Exploring Campus Group Presentations

Exploring Campus –Group Presentations

In a group of 3-4 students, you will be researching and presenting about a Department whichoffersspecific services to UConn students. In a group, you will contact the department and meet with atleast one staff member there who can tell you more about the department (15 minute interview) and/or the process. Then,you will present to your FYE classmates the things you learned. This will be an 8-10 minute presentationon [Insert the Due Date of your grouphere].

The goals of thisassignment:

To make connections with offices oncampus

To increase experience in personalinterviews

To gain skills in publicspeaking

To learn more about the services offered to UConnstudents

Four things to consider: (You will be graded on how well you address these things in the content ofyour presentation)

If researching an office, what services does this department or organization offer to UConnstudents?

If researching a process, how do this work? What considerations are involved?

What are some challenges the departmentfaces or inherent in the process?

Should students in your FYE class use these services? Why/whynot?

Any personal interest questions youhave

Do:

Schedule a meetingearly

Be polite

Be prepared. Know what you want to ask ahead oftime

Have fun! No, seriously. This is a unique opportunity to meet with members of theUConn community

Send a thank you to the person you meetwith

Communicate with the instructor EARLY if you have aproblem

ALL group members must be present at themeeting/interview.

ALL group members must play a role in presenting the material inclass.

Don’t:

Ask obvious questions or ask things you can learn easily by reading theirwebsite

Waste the time of the person you’re meetingwith

Don’t worry. You are not required to be experts in publicspeaking

Don’t worry. Your group grade is only a portion of your grade on thisassignment

You will be assigned to research one of the following: Academic Achievement Center; How to register for Classes; How to Explore Majors(The Major Experience - ACES); or the Dean of Students’ Office.

Group Presentation – GradingRubric

Content
-Information Learned fromInterview
-Background Knowledge fromResearch
-Major ConsiderationsAddressed
-Personal InterestsAddressed / /30
Group Presentation
-Equal participation by allmembers
-Cohesion ofPresentation
-Effective PresentationMethod
-Knowledge ofMaterial
-Tone, Volume, Rate ofSpeech, Pronunciation / /25
ProjectParticipation
-All Members AttendedInterview/Meeting
-PeerReviews / /10
Creativity
-Was the presentationengaging?
-Was the presentationcreative? / /15
Citing
-Was the source of the informationcited?
-Was this doneconsistently? / /10
Time
-Did the group adhere to the 8-10 minutes timelimit? / /10
TOTAL / /100