- Plan for a 15-minute oral presentation with 5
additional minutes for questions. This schedule will be strictly enforced.
- Oral presentations are held in technology
classrooms, which contain:
- 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.
- a Windows laptop computer with:
- 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.
- There will be a testing room located in each
building for presenters to test their files on a comparable computer.
- If there are any technical difficulties
during the presentation, please inform the moderator, who will contact the
technical support team.
- Presenters should arrive at their classroom prior to the start of each session to ensure that their USB flash drive and/or CD/DVD opens properly on the Windows laptop computer provided.
Practice Rooms
There will be rooms available for presenters to practice their presentations prior to their session. Please consult the NCUR 2012 Program for practice room locations.