Presentation Evaluation (15 points total)

Content (6 points)

Your talk should not only tell us the features of your web site, but also the design decisions you made and why. Tell us about client's goals and target audience, the requirements that were made, and how you met those requirements. What alternative designs did you consider, and why did you reject them? For example, if you used frames, why did you do so? If you didn't use frames, why not? Why did you choose the colors you did and so forth.

Also, you should give a reasonable tour of your site. You need not show us everything, but you should choose a reasonable "path" through the content without the audience getting lost.

Manner (5 points)

Your talk should be presented well. Here are some criteria:

eye contact: do you look at the audience, or just at your notes or even just at the screen? Audiences like it when speakers pay attention to them.
elocution: do you speak clearly and loudly enough to be heard in the back? Do you mumble? Do your words tumble out in a rush? Do you use pause words such as "um" and "like" too much?
demeanor: Do you seem relaxed and confident, or do you figet or giggle with nervousness? Do you get stiff and frozen?
pace: does your talk take the right amount of time, finishing neither too early nor running over (or getting cut off)?

Coordination (2)

Do you and your partner share the stage well, each getting a chance to speak? Do you make smooth transitions from one to the other?

Structure (1)

Your talk should have a conventional structure with a beginning, middle and end. At the beginning, you should introduce yourselves, say who your client is and what the web site is about, and generally prepare your audience for what is to come. At the end, you should thank the audience for their attention and respond to any questions there may be.

Technical Stuff (1)

Your web site should work, or, at the very least, your audience should be unaware of any problems. Therefore, you should make sure you don't follow any broken links, show any broken images, and the like. In short, avoid the land mines.

Also, you should make sure you've tested your site with the platform and browser you intend to use. It's a good idea to clear the cache and history when you start, to ensure that things start fresh and all the links appear to be new.

Last modified: Monday, January, 2006