Class Presentations - Fall 2013 - HDCC208F

Your class presentation should aim to be between 10 and 12 minutes but can be up to 15 minutes long. There will be a Q&A period as well, though questions might be asked during the presentation itself. While you need to have a slide deck for your presentation, a live demo of your prototype is highly recommended. Please practice your presentation and demo well to reduce the chances of "surprises" during the presentation. Your slide deck might contain "just in case" screenshots that you only show if something unexpected happens with your live demo attempt. You may use creative ways to demonstrate your prototype to us, but make sure the prototype is the focus. The slide deck should be sent to me before noon on your presentation day.


Presentations should try to have some "wow" factors for us and leave us understanding what your team did and how your team applied the topics from the course to the prototype and the process of developing what the prototype should have. Time spent talking about things that went wrong is typically "wasted" time in the class presentation. The written report can discuss such things, but in my experience they usually do nothing to serve the goal of the in-class presentation.


An example structure for a presentation might be:

  • Introduction to the problem being solved; the tasks, the users, etc.
  • Background; key information about the domain that will help us understand what we are about to see.
  • Highlights of process; how did you approach the problem, collect your task information, work with users, etc.
  • Demo; show us your prototype and how it can help users accomplish their tasks.
  • Lessons learned; what were some "take-away" things that you learned via the project that went beyond class discussions?
  • Future Work; if this project were to continue, what would the next steps be?


    Remember, the answer to "How do you get to Carnegie Hall?" is not "Head down West 58th and hang a right at 7th Avenue" - it's "Practice, Practice, Practice!" 


    
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