Description. Deliver a presentation of your Final Project lasting no more than six minutes, followed by two minutes for questions. Explain clearly what the aim of your Final Project is, and how this aim is accomplished. Describe the intended audience you hope to reach through this project and how you made design choices in accordance with their background. Explain the technological tools you employed, why you chose to employ these tools, and how you worked with them. Point explicitly to the aspects of the course content upon which you drew to develop your project.
The instructor will choose speakers randomly, with no assigned presentation days. Everyone must be ready to present on November 30.
Rubric
Content 15 points
- 15 points
- The presentation explains what the aim of the Final Project is and how this aim is accomplished, and accounts for the technological tools employed, why they were chosen, and how the student worked with them. It names the audience the Final Project hopes to reach and shows how their background shaped its design choices.
- 10 points
- The presentation explains the aim and the work behind it, but its account of the tools is vague, or it describes which tools were used without saying why, or it names an audience without connecting it to any choice actually made in the project.
- 5 points
- The presentation shows the Final Project without explaining what it is for or how it was made, or does not identify or consider the project's intended audience.
- 0 points
- The presentation does not convey the content of the Final Project.
Clarity 15 points
- 15 points
- The presentation is clear throughout, and the class comes away understanding both the project and the thinking behind it.
- 10 points
- The presentation can be followed throughout, though a passage or two loses part of the audience.
- 5 points
- Only a listener already familiar with the project can follow the presentation.
- 0 points
- The presentation is unintelligible to its audience.
Delivery 12 points
- 12 points
- The speaker is audible and unhurried, addresses the room, and holds the audience's attention throughout. The speaker responds thoughtfully to questions, acknowledging uncertainty when needed.
- 8 points
- The delivery is sound, but the speaker reads from notes or slides, sets a pace the audience cannot keep, or gives unclear responses to questions.
- 4 points
- The audience has to work to stay with the speaker, or responses fail to address the questions asked.
- 0 points
- The presentation is inaudible, the speaker does not address the audience, or the speaker does not engage with questions.
Structure 8 points
- 8 points
- The presentation is shaped so that each part has the time it needs, and finishes within six minutes, leaving two minutes for questions.
- 4 points
- The presentation runs over six minutes, or spends so long on its early material that the rest must be rushed.
- 0 points
- The presentation has no discernible structure.
Total 50 points