Slides & Presentations
The development of the slides for your presentations are to be the work of
your group. Each person in the group is to present five minutes worth of
material, but the material of the presentation should flow from beginning to
end. For this reason, the entire group should work together on the slides.
You may choose to use Powerpoint or its Open Office equivalent to prepare your
slides, or you may use other means of presenting your material. Regardless of
the format, make sure the font size is large enough to be seen from the back of
the room. If you use lists of bulleted items, they should be phrases used to
keep the speaker on track, not full sentences. You should never read the
material on the slides directly to the audience. Illustrations, charts, and
graphs, although not required, help the audience understand the material and
so their use is strongly encouraged.
You have seen many presentations in this class, both from graduate student
researchers and faculty at the Research Review day. They have ranged from
boring and incomprehensible to excellent and informative. When preparing for
your presentation, try to make use of what you've learned about what is
interesting vs. boring, and what makes complicated material more clear.
Your slides should be free of spelling and grammatical errors.
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