AESC40400 Seminar Presentation

Academic Year 2023/2024

This module will develop the skills needed in formal oral presentation, with graphical slides, recording for a screen audience, and poster presentation.

Class sessions will aim to support students in overcoming barriers to presentation in front of an audience.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of the module, students are expected to be able to:
Identify suitable material for presenting concisely;
Create clear, accurate, informative slides;
Design and construct a poster with a clear message;
Deliver effectively to a live seminar audience;
Support live presentation in hosting roles.

Indicative Module Content:

1) Presentation content design (potential and limitations of screen and speech presentation);
2) Oral presentation in a digital environment;
3) Slide design (timing, layout, visibility, structure, and organisation);
4) Poster design (layout, reading flow, visibility, clarity); poster presentation.
2) Data graphics (graph formats, data density, labelling);
6) Hosting (technical support; chairing; audience questions).

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

8
Seminar (or Webinar)

8
Specified Learning Activities

50
Autonomous Student Learning

40
Total

106
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Desktop design is used for seminar design, to allow preparation of a screen slideshow. Other modes and components of the presentation, such as props and choreography, may be agreed.
Seminar presentation is done with practice 2-minute seminars before the class audience, with class members in hosting roles; three sessions will be offered with students expected to present twice each. The final presentation, on another topic, may be given without practice, though one practice session will be provided. Members of the teaching staff will be invited to participate in grading at the final seminar session for assessment.
Desktop design is used for poster design.
Teaching staff invited to provide input to grading during poster display.
At the start of the module, and between practice sessions, short talks on elements of presentation design and delivery, and poster design, will be given.
A consistent meeting environment will be used for the scheduled class sessions, but additional online environments may be used, as initiated by class hosting teams, during the presentation sessions, to allow familiarity with multiple environments. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Presentation: Seminar design and presentation. Week 8 n/a Graded No

60
Assignment: Poster design and display. Week 7 n/a Graded No

40

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Students will receive feedback on seminar practice before assessment, and on poster design after design assessment, before poster presentation.

Name Role
Assoc Professor Barry John McMahon Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Paul Murphy Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Magdalena Necpalova Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Professor Olaf Schmidt Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Assoc Professor Helen Sheridan Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Dara Stanley Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Dr Saoirse Tracy Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 
Spring
      
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 24, 25, 26, 29 Thurs 11:00 - 12:50
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 24, 25, 26, 29 Tues 13:00 - 14:50
Spring