Title: READ Independent work week xxx: Presentation instructions and assessment - IMPORTANT!
Course: Study PrepProg Higher Education Study Skills > Section: Week XXX Learning methods and assessment

The final task for this course is to do and give a short oral presentation, complete with PowerPoint (or GoogleSlides or similar) slides.

You will be working in smaller groups of 4-5 people, and each group has maximum 10 minutes to present. All group members must speak approximately an equal amount of time, so practice together!

The presentations will be held online at our meetings on (date).

What should the presentation cover?

The focus is on what you have learned about higher education in Finland. Use the videos and texts you find in the tab for week xxx as your material.

The presentation should offer answers to the following questions from each of you:

1. What degree are you interested in studying and why?
2. What did you learn from the interview with the student/videos you've watched?
3. What has surprised you about higher education studies in Finland?

What is the structure of a good presentation?

A good presentation has a clear structure. It has a clear beginning, a clear middle and a clear end. The listener should always know where they are in a presentation.

You can show this in your slides: have a starting slide with all of your names in it. Make sure you introduce yourselves: who are you, and what will you be talking about (the topic of the presentation). Make sure you agree on who talks about this slide!

Then, have one (or more, as needed) slide for each topic/person you are covering - you can choose whether you want to cover the topics one of a time or focus on an individual person at a time.

Finally, have an end slide, with all of your names in it again. Also, when presenting, this is a good moment to thank the audience for listening! Again, make sure you know who covers presenting this slide!

What will we be assessing?

We will pay attention to:

1. How informative is the presentation? Is the structure clear, can the listeners follow the presentation?
2. How clear are the slides? Are they packed with text, or do they only include the key points (the latter is clearer).
3. How well prepared are you? Do you present without having to rely on notes too much, or do you read directly from the paper/slides? (Please don't!) Are you able to stick to the time given? Do you seem prepared?