Presentation

When: June 25, during class

Weight: The presentation is part of the 40% final project grade.

Purpose: Communicate your data visualization project to your peers and practice giving and receiving constructive feedback.

Assessment: Your presentation will be assessed using the rubric at the bottom of this page.

Instructions

Each team will present their final project to the class on June 25. All team members must participate in the presentation.

Length

10-12 minutes of presentation per team
3-5 minutes of Q&A and peer feedback after each presentation

What to Cover

Your presentation should tell the story of your project from start to finish:

Introduce your topic and research question — why does it matter? who is the audience?
Describe your data — where did it come from, what does it contain?
Walk through your visualizations — present each chart, explain your design choices, and what it reveals
Summarize your findings — what are the key takeaways?
Reflect on limitations — what would you do differently?

Slide Design

Use slides (PowerPoint, Google Slides, Quarto Revealjs, or similar)
Aim for one key idea per slide
Let your visualizations do the talking — avoid bullet-point heavy slides
Ensure text is large enough to read from the back of the room
All team members should speak

Peer Feedback

After each presentation, the class will provide structured feedback. Come prepared to give constructive, specific feedback on:

Clarity of the research question
Effectiveness of the visualizations
Quality of the storytelling
Design choices

Peer feedback and your reflections on it will be part of your final project grade, (25 out of 140 points), so take it seriously!

Grading Rubric

Your presentation is worth 45 points, assessed on the following criteria:

Category	Excellent	Good	Needs work
Organization & Formatting	5 All formatting guidelines are followed.	4 Most formatting guidelines are followed.	3 / 2 Several or all formatting guidelines not followed.
Research Question	5 Research question is clear, focused, concise, complex, and arguable.	4 Research question is reasonably clear and focused, but may be too simple, too complex, or too verbose.	3 / 2 Research question is unclear and lacks focus; question is far too simple or overly complex.
Data Sources	5 Data sources are clearly described; validity of and concerns about data are discussed.	4 Some data sources are not clearly described or are missing; validity of and concerns about data are minimally discussed.	3 / 2 Data sources are poorly described or missing; description of validity of and concerns about data are poor or missing.
Slide Design	15 / 14 Slides are well-designed and well-organized to effectively communicate a coherent story addressing research question.	13 / 12 Slides are largely well-designed and well-organized, but some include distracting or confusing elements; story is not fully coherent.	11 / 10 / 9 Slides are poorly-designed and organized; frequent use of bullets and lots of text; story is poorly developed and / or does not address research question.
Communication	15 / 14 Engaging speaking; all team members participate; research question clearly addressed.	13 / 12 Speaking is somewhat engaging; all team members participate; research question clearly addressed.	11 / 10 / 9 Speaking is not engaging; not all team members participate; research question poorly addressed.