Allen but one of the good onesMy presentation to the IEB Further Studies: Physics conference starts in about ten minutes and... ah, here come the butterflies 😬
Grant_H@grant_h Thanks! All done. My first time doing one of these without being able to see or hear my audience, great relief when I finished to see that everybody was still there 😂
@grant_h Oh and haha, just realised I forgot to turn my camera on, lucky I had a slide deck for them to look at!
@uastronomer 'hard mode" the interaction is very valuable.
But I'm sure it was good.
But I'm sure it was good.
@grant_h I got a "wow" from the organizer, which I'm sure was sincere :)
Graham Downs@uastronomer Presenting a webinar, where nobody can speak and nobody has cameras on, is VERY different than standing up in front of a room full of people whom you can see and hear.
Even in online meetings, I like to insist that people at least have their cameras on. I need to be able to read the room. I guess maybe that's a sign of insecurity. I need validation. I need feedback. I need some form of response.
Well done to you, though! I'm glad nobody left while you were talking. ;-)
Did you get any questions from the audience?
@GrahamDowns No, Karien didn't ask for questions. My fault, I ran a few minutes over time.
I was also using Powerpoint in fullscreen two monitor mode so that I had my timed notes on each slide. But that means I had no view at all of Teams. Like you say, creates massive insecurity!
Stevan@uastronomer Ah, your talk is about the physics of small changes influencing major physical effects, is it? #ButterflyEffect 😉
Hope it goes well.
Hope it goes well.
@withaveeay I like to think I'm a funny guy. Wisecracks, little jokes to illustrate points, it's all very organic and spur of the moment.
Doing this in a teams call, where everybody is on mute and your powerpoint is blocking your view of even those few audience members who have camera on, is DEATH! Every joke feels like it's falling completely flat 😮💨
@uastronomer Oh, that must be hard.
My UHI degree was entirely over VC, as UHI covers a huge area with multiple constituent colleges. Some lecturers really used the VC well, swapping between slides and themselves, and also allowing moments of thinking time rather than constant delivery. Those lectures were far less onerous on us students, as it kept us engaged, rather than just having 1.5 hours of slides.
May be worth a try your next presentation, as you can be a live person in those breakaways.
My UHI degree was entirely over VC, as UHI covers a huge area with multiple constituent colleges. Some lecturers really used the VC well, swapping between slides and themselves, and also allowing moments of thinking time rather than constant delivery. Those lectures were far less onerous on us students, as it kept us engaged, rather than just having 1.5 hours of slides.
May be worth a try your next presentation, as you can be a live person in those breakaways.
@uastronomer I wasn't suggesting your lecture was boring, by the way, just saying that you might be able to find a way of adapting Teams lectures to your preferred style rather than the tech changing you.
@withaveeay No I got it, don't worry :)
I basically work on Teams, but I almost never present stuff so these little tricks don't occur to me, or seem intimidating to try and manage while also speaking and trying not to break my flow. But it's a good idea, and if this becomes a regular thing again I'll definitely work on it
@uastronomer You probably don't have time in these presentations, but the very best lecturers would stop every 15 mins or so, and say "I'll break for a moment if anyone needs to say anything", which was really a way of providing thinking time, as it was rarely used for questions or "this is more of a comment...". But that might be difficult and allow of a free-for-all in other situations.