your presentation would be incomplete without it. If you can’t say that, you should re-think that slide. If you can’t justify a slide, take it out.

 

* Remember, YOU are the star of your presentation. 

 

Your final, the week of December 14, will be a one-on-one oral exam via Zoom, revolving around your final paper and presentation. If you haven’t completed your materials by then, you may need to submit an Incomplete for the class.