Length: Use the critique form.
What to bring: If you have any presentation slides, bring two printed copies of them (one for each critic). Multiple slides per page is fine.
This is an individual project.
Other parts of the final project:
You will deliver a trial version of your presentation to another team. This gives you a chance to try out your ideas before a sympathetic audience, without risk of a grade. In fact, it's the audience who are getting graded, and their grade depends upon how much help they give to you.
The session will have the following structure:
| Activity | Duration (min) |
|---|---|
| Group 1 presents | 20 |
| Group 2 critiques Group 1's presentation | 10 |
| Group 2 presents | 20 |
| Group 1 critiques Group 1's presentation | 10 |
The presentation activity should be a monologue, with the presenting group running through their trial presentation and the critics taking notes. The critique activity should predominantly feature the comments of the critics, although the presenters should ask questions and clarifications. The critique should be more of a dialogue.
Use this opportunity to discover the places where you can see your argument doesn't fit, where a point takes longer to present than you expected, where a slide (if you use slides) or graph was poorly laid out and where essential details were left unsaid. Simply making a presentation once will improve it. Better still, you are welcome to give your critics a list of areas in your talk that you would like them to comment on.
Try to make the presenters' presentation the best it can possibly be. Listen actively and take notes while the presentation occurs. When you feel lost, note where it happened. When a slide is confusing or the text is too small, note that. When the presenter slides past a graph too quickly, note that.
After the presenters have finished, you may wish to take a minute or two to collect your thoughts and note them on the "overall comments" section of your critique report. Then start giving your comments to the presenters. Begin by listing some positive points. I suggest that you start your comments with the overall evaluation. Then go into a detailed, point by point (or slide by slide) commentary. You do not have to ensure "equal time" for each critic. (You are graded on your written critique, not what you say in the discussion.)