3. THE PROGRESS PRESENTATION
AS PART OF THE ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENT YOU WILL GIVE A
SHORT (10 MINUTE) PRESENTATION OUTLINING YOUR PROGRESS,
YOUR GOALS AND YOUR CURRENT FINDINGS.
YOU WILL ALSO UPLOAD YOUR PRESENTATION AS A PDF SLIDE DECK
FOR THE ASSESSMENT.
4. PRESENTATION STYLE
Careful attention should be paid to your presentation’s
structure and style – including the quality of your visual
aids.
Remember the 7 tips for Visual Presentations?
If you haven’t seen it you can find it here:
http://www.slideshare.net/EmilandDC/7-tips-to-create-
visual-presentations
5. PRESENTATION STRUCTURE
Your presentation should following the structure below:
1. Introduction: give a general sense of what the audience are going to learn
(what is the key message of the presentation?).
2. Brief rationale for the proposed project output (why are you going to do
THIS project?).
3. Aims/objectives/outcomes: i.e. the overall creative vision and specific
goals (see next slides).
4. Summary of research findings that are directly related to the content of
your project output with appropriate referencing.
5. An evaluation of the theoretical concerns related to your project with
appropriate referencing.
6. An outline plan for completing your project.
7. BIBLIOGRAPHY!
16. YOU WILL BE GRADED ON THE
QUALITY OF YOUR RESEARCH
17. THE RESEARCH REPORT
AS PART OF THE ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENT YOU SHOULD UPLOAD
A DRAFT RESEARCH REPORT ALONG WITH YOUR PRESENTATION
SLIDES.
THIS REPORT IS A WORK IN PROGRESS AND IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE
THE FINAL VERSION THAT YOU SUBMIT FOR ASSESSMENT IN THE
SPRING.
YOUR RESEARCH WILL CONTINUE RIGHT THROUGH TO YOUR FINAL
ASSESSMENT SO YOU WILL CONTINUE TO UPDATE THIS DOCUMENT
OVER THE NEXT SIX MONTHS.
18. • Research Report
– The written up research that was detailed in your
presentations.
– Summaries of primary research (interviews, observations,
reflections).
– Summaries of your secondary research (including
theoretical, contextual and topic related research).
– Relate the research findings to your creative ideas,
processes and intentions.
– Be critical; compare/contrast, analyse, conclude, produce
new ideas about how you will create your work.
19. HOW DO YOU FORMAT A REPORT?
A report is a very particular genre of writing and requires a
particular kind of approach. generally they are very formal,
are structured around headings, bullet points, tables and
other informational forms.
There shouldn't be any need for reflection or description of
how you did things.
Just the information is enough.