Presentation Guidelines

At about the 4th week of the semester, your group will be asked to make a presentation to the class regarding your project. The presentation is to be no more than 5 or 6 minutes and the group should expect to take questions from the class when finished. The presentation should include the following:

• Introduction: Title page with names of group members
• What is this?: Explain in simple terms what the project goals are, think a few sentences followed by bullet points illustrating features.
• Why do we care?: Explain the motivation for this project, why is it a good project or something you want to do?
• Technologies you plan to use: What do you need and how are you going to get this done?
• Challenges you expect to face: What do you see as the main hurdles you have to face to complete this project??
• Other things to consider: You may want to include a budget, abreviated timeline to completion, a list of useful resources or other items you feel are relevant.

NOTES:

• The proposal is part of your "contract" of what your group will do and factors into your grade. For this reason, you should not change objectives identified in the proposal unless those changes are approved by the instructor.

• When selecting a project, keep in mind that the project difficulty should be selected with the aim that ALL group members will average at least 6 hours a week outside of class on the project. Of course, this time will vary as some members will have heavier loads with respect to other courses, but weeks with less effort should be balanced by those with more effort.

• As always, reach out to your TA or professor if you have questions.

• Remember that this proposal is part of your final evaluation.