Sometimes when you go to a convention, or a meeting, or a job fair, or a sports show or something like that and you see a display or two that are set up with programs running on their own. Those can be short PowerPoint or videos that are looped to continually run on their own.

The messages can be written out, with the text included as part of the program, or the messages can be added with audio as a "voice-over".

with a "voice-over" the narration is not accompanied by the image of the speaker; the message is in the background explaining what the viewer is seeing on the screen
with "textual" only, all of the information is provided by the words on the screen (along with the images); there is no one in the background explaining what the viewer is seeing on the screen.
by contrast, with a YouTube or other "video" presentation, the speaker is, commonly in front of the camera speaking directly to the viewer(s)

You may do any of these types for your class Presentation.

See more on PowerPoint presentations above.

See additional information on PowerPoint presentations below.

LSBE Students have a look: 15+ Best Presentation Templates and Themes to Download [with a focus on Presentation templates for business and sales, marketing, and investment] -- Storydoc

How many slides do you need to create a powerful academic presentation? -- Theo Tsaousides (18 June 2019)

as a

"Research Poster"

If you were to attend a regional or national conference in a professional organization related to your major, or if you attend a conference or exposition related to something like an Undergraduate Research Opportunites Program (UROP) project, you would most likely see that there is a "Poster Session" as part of that conference or exposition.

So another option for your class presentation would be to create a professional poster presentation explaining your project to others interested in the topic.

UROP, for example, lists UROP Presentation Opportunities on their web site, and they go on to offer Guidelines for creating a professional poster.

Further information on research posters is available at . . .

Research Poster Overview

Research Poster Content & Context Formatting Considerations
Ordering Information
Using Images
Supplementary Handouts
* * *

How to Create a Research Poster
-- NYU Libraries

Poster Presentation
-- Michigan State University, Undergraduate Research

How to Present an Academic Research Poster
-- Syracuse University iSchool

Presenting Your Poster at a Conference: Tips and Tricks
-- Sharlene Fernandes, Society for Personality and Social Psychology, 17 June 2021

Creating a Poster
-- Washington University in St. Louis, Library Services for Undergraduate Research

and from

Useful Sites

Free Google Slides and PowerPoint Templates to Boost Your Presentations -- slidesgo

Graphic Resources for Everyone -- freepik

Vector Icons -- FLATICON

Whether you are giving your presentation
in person, recording a voice-over, or making a video . . .

s p e a k s l o w l y

d o n o t r u s h

What is the Average Speaking Rate? -- Andrew Dlugan (12 November 2012)
5 Tips for Fast Talkers To Slow Down -- Christina Hennessy, Throughline (31 July 2019)
Before public speaking… Playlist -- TED Talks

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10 Helpful Online Resources for Improving Public Speaking Skills -- Graduate School of Professional Development, University of Notre Dame
10 Public Speaking Tips: How to Relax, Focus, and Shine at Your Next Presentation -- PURDUE global
15+ Best Presentation Templates and Themes to Download [with a focus on Presentation templates for business and sales, marketing, and investment] -- Storydoc
The 10 20 30 rule of PowerPoint -- presentation magazine
The Art of the Commencement Speech -- HUMANITY.ORG
class presentations -- Tim Roufs
A Conference of Mind and Mouth: The Ultimate Public Speaking Resource Guide
Designing Conference Posters -- Colin Purrington
Digital Arts
Digital Storytelling -- Ohio State University
Easel.ly -- To date, 800,000 users have created over one million infographics on Easel.ly. The reason is clear: Easel.ly manages to make the usually tedious and time consuming process of creating engaging infographics relatively simple and efficient. The interface is fairly minimal and user-friendly. Most users will want to begin with a Vheme (template). From there, the site offers fresh options each step of the way, using drag and drop functions to fill out your targeted product. The results look surprisingly professional and can help users present even complex information in streamlined and attractive formats. [CNH] -- The Scout Report (July 10, 2015 -- Volume 21, Number 26)
How to Give a Speech -- Witt Communications
How to Give a Speech Without Dying -- Cathy Stucker
How to overcome a terror of public speaking -- BBCNews (26 January 2016)
More than a Picture: Helping Undergraduates Learn to Communicate through Scientific Images -- Fiona L. Watson and Barbara Lom
"Papers for Oral Presentation" -- Hairston, Maxine C.
Plotly ("the easiest way to graph and share your data", an online service for creating and sharing data visualizations)
Presentation Tips -- Garr Reynolds
Rethinking Presentation Slides: the Assertion-Evidence Approach -- xxx
Writing and Speaking > Public Speaking -- findhow.com
SoYouWanna deliver an effective speech? -- soyouwanna.com
Speech Examples
- Miskolc Speech (Hungary) -- Tim Roufs
- "Saving Grace: The Waste and Destruction of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome," Michael Dorris
SpeechTips.com
The secret to stopping your ‘ummms’ -- BBCcapital (16 June 2016)
TubeChop -- [For those of us who give presentations, write blogs, or post on social media, we often want to offer a snippet of a longer video to make a point, get a laugh, or otherwise spice things up. Enter TubeChop. The platform is beautiful for its simplicity. Just find the YouTube, Vimeo, TedTalk, or other video that you would like to sample and paste the link into TubeChop. Then use the end bars to choose the exact second when your clip will begin and end, select "chop it," and copy or embed the generated link. CNH, The Scout Report, July 17, 2015 -- Volume 21, Number 27 ].
Useful Lists and Guidelines -- Tim Roufs
Useful Tips -- Tim Roufs
Presentation Evaluation Form --- Tim Roufs
Venngage
[Venngage is an online tool that facilitates visual story-telling via eye-catching charts, maps, icons, and visuals that can be used on infographics, reports, or posters. There are dozens of templates for users to explore, all sorted into categories such as statistics, timelines, geography, and comparison. After signing up for a free account, users can create templates for reporting budget projections (in the Reports tab) or informational posters to describe procedures (in the Posters tab). The Posters section may be of special interest to anyone looking to sleekly incorporate graphs and charts into a poster presentation for the classroom or at a conference. While some of the templates require a monthly subscription, others are free and available for anyone to use. (MMB -- The Scout Report, August 5, 2016, Volume 22, Number 30)]
Virtual Presentation Assistant -- Communication Studies Department at the University of Kansas
National Forensic League

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