Monday, June 11, 2018

Assignment #4: Prepping for Lightning Talk

Orientation Day 2 - Assignment #4 Guidelines: Lightning Talk

Lightning Talk to include the following sections. Lightning Talk should run no more than 10 minutes.


  1. Title Slide 
    1. Follow instructions as provided on the presentation template 
  2. Project Description 
    1. General description of your team’s project 
  3. Project Specifications 
    1. This should include, but should not be limited to, project dimensions, overall weight, power requirements, weight capacity, etc. 
  4. Relevant Past Work 
    1. Refer to Assignment #1 on what to include for this 
    2. Be sure to include pros vs cons of previous designs and relevant research! 
  5. Project End Goals 
    1. What do you need to achieve before June 26th, 2018?
    2. Include your team’s Gantt Chart here and explain. 
    3. Include any initial hand sketches, CAD/ programming, etc you have developed so far. 
  6. Ending Slide
Assignment #4: Guidelines to follow →
  1. Presentation should be completed in Google Slides so the presentation can be "published" to your team blog spots! 
    1. Template for the presentation can be found here Presentation Template
    2. Please create a copy of this Google Slide document and save it in your own drive, then edit it accordingly!
  2. Please use Assertion-Evidence (A-E) method for your entire presentation. The template I have provided above in step 1 has been set up in A-E method, so please look at the notes in the template and follow them. Please read the following links to understand why A-E method is the best method when creating and giving presentations! This link http://www.assertion-evidence.com/tutorial.html will help you learn the key principles of A-E method, while this link http://www.assertion-evidence.com/templates.html will visually show you some examples of A-E slides. Remember: there should only be one assertion statement per slide in your presentation, followed by a picture that serves as evidence to your assertion statement. 
  3. Please maintain eye contact with your audience, and speak loud enough so the audience in the back of the room can hear you.

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