Scholars Day: Tuesday 28 Apr. 2–2:50pm
On the afternoon of Scholars Day, you’ll present your project asynchronously to the wider college community. Like other Scholars Day events for 300-level CIS courses, this is a drop-in event where people will be walking in and out. You should be prepared to discuss your project in about 5–10 minutes alongside some engaging visuals.
You are required to be present for at least a half hour of the CIS Open House on Scholars Day. You will be expected to have your materials available for attendees to review for the entire duration of the open house. For at least an hour of the open house, you will need to be present to welcome attendees to interact with your content and answer questions. During that time, you should also be prepared to help attendees interact with content from any classmates who are not present at that moment. If you are presenting with a partner, you must both be there for at least a half hour, but it doesn’t need to be the same half hour. Both members of your team should be able to speak about the whole project.
Your plans for sharing information with your class and the broader community must allow them to consume information about your project in an asynchronous manner. The goal is information sharing, but not through scheduled in-class presentations. The audience here is the overall college community, but you still must communicate completely and accurately. As a target, your content should be reasonable for an interested community member to consume in 5-10 minutes, so editing will be a major part of your task in preparing this content.
You have some freedom to choose exactly what content to share. There will be computers around the room and also space on the board to display print or digital materials. You may also bring laptops or other devices to display content.
Your presentation content should include the following:
A way of sharing and explaining your central research questions
A way of explaining your methods and initial findings
At least two network visualizations that show key findings and make an argument about your network
This should not be a traditional slide presentation, since most attendees will not have time to view multiple slideshows in a row. You are encouraged to get creative and think carefully about what will make for an effective walkthrough presentation.
You will turn in your presentation materials on the last day of class, Thursday 23 Apr. This will give us a chance to review and discuss your materials before Scholars Day.
(With thanks to AMH for some of the language in this prompt!)