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- 5-minutes presentation time - unless specified, for group presentations
BA Finals:
1 student: 15 minutes presentation (theory + practice) + 10 minutes discussion/feedback2 students: 17,5 minutes presentation (theory + practice) + 12,5 minutes discussion/feedback (additional 5 min in total) - Present in English or German
- NO reading cards
- Think of your presentation as a performance: try to not learn your text by heart, but rather practice enough that you can present with a natural conversational flow
- Start the presentation by reminding briefly the audience what your project is about
- Slides are recommended - other formats are possible - please check with us beforehand
- If you do use slideslides, don’t read all the text that is present on the slides, summarize your thoughts
- Go to the point, be concise, cut the non-essential parts in your speech
- Don’t lose time describing what is presented on the screen (we can understand by looking at the slides)
- Respect the time - don’t be afraid by the “short” time - it’s plenty enough if you keep to the essence of your ideas.
If you use these minutes well, you won’t have to rush through what you have to say. Don’t think that all you have to say matters, you can always be more concise.
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Whether you're using slides or not, this is the narrative that we recommend for your BA final presentation:
Updated guidelines (updates in bold) (05.06.2020)
- First slide should slide should feature: Your Name, Project title, School, Department, Mentors, potential Collaboration partners, Date
- Second slide is slide is stating in 1-2 short sentences: your project summary (what is it?) and why it’s ground-breaking
- Third slide: describe Describe your project a bit further to explain how it is operating (from a technology perspective or other): what are the interactions within the project, how do users experience it? You can present here as well a very short demo of your project if relevant.
- Background Research / Related work: in 1-2 slides, present works that are precedents or related.
Related work Projects: This can pertain to various categories: for instance, related work in technology you’re usingeg related background in sciences, in history, in art, in design, in technology, in the aesthetics, in the concept, in literature/science-fiction, in history, in art, in design, etc… It could be many categories, pick the ones that are most relevant to show on your slides and mention up to 1-2 important ones in your oral presentation. Mention how your project etc… Pick the most relevant projects and mention how your project extends/pushes the topic further. - Experiments / First Tests
- Decision-making process
:How did you make the decisions you made?
Define the 2-3 key moments in your process. - User-studies
(due to pandemic may be limited to self evaluation): Who are your users, how did you involve them and how their input helped you make decisions for your project? - Reflection
Challenges and pitfalls: what you didn’t manage to do or what you could have done betterReflections on the project and contribution to the field - Potential impact & future directions