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Carole Goble | Uli Sattler

School of Computer Science University of Manchester

COMP80122

Slides are available at 


http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~sattler/teaching/COMP80122/

Organisation …the usual

Three Deliverables for COMP80122

• 1. Active virtual participation

• 2. Critiques of 5 Research Symposium Presentations

– more details to follow, check easychair emails

• 3. A15 minute presentation



 plus various little exercises, tasks, …

alternative presentations via videolectures.net

Week 7

Seminar

Week 8

Seminar

Easter Break Research Symposium Week 9

Seminar

Week 10

Your Prezies

Week 12

Your Prezies

Week 11

Your Prezies

Deliverable 1

• during the whole seminar, in particular the discussion of fellow

students’ presentations you

• are present
• participate actively
• …virtually, via
• BB Collaborate

Deliverable 2 - new

• attend all presentations of the Research Symposium
• we will identify ~40 new presentations from video lectures

– email me your suggestions, I will add them to our list – suggest those that you’d like to see

• you

– pick 5 presentations from these ~40 – for each of these, you

• give a 2-3 sentence summary of its contents and
• write a critique: what was good, what could have been better
• taking into account all 3 aspects of a presentation

– storyline – slides – presenter

• submit all your summaries and critiques via easychair

– your reviews will be anonymous and fed back to presenters

Deliverable 2 - new

• attend all presentations of the Research Symposium
• we will identify ~40 new presentations from video lectures

– email me your suggestions, I will add them to our list – suggest those that you’d like to see

• you

– pick 5 presentations from these ~40 – for each of these, you

• give a 2-3 sentence summary of its contents and
• write a critique: what was good, what could have been better
• taking into account all 3 aspects of a presentation

– storyline – slides – presenter

• submit all your summaries and critiques via easychair

– your reviews will be anonymous and fed back to presenters

Have you received an email 
 from easychair?

Deliverable 3

• you will give a 15 minute presentation
• about your research (PhD, previous, Tichy study)
• to a small group of ~13 fellow participants
• we discuss what
• worked well
• can be improved
• Later, we
• organise you into groups
• start scheduling your presentations
• First presentations:
• Monday, April 20th

Deliverable 3

• you will give a 15 minute presentation
• about your research (PhD, previous, Tichy study)
• to a small group of ~13 fellow participants
• we discuss what
• worked well
• can be improved
• Later, we
• organise you into groups
• start scheduling your presentations
• First presentations:
• Monday, April 20th

We will clarify this later. For now: continue

• thinking about presentations
• working on your presentation

…stay safe!

Today

• Getting used to working

– in BB Collaborate – remote break-out groups – teleconference

• Discuss, in break-out groups
• 1. General questions relating to presentations
• 2. Your draft presentations


remember: these are drafts, so

• they are probably not perfect
• we can easily discuss these and
• help each other to make them better!

A Brief Tour Around BB Collaborate

General Controls

The Chat - use it for any question!

Changing Rooms: Main and Groups

Sharing A Window, File, Whiteboard

Discussion of Questions about Presentations

Working in Break-Out Groups

• A presentation-y version of Snog, Marry, Avoid
• Split into groups of ~4
• Each group

– decide on a scribe
 i.e., somebody who takes notes – ensure that everybody contributes 
 roughly speaks at equal amounts – perhaps via a chair

• Discuss each question for ~10 minutes

Equality in 
 Conversational 
 Turn-Taking

Working in Break-Out Groups

• Discuss the following question

– in your group – bring back your top points & disagreements – post them in the chat

Working in Break-Out Groups

• Discuss the following question

– in your group – bring back your top points & disagreements – post them in the chat

What are things that you have seen presenters do that you would like to do yourself?

Working in Break-Out Groups

• Discuss the following question

– in your group – bring back your top points & disagreements – post them in the chat

Working in Break-Out Groups

• Discuss the following question

– in your group – bring back your top points & disagreements – post them in the chat

What are things that you have seen presenters do that you would like to avoid?

Discussion of your Draft Presentations

Remember: Coursework for Today

• 1. Email me your favourite 1-5 video lectures

to be included in our “critiques” exercises

• 2. Prepare and bring
• a first draft of slides for your 15min presentation

– including running example, terminology – taking into account feedback from previous sessions

• We will discuss these today
• in small “break out groups”

Remember: the Three Aspects

The speaker

• body language

– focus

• preparedness
• voice

– volume – speed – clarity

• nerves
• ...

The story

• story line
• clarity
• level
• timing
• use of terminology
• ...

The slides

• bullet lists
• graphics
• fonts
• highlights
• ...

Being Prepared

Working in Break-Out Groups

Discuss your slides in your group:

• take turns showing your slides

– share a window or a file – don’t give your presentation but – walk the group through your slides – take 15-20min

• while the rest of your group comments, e.g.,

– point out good slides – ask about missing pieces – check story line – suggest improvements on graphics/layout/fonts/… – …

To do for Wednesday

Coursework for Wednesday

• Take the feedback from today’s session
• think about it
• use it to improve your story line & slides
• Bring any other question relating to
• presentation
• communication of research in general
• your relationship with your supervisor