Oral Presentation Guidelines
An important contribution you will make to this course is an oral
presentation to the class. You will be assigned a topic from the topic
list. You job is to become an "expert" on this specific topic
and then give a brief lectUre to the class.
- 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.
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