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Celebration of Scholarship Committee:

Robin Bingham
(970) 943-3355
rbingham@western.edu

Christina Buchanan
(970) 943-2027
chbuchanan@western.edu

 

 

 

 

Instructions for Oral Presentations

Oral Presentations

  • Plan for a 12-minute oral presentation with 3 additional minutes for questions. This schedule will be strictly enforced.

  • The following equipment is available

    • a Windows laptop computer with:

      • Windows 7

      • Microsoft Office 2010:  Word, Excel, PowerPoint

      • Adobe Acrobat Reader

      • QuickTime

      • Windows Media Player.

    • a multimedia LCD projector and a large screen

    • a DVD player that projects onto the screen.

  • Presenters must use the Windows laptop computer provided.

  • Presenters must bring any digital presentations materials on a USB flash drive and/or a CD/DVD.

    • No other documents should be on the flash drive and/or CD/DVD.

    • We strongly recommend that presenters bring a backup of their digital presentation materials on a second USB flash drive or CD/DVD in case their primary digital memory device does not work.

  • The recommended format for presentations is Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 (.pptx), although files saved in older versions of PowerPoint should be compatible.

  •  If there are any technical difficulties during the presentation, please inform the moderator, who will contact the technical support team.

  • Presenters should arrive at 12:00 prior to the start of the oral session to load their presentation and ensure that their USB flash drive and/or CD/DVD opens properly on the Windows laptop computer provided.