Final Presentation

Overview¶

Writing your code and your report is a very technical process. A big part of discussing research is trying to make it accessible to a general audience so that more people can benefit from your work. For this part of the project, you and your group will make a presentation explaining the high-level points of your project to a general audience. You should assume the audience of your presentation is not familiar with the details of your project report or code.

Your final presentation will happen on Wednesday 08/17 from 1:10 pm - 2:10 pm in SIG 134 during regular class time. You will either be a presenter or an audience member depending on which option you choose below.

Details¶

All students should attend the CSE 163 Final Presentation on Wednesday 08/17 from 1:10 pm - 2:10 pm in SIG 134. Some groups may elect to make a video instead of presenting in-class (details below). Regardless if you are presenting in-person or not, you will still need to attend as an audience member.

As mentioned above, there are two main ways to do this part of the project outlined in the next two sections. Your group has to decide together which option you want since some parts of this are shared while others are done individually. Every member of the group has to choose either Option 1 or Option 2 together.

The specifications for each option are considered separately. Once you and your group choose one option (for example, Option 1), you can entirely ignore any instructions for the other option (for example, Option 2).

Option 1) In-class Presentation¶

For this option, you and your group will complete the following two components:

1. Prepare a slide deck for your presentation (only one per group, made by all group members)

   Since you will be present to talk about your project with audience members, you do not need to make your slide deck as verbose as your report. To ensure all the groups choosing this option can present during class time, you should design your whole presentation such that it can be presented in no more than 3 minutes (the exact length will be announced after we have a rough estimate of how many groups are choosing this option). You should provide enough detail in the slide deck to aid anyone listening to you talk about your project with key points or visuals, including the following information:

   • Title and authors
   • Motivation and background
   • Research questions
   • Methodology
   • Results, visualizations, and key takeaways
   • Future work, or future directions for this project

   The slide deck must be a single self-contained file, in PDF or PowerPoint format. We will load all the documents on a single computer and all groups will present using that computer. That means you will be limited on what you could showoff during the presentation- for example, you cannot do a live demo on the output of your code, so you should put everything you need in the slide deck.

   Your slides are due on Tuesday 8/16 at 11:59 pm on Gradescope (link see Submission section below), and we won’t accept any late submission. You will present your work to the rest of the class during the presentation time slot. It is strongly recommended that you practice your presentation ahead of time and keep it under the time constraint we announce later.

2. Attend the CSE 163 Final Presentation

   Every student should plan on being at the CSE 163 Final Presentation during the whole time, and every group that chooses this option will get ~3 minutes to present their work. We will time your presentation and if you go over time, we will need to cut you off to ensure all groups get to present their work. The course staff in class will assess your presentation.

   If you work with a group, all members in the group should speak/present during the presentation.

   As an audience member, you will be listening to other presentations and taking notes on them, and turn in a worksheet with some summaries on other projects at the end of the class as a record of the attendance.

Option 2) Video Presentation¶

For this option, you and your group will complete the following two components:

1. Make a video presentation for your project (one per group, made by all group members)

   Submit a 3-5 minute video presenting a slide deck (or other tool) highlighting the project’s big ideas. Your presentation should convey the following details:

   • Title and authors
   • Motivation
   • Research questions
   • Methods
   • Results, visualizations, and key takeaways
   • Future work, or future directions for this project

   There are a few expectations of your video:

   • Your video should be no longer than 6 minutes long. Part of the challenge of creating a presentation is selecting what you prioritize, so you should only pick the most important part of your project to present to fit within the time limit.
   • Clearly conveys the information listed above.
   • The details of your presentation/artifact should be the most important parts of your project without requiring all the detail of your code or report. It should be understandable to someone who has not read your report yet.
   • If you are working in a group, all group members must present some meaningful aspect of the project during the video.
     • It is not necessary to capture the video of the speaker, as long as there is an introduction at the beginning for the grader to distinguish between voices of different speakers.
   • Your video is submitted on some online service like Youtube, Google Drive, or Dropbox. You don’t need to make the videos public, but make sure it is accessible to anyone with the link.
   Recording Tips

   Zoom is the easiest way to record the video with screenshare and team members. Since this is such a short video, don’t bother editing and just re-take the video. This might take a 5 or more takes—think of each take as practice for a live presentation. If team members are not able to meet synchronously, you can also edit-together shorts from each team member.

   If you are working alone, there are other screen recording tools such CamStudio (Windows only) and Quicktime, but Zoom also works for solo projects as well!

   Your video links are due on Tuesday at 11:59 pm via a google form (link see Submission section below), and we won’t accept any late submissions.

2. Attend the final project presentation as an attendee for the whole time (individually)

   Since you made a video, there is no presentation you need to do during the CSE 163 Final Presentation. You will still attend as an audience member for the entire session.

   As an audience member, you will be listening to other presentations and taking notes on them, and turn in a worksheet with some summaries on other projects at the end of the class.

Submission¶

What you submit will depend which option you and your group decided. The deliverable (in-person presentation slide deck or video) is due on Tuesday 8/16 at 11:59 pm. The attendance form you turn in is due at the end of the class.

• Option 1 (in-person presentation): You will need to submit the following:
  • Your slide deck via Gradescope.
  • Attending the presentation and presenting your work to audience members.
  • Submitting your worksheet you filled out during the final presentation.
• Option 2 (video): You will need to submit the following:
  • Link to your video via the Google Form.
  • Attending the presentation.
  • Submitting your worksheet you filled out during the final presentation.