Research Paper: Presentation
Because timing is so tight, I’m no longer requiring you to view your classmate’s presentations - but I will circulate the links and encourage you to do so!
Overview
You’ll prepare and deliver a 6-8 minute presentation of your paper, with accompanying slides. This will be one presentation per paper. If you are working with a partner, it should be one set of slides, with both members contributing.
Here is an example slide deck: Example Presentation!
Guidelines for presentation
- You can record yourself giving your presentation in any way you see fit. The lowest-effort way to do this is to setting up a Microsoft Teams/Zoom meeting with yourself, share your screen, and recording that.
- You can leave your camera off or on, whichever makes you more comfortable.
- You should cover the main elements of your paper:
- Introduction
- Research questions
- Background/motivation/related literature
- Data
- Empirical strategy
- Results
- Limitations/discussion
- Conclusion
It doesn’t need to be scripted, but you should have practiced, such that your presentation flows smoothly.
Try to avoid reading directly off the slides.
It should be between 6 and 8 minutes.
However you record it, you should upload it to a streaming site like UVM Streaming, YouTube, or Microsoft Stream.
- If you use the MS Teams approach, your recording will be automatically uploaded to Microsoft Stream. You may need to double check the settings to make sure I have permission to watch it.
On Blackboard: Submit a copy of your slides and a link to the video
Presentation Rubric
Download the presentation rubric here
| Total: 48 marks | 4 = Excellent | 3 = Satisfactory | 2 = Marginal | 1 = Unacceptable |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Content (32 marks) | ||||
| Clarity/Accessibility (8 point) | Prepared content is easily understandable and accessible | Prepared content is somewhat unclear, key details/explanations omitted | Prepared content difficult to follow without prior knowledge | Prepared content difficult to understand |
| Understanding (16 marks) | Content reflects understanding of main points of paper | Content reflects understanding of some main points of paper, other points missed or not quite understood | Content has major errors or oversights of main points | Content lacks main points of paper, or reflects serious misunderstanding of ideas/methods |
| Organization (8 marks) | Presentation organized in logical order, easy to follow | Presentation organized, but some portions out of place | Presentation jumps from topics, difficult to follow | Poor organization makes it difficult to follow presentation |
| Presentation Style (16 marks) | ||||
| Speaking (8 marks) | Presenters speak clearly at a good pace, easy to understand, keep listeners engaged | Presenters speak clearly, but a bit dry, too fast, or too slow | Presenters sometimes lose listeners because of poor pacing or delivery | Speaking style severely impedes understanding |
| Visuals/handouts (8 marks) | Prepared visuals/handouts reflect content, visually appealing, easy to interpret | Prepared visuals/handouts wordy or sparse, have minor errors | Prepared visuals/handouts are limited, add little to presentation | No prepared visuals/handouts, or quality is very poor |