1. 5912 Student Presentation Advice By: Matt Boggus

2. Overview Timebox presentations General presentation advice Technology team presentations

3. 5912 timebox presentation logistics Led by 2-3 students of a game group Every student must present at least twice Between 15-25 minutes long Themed as giving shareholders a progress update State who you are State what your team accomplished State any technical problems encountered State plans for the next timebox Bring a printout of the slides for the course instructor to write feedback on

4. But don’t just “state” http://nedroid.com/2011/02/advice-about-comics/

5. Use of images Example image from a slide by team Supa Cool on AI Vision

6. General presentation advice In the introduction, state What is the problem? Why is it important? How is the problem addressed? (For timebox presentations this would be marketing your game to the class, which is optional) To explain complex ideas or data, use the Particular General Particular (or PGP) method Demo your game an discuss easily understood content (gameplay) Go through a slideset with an overview game logic and the implementation Demo again and point out examples of the technical features

7. General presentation advice Practice giving the talk once beforehand Ensures all team members materials can be included Can catch nervous ticks or word repetition Timing will be very important for the technology talks Set up early Plugging in one of your laptops The podium touchpad and projector user interface take some getting used to Finish early when possible Allows for questions Ending on a high note will leave the audience wanting more

8. 5912 technology team presentation logistics Led by all students of a technology team Larger teams may be split into two presentations/teams Between 45-50 minutes long Themed as a meeting of a 3000 or 4000 level CSE class Presentation format varies Survey of algorithms/techniques Explaining code samples Tutorials or demonstrations Bring a printout of the slides for the course instructor to write feedback on

9. 5912 technology team presentation objective Demonstrate a thorough understanding of the topic Demonstrate the ability to think and communicate like: a scientist Provide enough details for your algorithm (or in this case the one you learned on your own) to be implemented by another expert or an engineer Provide a thorough examination of two or more ways to solve a problem so that another expert can select the better solution for a given set of constraints