Oral Presentation Guidelines

• You will be assigned a date on which to present. There is no fixed length requirement; it varies depending on the topic.  In general the talks are about 20 minutes long, but some are shorter and some are longer. You need instructor permission if you plan to talk more than 30 minutes. Expect to lead a question and answer session afterwards.
• The topic list includes links to resources for most topics.  This is the recommended starting point in your investigations.  However, you may want to do additional readings if the suggested resources seem inadequate.
  
• You must create a one page summary of the key points in your talk as an HTML document. If you have additional diagrams or examples, include them in your HTML document. Powerpoint is not allowed.(Don't use Microsoft Word to generate your HTML).  If you have example Java code it must follow the class coding standard.
  
• You must create an exercise for the class to carry out after your talk to explore or practice applying the concepts you presented. 
  
• Create two short exam questions (and the solutions) about your presentation . (You do not need to present the questions, just include them in your electronic submission).
• You may follow this template for your document. Place the HTML document in the www folder of your class account on "vogon."  Name the file "305talk.html".  The www directory needs to have read and execute permission, and your root directory needs to have execute permission.
  The commands below should set the permissions correctly:
  cd $HOME
  chmod og+x www
  chmod og+r www/305talk.html
  chmod og+x $HOME
  
• The instructor will link to your talk from the course calendar page. You page needs to be prepared by 6pm the day before your talk.
• Study the evaluation criteria for presentations that the instructor will use to grade your talk.