In conjunction with your Major Bibliography Project and Research Paper (see those instructions on other web pages), you will make an oral presentation on your research area that includes a PowerPoint presentation.

The Oral Portion of the Presentation

Your presentation will meet the following criteria:

• The presentation will be an introductory summary on your topic aimmed at a general audience, i.e., adults not necesarily familiar with your topic.
• The presentation will focus on the fundamental ideas, principles, writings, repertoire, etc., that define your topic, as well as any major scholars, authors, composers, performers, or other individuals whose activities and contributions are significant within your topic. You need not be completely comprehensive, i.e., you need not mention everyone, but you should cover most high points in the subject area.
• The presentation is not simply a listing of your bibliographic entries, although you may (and should consider) highlighting some of the most important items or authors within your bibliography.
• The presentation should be approximately 10-11 minutes in length.
• Presentations that are less than 8 minutes will be downgraded 10 points for every minute or fraction of minute below 8 minutes.
• Presentations that exceed 12 minutes will be downgraded 10 points for every minute or fraction of a minutes beyond 12 minutes.
• Presentations that exceed 15 minutes will be stopped at that point and a 50-point penalty assessed for the entire assignment.

The PowerPoint Slides within the Presentation

• Every oral presentation must include a set of PowerPoint slides.
• Your PowerPoint slides must be integrated into the oral presentation, i.e., the slides will expand upon, support, and otherwise relate directly to points made in the oral presentation.
• Your PowerPoint slides must be uniform in general tone, colors, fonts, etc. Slides need not be identical in design and construction, but generally only one template (or family of templates) should be used.
• Your Presention must have a minimum of six (6) different slides.
• Your Presentation must begin with a "Title" slide that includes your name, the title of your presentation, and general information about the class and date of the presentation.
• At least one of the five remaining slides must use an animation series of three or more items that appear sequentially, i.e., you must click through those items (in coordination with your presentation) before advancing the entire slide.
• Your Presentation must include at least one inserted image (jpg, gif, bitmap, etc.), related to the presentation.
• Your Presentation music include at least one embedded link to an external file, sound file, or web page.
• Your Presentation may use any features of the program, including your choice of colors, text fonts, slide designs, templates and layouts, animation schemes, etc. See the grading criteria (below) to guide your choices.
• As a friendly reminder, while creativity can be a positive force, excessive complexity and "tricks" will detract from the ultimate value of your Presentation
• As an additional reminder, you may find a number of PowerPoint slide sets on my various course web pages, which you can use as models or guides.

Grading Criteria

• This Presentation counts for 10% of your course grade, and will be split 50/50 between the oral presentation and the powerpoint slides.
• The oral presentation will be graded primarily on:
  • Logic and coherence of your organization, i.e., does the order and flow of ideas make sense?
  • Quality of the content, i.e.,, is the information presented significant and worthwhile?
  • Manner of presentation, i.e. how well your speaking voice, gestures, and overall control of the presentation's various elements contribute to the effectiveness of your communication?
• The PowerPoint slides will be graded primarily on:
  • adherence to the rules outined above, i.e., did you include all of the required elements?
  • Relevance to the presentation, i.e.,, do the slides contribute to and enhance the ideas and other information presented?
  • Atractiveness and legibility of the slides, i.e. are the slides easy to read and understand, and do they convey information directly, without distracting from the rest of the presentation?
• You will submit you slides to me for grading no later than 24 hours after your presentation. No significant changes should have been made from what was shown to the class
• In addition to my grading of the presentation and slides, class members will complete simple evaluation forms of all other presentations, and those evaluations will be a portion (25%) of the grade for the slide set. Failure to participate seriously (or otherwise) in this activity will result in a "0" grade for the student evaluation of your own grade.

Presentation Dates

• Tuesday, 1 December 2009 [Last Class Meeting] (in order as requested)
  • 6:15 pm - Rauhala
  • 6:30 pm - Emery
  • 6:45 pm - Denham
  • 7:00 pm - Leko
  • 7:15 pm - Sarta
  • 7:30 pm -
  • 7:45 pm - Iadonisi
  • 8:00 pm - Amkraut
  • 8:15 pm - Tellier
  • 8:30 pm - Belt
  • 8:45 pm - Burns
  • 9:00 pm -
  • 9:15 pm -
• Tuesday, 8 December 2009 [Final Exam Period] (in order as requested)
  • 6:15 pm - Cady
  • 6:30 pm - Mueller
  • 6:45 pm - Mudge
  • 7:00 pm - Baer
  • 7:15 pm - Roma
  • 7:30 pm - Barron
  • 7:45 pm - Floyd
  • 8:00 pm - Dahl
  • 8:15 pm - Gossard
  • 8:30 pm - Redman
  • 8:45 pm - Kus
  • 9:00 pm - Robertson