Santa Clara University
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
COEN-317: Distributed Systems

Presentation: Team progress update

Each team is required to give a ten-minute presentation as a progress update. Each member of the team is expected to speak and elaborate about their specific contributions thus far on the project. Members of each team should also be prepared to answer questions from the class (audience). These updates should include:

• Implementation details about how the team has (or will) build their pipeline.
• How the programs involved in the distributed system interoperate.
• The programming languages used for the distributed system.
• Database schema.

Presentation: progress update rubric

CRITERIA	RATINGS				POINTS
Visual Aids	Distinguished 2 points Visual aids are well done and are used to make presentation more interesting and meaningful.	Intermediate 1.5 points Visuals are adequate but do not inspire engagement with the material.	Novice 0.5 point Very little or poor use of visual materials.	Below Expectation 0 points Student did not speak and/or was not present for the team progress update.	2 points
Volume	Distinguished 1 point Presenter is easy to hear.	Intermediate 0.75 point Audience is able to hear as a whole, but there are times when volume is not quite adequate.	Novice 0.25 point Presenter is difficult to hear.	Below Expectation 0 points Student did not speak and/or was not present for the team progress update.	1 point
Organization	Distinguished 1 point Presentation is well organized with clear main ideas and transitions.	Intermediate 0.75 point Speaker loses train of thought, does not stay with the proposed outline, or connections are attempted but not made clear for the audience.	Novice 0.25 point Presentation shows little organization, unclear purpose, and/or unclear relationships or transitions.	Below Expectation 0 points Student did not speak and/or was not present for the team progress update.	1 point
Length	Distinguished 1 point Appropriate length.	Intermediate 0.75 point Time may run slightly over allotted time.	Novice 0.25 point Presentation time runs excessively beyond allotted time.	Below Expectation 0 points Student did not speak and/or was not present for the team progress update.	1 point
Total points: 5