Presentation and Visualisation

Brief description

This series of seminars will help you gain confidence in presenting. You will learn tried-and-tested methods to help you prepare for presentations in a results-orientated way. Applying professional guidelines for creating and designing media will increase the visual impact of your presentations and help you to create materials more quickly. Regular short presentations in conjunction with video recordings and feedback will help you to recognise your potential and progress.

 

Proof of performance

This course is an ungraded seminar for which students receive a certificate of achievement after successful participation, which can be recognised as academic achievement in accordance with the respective examination regulations. The following conditions must be met for successful participation: each participant must attend at least 10 course units and give a presentation.

Lecture

The lecture should have a duration of 4-5 minutes (if the time is exceeded, the lecture will be cancelled by the lecturer). All methods learnt up to this point in the preparation and delivery of the presentation must be observed. One day before the presentation, it must be received by the lecturer as a PDF or PPT 2003/2007 by email by 15:00 at the latest. The use of plagiarised material will result in failure of the course!

Online community Moodle

The course is also available online. All students at the University of Wuppertal can register free of charge on the Moodle learning platform and access additional teaching materials. This includes, for example, course-related tests and an online forum where questions can be asked and answered online.