Project Presenation and Writeups
Presentations on Monday Apr 28, 9-6 pm (60pts)
- Use the computer-based presentation program such as Powerpoint, Keynote etc.
- Quality of the presentation will be evaluated (distinct from details of project).
- Prepare in parallel with lab work (do not leave until last minute).
- Everybody on team should contribute equally to the presentation.
- If possible, demostrate you working project.
- Length: 10 minutes for 1-student projects and 15 minutes for 2 students. This includes 3-5 minutes of Q&A.
More Details:
The audience for these presentations is your fellow classmates.
Check D2L for scheduleThis is a summary not everything from your project, but focus on the following area that will form our rubrics:
- Content
- Defining the problem
- Background
- Talking through your
- circuits
- Models
- Data with model
- Outcomes / Findings
- Demos
- Conclusions Recommendations
- Style
- Well spoken
- Well visualized (PPT or other computer presentation software)
- Sharing presentation responsibilities (for joint projects)
Project Reports due Friday May 2, 5 pm on D2L (60 pts)
- Must be a fully polished, typed English document complete with diagrams and data
- One report per group
- Include theory – key parts (how do they work?)
- Compare results to theory
- Quality of the manuscript will be evaluated (distinct from details of project)
- Record signals during operation for putting in your presentation and proposal. Please use a web browser to screen capture screenshot images from your oscilloscope over the network. A cellphone camera or other digital camera works well for easily taking a snapshot of the scope or other instrument.
- Everybody on team has a part in writing the report. The report should specify how specifically individual members contributed to the building of the project and to the report.
More details:
Build on project proposal (if that was done well).
Should be in the general form of “lab report” or scientific paper.Scope of overall project
Background
Why does this matter
What has been done
Overall designComponents of design
Model (mathematical / transfer function/ conceptual)
Measure
Comparison
Interpretation for each componentProblems encountered and solutions developed
Overall outcomes
If relevant overall model (descriptive / mathematical if appropriate)
Discussion of outcomes
Conclusion / Possible Next Steps
Grades based on
- rubrics above and
- originality
- degree of difficulty.
- execution, i.e. can you make it work
- presentation