If you are presenting in one of my classes, please keep these basics in mind:
Presentations are to communicate worthwhile material to others. Towards that goal, pace down. You can do this by being selective in your information rather than trying to say everything. Please remember that we have non-native English speakers in the room. Make sure we understand your main points. I grade on the clarity and interest of what you communicate: Was it interesting? Could we follow you? Was it valuable?
Please, please start on time and finish on time. Have something that enables you to track time.
If you are using the projection abilities of the room, please email me ahead of time so we don't have a collision because both of us expect to use the equipment at the beginning of the hour and one of us has gotten in the way of the other.
It is your responsibility to be there early, to power up the equipment (there is warm up time involved with the Cal equipment), to have your connections ready to go, to have practiced and perfected your presentation, including the management of the technology involved (visual and aural). I count set up time as part of your designated time, so if you set up before you start your presentation you will have a better presentation and it will score better, too. Some of you might need to visit the room at a time when no one is in it, to check your set up.
I do not offer my laptop for presentations.
*Remember to kill your power saving functions for a presentation so your computer doesn't go to sleep unexpectedly.
*Remember that you cannot count on AirBears. Check connectivity, at minimum. But even then, AirBears is unpredictable. Have a presentation that can survive in good form (a plan B) in case you cannot network.