Paper Presentations

Last revised date: 05/08/2026

Overview

Pairs of students will lead in-class presentation and discussion of research papers exploring human-AI interaction.

Required Competencies

When you turn in this homework, also turn in these competencies

• Accessible Communication

Assignment Details

• Assignment Instructions
  • Read the papers assigned for that week and prepare slides
• Presentation Logistics
• Assessment & Handin Process

Our goals for this presentation and discussion format are to:

• Introduce students to principles of and explorations in human-AI interaction.
• Provide a structure in which students can learn about and discuss those explorations.
• Help to surface approaches and insights that may benefit students in their own work.

Assignment Instructions

To complete this assignment, please do the following (heavily borrowed from CSE 481l and James Fogarty.

Read the papers assigned for that week and prepare slides

Students will sign up in pairs to collaborate to present assigned papers and to facilitate in-class discussion.

The pair of presenters is responsible for the paper presentation. They are expected to collaborate in reading and understanding the paper, then in developing and delivering a presentation.

Presenters are required to submit a near-complete PowerPoint of the combined presentation deck by 5pm two days before class (Saturday 5pm for a Monday class; Monday 5pm for a Wednesday class). Discussion Leads may continue to iterate on any portion of the presentation prior to class, further improving upon this draft before class.

• If a student in a presentation group is unexpectedly unable to deliver an in-person presentation, other discussion leads are expected to be familiar with and prepared to deliver the presentation.

Presentations should be organized as:

• (1 min) Brief acknowledgment of the authors and any notable background: You will not have time to share the background of all authors, but should briefly research each author and concisely share your most important findings (e.g., background that other students might want to know if they met an author).
• (5 mins) Contribution
  • Primary research method and population of focus (as defined in What do we mean by accessibility research in section 4.1.1 and 4.2.1).
  • Key additional details of contributions and methods (e.g., system details, study design, theoretical insights): Additional details needed for a high-level understanding of the presented research activities.
  • At least 3 key findings, ideas, or takeaways from the paper.
    • Present what seems most important about this paper.
    • Remember that your primary audience is other students in this course.
    • Present what people might take from this paper in their own work.
• (2 mins) Your thoughts on the three questions:
  • Is it ableist?
  • Is it informed by disabled perspectives or is it a disability dongle?
  • Does it oversimplify disability?
• (3 mins) A prompt for questions or discussion with the class. Briefly introduce at least 5 distinct directions people might explore in small-group discussions. These should be based on observations in or across the assigned readings, and we encourage you to draw upon insights shared in discussion posts. This presentation is not a substitute for small-group or class discussion, and it is not intended to exclude other potential opportunities for discussion. Your goal is to help people see multiple opportunities for meaningful discussion.

Presentation Logistics

• A sign up document and link to a slide deck you can use as a template will be posted in Ed.
• Be sure to rehearse the presentation to stay within timing.

Assessment & Handin Process

• You are required to submit a near-complete draft of your slides, which should be accessible, wo days before class.
• After each presentation is complete, presenters should provide brief confidential feedback on contributions.

The remainder of this handin is broken up by competency

Accessible Communication (rubric)

• Your document as required by the assignment. Note: do not submit a PDF. We expect your submission to be a Word or Google Doc in most cases.
• A list of images and the ALT text you wrote for each of them
• Which best practices are demonstrated in this document
• A screen shot showing the accessibility checker results for your document