Instructions for Preparing and Posting Term Paper Presentations and Papers

Instructions for Preparing a= nd Posting Term Paper Presentations and Papers

Presentation guidelines

You must have your materi= al presented using Powerpoint slides.
If you have animations included in your Powerpoint, make sure that the additional files (e.g. .avi) are included with your Powerp= oint slides or they won’t be viewable in the classroom. Trying to make fairly exotic connections to ArcGIS from Powerp= oint is difficult in the classroom so it is best to avoid that.
Your = powerpoint presentation should be in a file named YourName.pptx (please use the newer powerpoint 2007 format).&nb= sp; I must have your file by 11AM on the day of your presentation, as given at: http://www.ce.utexas.edu/prof/maidment/StatWR2009/docs/TermProjL= ist.doc Please post your presentation on your web s= ite and email me the web address, or email me the slide presentation itsel= f, or bring the presentation by my office in ECJ 8.612 on a memory stick.= If you put the presentation on= your web site, be sure to ask somebody else to view it and make sure that t= hey can access it from an independent computer than your own.
You will have 11 minutes for your talk = 211; 9 minutes for the presentation and 2 minutes for getting started and answering questions. You must not go over time or you will be cut off =
Don’t spend too much time on the introduction, one or two slides is enough, and then get to= the heart of what you want to say
Think of the one concept or image or idea= that you want your audience to take away from your talk and arrange all your material around that
There is not time to say everything important, only what is most important
Use pictures and diag= rams wherever possible, they are more effective than words on slides
For slides with just word= s on them

Have a maximum of = five bulleted points, four = is better than five.
For each bulleted point, have a maximum of 10 words, preferably 5 or 6 words, less is better than more
Highlight in color the one or two key wo= rds in each bulleted phrase

Its ok to be nervous, it means you are focused!
Its ok for your presentat= ion to be a “progress report” of what you have done so far, and you can indicate what still remains to be done before your paper is completed.
I will send you by email = an evaluation of your presentation and a grade out of 10 points.
Good luck!! I’= ;m sure your talk will be great!

Posting of Complete term papers

The final term paper in h= tml must be posted on your web page by 5PM on Friday 8 May. It is critical that you post your paper by this date because your classmates may need= to read your paper in order to complete their final exam. After preparing your doc= uments it is important to check that they are viewable correctly from a Browser. Where possible get a friend to check that they can view them to make sure that you are not pointing to something that only you have access to. Sometimes the protection settings on documents g= et set so that they are not viewable by others. If this occurs, adj= ust the security properties so that they are readable by everyone. Please also send me a pd= f or Word document of your final paper by 5PM on Friday 8 May.
Your term paper should be prepared as a single html file. There should be embedded graphic= s or images, but a single print command should result in the entire paper b= eing printed. Your paper may have links to reference material (e.g. data or sources that you used), but sh= ould be printable and self standing, in the sense that a printout tells= the complete story without requiring reference to the linked material.&nbs= p; You may include a table of contents at the beginning, but please do not make each section a separate page that requires clicking to go to it. Please also embed graphics in preference to requiring the user to click to access them.