Assessment Tasks: Presentations

Follow these tips for creating a good oral presentation:

Illustration adapted from:  Turner, et al  2011 Essential academic skills  2nd edn, Oxford University Press, Sydney, NSW

Slide  sourced from Potter, N 2011, Stop Breaking the Rules of Presenting, SlideShare   

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A typical structure for a presentation is:

Opening (10%)

• Introduce yourself
• Outline your topic
• Briefly cover your key points
• Mention when you plan to take questions

Body (70%)

• Develop your key points
• Elaborate on arguments and ideas
• Provide supporting evidence

Closing (20%)

• Indicate that you are about to finish
• Reiterate your main points
• Sum up
• Q & A

(https://student.unsw.edu.au/planning-and-structure)

Tips for presenting as a group:

• Practice the presentation as a group
• Time each section
• Use the strongest speakers for the introduction and conclusion:  maximum impact
• Introduce all group members in the introduction
• Each group member speaks, then introduces the next speaker
• When expressing opinions, "we" is used (referring to the group)
• All group members participate in question time
• Visuals should follow a consistent style throughout (avoid having new themes for each speaker)

Text adapted from:  Turner, et al  2011 Essential academic skills  2nd edn, Oxford University Press, Sydney, NSW