VV069 Presentation skills

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
RNDr. Zuzana Nevěřilová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. RNDr. Aleš Horák, Ph.D.
Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Supplier department: Department of Machine Learning and Data Processing – Faculty of Informatics
Timetable
Tue 8:00–9:50 C511
Prerequisites
The course is intended for students who are already working on their bachelor/master thesis.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
Course objectives
Practically oriented course aiming to give students solid background for final thesis defense, conference talks and presenting results at seminars. Focusing on compilation of electonic presentation, its logical structure, verbal and non-verbal sides of presentation, adaptation to audience feedback and handling of stage fright. During clases students will be preparing presentations on selected and technical topics. Presentations will be video recorded and thanks to individual approach, students will be able to improve on their presentation skills through one-to-one sessions.
At the end of this course the student will be able to outline a presentation on the thesis subject; create slides; give a presentation to an audience; respond questions from the audience.
Syllabus
  • Objectives of the presentation. Specifics of presentations by objective (thesis defense, conference talk, seminar presentations, recruitment ...). Specifics of presentations by their length. Different formats of presentations (1 minute, 4 minutes, 10 minutes, with electronic support, with a black/white board, without support). Timing of presentation content. How to make slides? Software for preparing presentation slides. Common errors in slides. Non-verbal communication, space, stance, politeness, eye contact. Common errors in non-verbal communication. Voice, non-lexical utterances, use of microphone. How to boost a presentation? Discussion with the audience. Unexpected events. How to overcome stage fright?
Teaching methods
Practical exercises on: summarization, giving presentation to an audience, working with a microphone. Presentation on selected topic, presentation on the thesis subject. Presentations will be video recorded. One-to-one sessions with students in order to focus individual needs.
Assessment methods
presentation on thesis subject
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2012, Spring 2013, Autumn 2013, Spring 2014, Autumn 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018.
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