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Presentation Score Leader Board

This table will be populated with (anonymous) peer review scores for each presentation, on each week when there is a presentation. The top scorer will receive the Best Capstone Speaker Award.

Name Content Score Organization Score Delivery Score Overall Score
  4.555555556 4.6 4.777777778 4.644444444
  4.469387755 4.510204082 4.857142857 4.612244898
  4.555555556 4.377777778 4.688888889 4.540740741
  4.566037736 4.452830189 4.528301887 4.51572327
  4.490196078 4.431372549 4.568627451 4.496732026
  4.609756098 4.536585366 4.317073171 4.487804878
  4.5 4.369565217 4.565217391 4.47826087
  4.416666667 4.416666667 4.583333333 4.472222222
  4.47826087 4.413043478 4.52173913 4.471014493
  4.450980392 4.274509804 4.647058824 4.45751634
  4.54 4.2 4.6 4.446666667
  4.456521739 4.434782609 4.369565217 4.420289855
  4.291666667 4.270833333 4.645833333 4.402777778
  4.403846154 4.192307692 4.596153846 4.397435897
  4.404761905 4.428571429 4.357142857 4.396825397
  4.428571429 4.4 4.36 4.396190476
  4.291666667 4.375 4.395833333 4.354166667
  4.333333333 4.392156863 4.333333333 4.352941176
  4.340425532 4.425531915 4.276595745 4.34751773
  4.444444444 4.333333333 4.244444444 4.340740741
  4.4 4.22 4.4 4.34
  4.26 4.4 4.36 4.34
  4.352941176 4.274509804 4.392156863 4.339869281
  4.42 4.16 4.42 4.333333333
  4.431372549 4.352941176 4.215686275 4.333333333
  4.291666667 4.333333333 4.333333333 4.319444444
  4.255319149 4.340425532 4.340425532 4.312056738
  4.375 4.275 4.275 4.308333333
  4.479166667 4.166666667 4.270833333 4.305555556
  4.340425532 4.170212766 4.404255319 4.304964539
  4.26 4.22 4.42 4.3
  4.354166667 4.208333333 4.333333333 4.298611111
  4.444444444 4.222222222 4.222222222 4.296296296
  4.354166667 4.375 4.145833333 4.291666667
  4.266666667 4.2 4.4 4.288888889
  4.326530612 4.204081633 4.306122449 4.278911565
  4.117647059 4.431372549 4.254901961 4.267973856
  4.254901961 4.274509804 4.274509804 4.267973856
  4.319148936 4.234042553 4.234042553 4.262411348
  4.346938776 4.06122449 4.367346939 4.258503401
  4.153846154 4.288461538 4.326923077 4.256410256
  4.25 4.230769231 4.269230769 4.25
  4.235294118 4.254901961 4.254901961 4.248366013
  4.434782609 4.456521739 3.826086957 4.239130435
  4.266666667 4.222222222 4.222222222 4.237037037
  4.229166667 4.3125 4.145833333 4.229166667
  4.382978723 4.063829787 4.234042553 4.226950355
  4.361702128 4.229166667 4.083333333 4.224734043
  4.16 4.38 4.12 4.22
  4.416666667 4.166666667 4.0625 4.215277778
  4.255319149 4.170212766 4.212765957 4.212765957
  4.446808511 4.234042553 3.957446809 4.212765957
  4.276595745 4.106382979 4.255319149 4.212765957
  4.347826087 4.217391304 4.065217391 4.210144928
  4.333333333 4.333333333 3.955555556 4.207407407
  4.24 4.02 4.36 4.206666667
  4.387755102 4.12244898 4.102040816 4.204081633
  4.319148936 4.212765957 4.063829787 4.19858156
  4.276595745 4.021276596 4.29787234 4.19858156
  4.234042553 4.276595745 4.063829787 4.191489362
  4.104166667 4.3125 4.145833333 4.1875
  4.196078431 4.31372549 4.039215686 4.183006536
  4.326086957 4.02173913 4.195652174 4.18115942
  4.2 4.2 4.133333333 4.177777778
  4.361702128 4.127659574 4 4.163120567
  4.24 4.18 4.06 4.16
  4.326530612 4.163265306 3.979591837 4.156462585
  4.347826087 4.173913043 3.934782609 4.152173913
  4.215686275 4.352941176 3.882352941 4.150326797
  4.224489796 4.06122449 4.163265306 4.149659864
  4.191489362 4 4.212765957 4.134751773
  4.191489362 4.106382979 4.085106383 4.127659574
  4.177777778 4.111111111 4.088888889 4.125925926
  4.208333333 4.229166667 3.9375 4.125
  4.255813953 4.046511628 4.023255814 4.108527132
  4.18 4.02 4.12 4.106666667
  4.16 4.32 3.82 4.1
  4.039215686 4.078431373 4.176470588 4.098039216
  4.083333333 4.208333333 4 4.097222222
  3.977777778 4.111111111 4.177777778 4.088888889
  4.354166667 4.0625 3.833333333 4.083333333
  4.166666667 4.166666667 3.916666667 4.083333333
  4.153846154 4.1 3.9 4.051282051
  4.268292683 4.073170732 3.804878049 4.048780488
  4.04 4.08 4 4.04
  4.019607843 4.058823529 4 4.026143791
  4.244444444 4.022222222 3.8 4.022222222
  4.12 3.96 3.98 4.02
  4.31372549 3.980392157 3.745098039 4.013071895
  4.14 3.88 4 4.006666667
  4.058823529 4.137254902 3.803921569 4
  4.115384615 4.173076923 3.673076923 3.987179487
  4.117647059 3.784313725 4.039215686 3.980392157
  4.134615385 3.961538462 3.807692308 3.967948718
  4.058823529 4.058823529 3.745098039 3.954248366
  4.265306122 3.87755102 3.693877551 3.945578231
  4.16 4.02 3.64 3.94
  3.645833333 3.854166667 4.3125 3.9375
  4.068181818 4.022727273 3.704545455 3.931818182
  4.019607843 4.078431373 3.68627451 3.928104575
  4.022222222 3.977777778 3.622222222 3.874074074
  3.980769231 3.865384615 3.75 3.865384615
  4.0625 3.9375 3.520833333 3.840277778
  3.9375 3.75 3.791666667 3.826388889
  3.884615385 4.076923077 3.326923077 3.762820513
  4.093023256 3.325581395 3.674418605 3.697674419
  3.784313725 3.156862745 3.823529412 3.588235294
  3.711538462 3.365384615 3.615384615 3.564102564
  3.745098039 3.215686275 3.529411765 3.496732026
  3.254901961 3.431372549 2.411764706 3.032679739
Average 4.242144727 4.153368971 4.116464937 4.170659545

Your responsibilities

You must fulfill all of these responsibilities to get a satisfactory grade:

  1. Attend each class synchronously. See Attendance.

  2. Give a presentation on your work. See Presentation organization.

  3. Write a final paper. See Final paper organization.

  4. Fill out peer reviews for each presentation on TopHat. See Peer review organization

  5. (CS 1950 students only) send regular progress reports. See Progress report organization.

Failure to fulfill any of the above responsibilities may result in a “Not Complete” grade or a penalty on your letter grade.

Attendance

  • TopHat attendance will be taken for each class.

  • Attendance must occur in-person. If you have extenuating circumstance (such as a medical or family emergency), please let me know immediately and I will allow remote particiation or other means of participation.

  • NOTE: You may miss 2 classes in the entire semester without an extenuating circumstance. 3 or more missed classes will result in a failure.

Presentation organization

  • The presentation schedule will be finalized using a poll. This is the official schedule as it stands now:
  • There will be typically 5 students presenting each day. That means 50 / 5 = 10 minutes per student. Those 10 minutes is going to be broken down as follows:
    • 5 minutes: Presentation talk
      • Speaker presents slides pre-uploaded to TopHat using instructor’s laptop.
    • 3 minutes: Audience Q & A
    • 2 minutes: Intermission
      • Current speaker: Returns to seat.
      • Next speaker: Immediately steps up to podium and starts preparing.
      • Audience: Answer peer review questions on TopHat, due at midnight.
    • Speakers: Please keep your own time with your cell phone. Please understand that I have to cut you off at 8 minutes with no warning due to the tight schedule.

  • Please review the Lecture on Presentations and the Lecture on Assertion Evidence Format before giving your presentation.

  • Presenters must submit their presentation slides to the “Presentation Slides” assignment on Canvas the day before, by Thursday 9:00 PM. The slides will be uploaded to TopHat for the presentation next day. The preferred format is PDF or Powerpoint. Please note that simple Powerpoint animations like appearing and disappearing work on TopHat, but if you use more fancy animations they might not, so please let me know by email and I will give you further instructions.

  • Recordings of presenters are uploaded to Canvas Panopto within an hour of the talk. Watching a recording of your own talk can be an enlightening experience (you can trust me on this).

  • NOTE: If your presentation is not satisfactory, you will be asked to present once more with your instructor one-on-one outside of class hours. This will be your last chance to give a satisfactory presentation.

Final paper organization

  • Write a 8 - 12 page paper on your internship experience. For details, see the Final Paper Instructions. PDF format is preferred. The paper is to be submitted to Canvas by Friday midnight of the week following your presentation.

Peer review organization

  • For each presenter, there will be a folder in TopHat containing the slides for the presentation and a few peer review questions. The TopHat questions should be submitted to TopHat by Friday midnight on the day of the presentation.

  • Please do not peer review yourself (obviously).

  • Please review tips for writing a good review. Be specific about what you liked and disliked.

  • Peer review scores are anonymized when posted to TopHat — only score averages will be made available to the presenter. Also the peer reviews will not impact the presenter’s grade. That means you can give honest feedback and scores without feeling guilty about lowering your friend’s grade. The purpose is to give constructive feedback so that your friend can improve.

  • Your scores will also be used to decide the Best Capstone Speaker award, which is given to three students with the highest overall scores (the sum of the Content, Organization, and Delivery scores). Cash prizes of $100, $50, and $20 will be given to the PittFund$Me accounts of meriting students, as well as certificates.

Progress report organization

This section is only for CS 1950 students.

  • Please submit progress reports to the Canvas SCI Experiential Learning Hub on the dates specified (it is on a bi-weekly cadence). The report allows your research advisor to monitor your progress and spot communication problems before they become a major issue.

  • The progress reports are meant to help you, not burden you. The main consumer of the report is your research advisor, so you can use whatever format conveys the information best to your advisor. Some professors prefer bullet points over flowing text.

  • Your advisor will “Approve” your report if your progress is satisfactory — otherwise feedback will be given.