ppt on research review
PowerPoint (or Prezi) Presentation: Research Paper (15% toward final grade)
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Prepare a PowerPoint (or Prezi) presentation (minimum of 20 slides with speaker notes section included) to present your Research Paper findings to the class. Your presentation should last 10-15 minutes with a 5 minute Q/A period following the presentation.
| PowerPoint Presentation Rubric
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| CATEGORY | Meets Expectations 15-20 | Proficient
10-14 | Needs Improvement 5-9 | Incomplete/Nonexistent
0-4 |
| Content - Accuracy (20 slide minimum) and Sequencing of Information | All content throughout the presentation is accurate. At least 20 slides.
Information is organized in a clear, logical way. It is easy to anticipate the next slide. | Most of the content is accurate but there is one piece of information that seems inaccurate.
Most information is organized in a clear, logical way. One slide or piece of information seems out of place. | The content is generally accurate, but one piece of information is clearly inaccurate.
Some information is logically sequenced. An occasional slide or piece of information seems out of place. | Content confusing or contains more than two factual errors. Fewer than 20 slides.
There is no clear plan for the organization of information. |
| Notes (bottom of PowerPoint slides) | Project includes all notes needed to give a good understanding of the topic. | Project is lacking in one or two key areas of notes. | Project is missing more than two key notes. | Project has no notes at the bottom of the PowerPoint slides. |
| Use of Graphics | All graphics are attractive (size and colors) and support the topic of the presentation. | A few graphics are not attractive but all support the topic of the presentation. | All graphics are attractive but a few do not support the topic of the presentation. | Several graphics are unattractive AND detract from the content of the presentation. |
| Text - Font Choice & Formatting and Spelling and Grammar | Font formats (color, bold, italic) have been carefully planned to enhance readability and content.
Presentation has no misspellings or grammatical errors. | Font formats have been carefully planned to enhance readability.
Presentation has 1-2 misspellings, but no grammatical errors. | Font formatting has been carefully planned to complement the content. It may be a little hard to read.
Presentation has 1-2 grammatical errors but no misspellings. | Font formatting makes it very difficult to read the material.
Presentation has more than 2 grammatical and/or spelling errors. |
| Links to Textbook or Research | Text/Research concepts are mentioned at least 6 times | Approximately 3-5 links to text/research within paper | Brief, but unsubstantial links to text/research | No mention of any information from the text/research |
Tips for Effective PowerPoint Presentations
Preparing Your Slides:
Presentation Design
Don’t overload your slides with too much text or data.
Let the picture or graphic tell the story. Avoid too much text!
Type key words in the PowerPoint Notes area listing what to say when displaying the slide. The notes are printable.
Number your slides and give them a title.
Use the “summary slide” feature in slide sorter view to prepare an Agenda or Table of Contents slide.
Prepare a company logo slide for your presentation, if you wish.
You can add a logo and other graphics to every slide using the slide master feature.
Proof read everything, including visuals and numbers.
Keep “like” topics together
Strive for similar line lengths for text.
Visual elements
A font size of 28 to 34 with a bold font is recommended for subtitles. The title default size is 44. Use a san serif font for titles.
Use clear, simple visuals. Don’t confuse the audience.
Use contrast: light on dark or dark on light.
Graphics should make a key concept clearer.
Place your graphics in a similar location within each screen.
The drawing toolbar is extremely useful You can:
Insert clip art
Insert pictures
Use Word Art
Use text boxes
Insert charts and diagrams
Insert arrows, banners, and thought balloons.
To temporarily clear the screen press W or B during the presentation. Press Enter to resume the presentation.
Text
Font size must be large enough to be easily read. Size 28 to 34 with a bold font is recommended.
It is distracting if you use too wide a variety of fonts.
Overuse of text is a common mistake.
Too much text makes the slide unreadable. You may just as well show a blank slide. Stick to a few key words.
If your audience is reading the slides they are not paying attention to you. If possible, make your point with graphics instead of text.
You can use Word Art, or a clip art image of a sign, to convey text in a more interesting way.
Numbers
Numbers are usually confusing to the audience. Use as few as possible and allow extra time for the audience to do the math.
Numbers should never be ultra precise:
“Anticipated Revenues of $660,101.83” looks silly. Are your numbers that accurate? Just say $660 thousand.
“The Break Even Point is 1048.17 units. Are you selling fractions of a unit?
Don’t show pennies. Cost per unit is about the only time you would need to show pennies.
If you have more than 12-15 numbers on a slide, that’s probably too many.
Using only one number per sentence helps the audience absorb the data.
Use the same scale for numbers on a slide. Don’t compare thousands to millions.
When using sales data, stick to a single market in the presentation. Worldwide sales, domestic sales, industry sales, company sales, divisional sales, or sales to a specific market segment are all different scales. They should not be mixed.
Cite your source on the same slide as the statistic, using a smaller size font.
Charts/Backgrounds
Charts need to be clearly labeled. You can make more interesting charts by adding elements from the drawing toolbar.
Numbers in tables are both hard to see and to understand. There is usually a better way to present your numerical data than with columns and rows of numbers. Get creative!
PowerPoint deletes portions of charts and worksheets that are imported from Excel, keeping only the leftmost 5.5 inches. Plan ahead.
Backgrounds should never distract from the presentation.
Using the default white background is hard on the viewer’s eyes. You can easily add a design style or a color to the background.
Backgrounds that are light colored with dark text, or vice versa, look good. A dark background with white font reduces glare.
Colors appear lighter when projected. Pale colors often appear as white.
Consistent backgrounds add to a professional appearance.
For a long presentation, you may want to change background designs when shifting to a new topic.
Slides should be visually appealing!
