In one of my modules, we do student presentations. And that has to happen at the tail end of term. So quite often, it’s the last big thing. And big it got! There have been years with fewer than 20 students, and then it’s quite doable. This year we had loads. And then it’s such a long day! I had had to make the individual presentations shorter to fit it all in one day.
The students uploaded their slides the Friday before. I just had time to make a schedule before I had to head for Main Campus. The presentations were on Monday!
It fit, especially given that I suspected there would be no-shows. There were quite some non-submitters. And there were two students who were allowed to record, and one who was not available on the Monday and presented the week before.
There also tends to be an issue with the room. I remember one stone cold room, and last year a room with fine temperature but only wooden benches. This year we had a cold windowless room. Will we ever be comfortable?
This year it went well. The level of the presentations was high, time keeping was generally very good too, and the students asked loads of questions. The students only had 7 mins each, but some had teamed up in twos and threes so they had 14 or 21 minutes for their group, and could go a bit more into depth. We had 26 students presenting overall.
The non-submitters all failed to show up. But I later noticed that most of those were inconsistently registered. There is the module website where they submit their assignments, and the overall website with the module overviews, and they didn’t agree. So that’s a relief! A bit confusing that I now don’t know who is in my module, but probably, most of these absent people were absent because they were not actually on the module. A good reason!
The only teaching I now still have is the presentations of my freshers! And then it’s done for 2024…
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| A transatlantic cable on the US shore in 1925; there were quite many talks about submarine cables |
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