NRP/NRPjr Oral Presentation Assessment

Assessment Criteria

The weightings of the different modes of assessment for NRP/NRPjr are:

Refer to the NRP/NRPjr Evaluation Rubrics for the assessment breakdown.

The NRP/NRPjr Oral Presentation Assessment is compulsory for all NRP/NRPjr Student Participants and is one of three assessment components. It will be conducted at the end of the programme in late February/early March.

Assessment Date and Time

The exact assessment date and time will be confirmed through an email in February.

The time of your assessment will be allocated and cannot be changed. No make-up assessment session will be arranged in the event of any absence or you have missed your allocated assessment time.

Students who miss the Oral Presentation Assessment will be given a zero for this component.

Attire

You are required to be in your full school uniform on the day of the assessment.

Components of Oral Presentation Assessment

You will be required to give an oral presentation of your NRP/NRPjr project to your Supervisor and an Independent Assessor.

10 minutes will be allocated for your oral presentation and a further 10 minutes will be for Q&A and oral defence, making up a total of 20 minutes.

Prepare for and practise your oral presentation in advance to ensure that you are able to keep within the time limit allocated. Assessors reserve the right to end the presentation should you exceed the time limit.

Presentation Slides

You may prepare your presentation slides using PowerPoint or any equivalent presentation software.

Do ensure that the text and diagrams in your presentation are clear and legible. You may prepare backup tables, diagrams and figures for your Q&A/oral defence.

Oral Presentation Assessment via Microsoft Teams

We would strongly recommend that you download and install Microsoft Teams for Windows desktop on your laptop and carry out dry runs of your oral presentation using Teams.

To familiarise yourself with Microsoft Teams, you may want to browse through the support for Teams meetings and learn about the basic features of Teams, especially on joining a meeting, turning on your video, and sharing your screen.

We would also recommend that as a precautionary measure should you be unable to share your screen during the assessment, you should save the final copy of your presentation slides to online cloud storage, such as Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox, etc., prior to the assessment and you could share the link with your assessor(s) using the chat feature in Teams.

Before, During and After the Oral Presentation Assessment

Before the Assessment	You should be in a quiet environment to ensure that you can hear and be heard clearly during the oral presentation. Your laptop is connected to a strong and stable Wi-Fi connection. Your presentation slides and other files that you are going to use during the oral presentation should be opened. For verification of your identity, prepare your Photo ID, such as School Smartcard (Student EZ-Link Card), NRIC or Passport. Ensure that the following items are functioning and turned on: Webcam Laptop’s speaker and mic / earphone and its mic. 5-10 minutes before your scheduled assessment session, you should click on the meeting link provided to join the meeting. You will find yourself waiting in the meeting lobby. Wait for your Assessor(s) to admit you.
During the Assessment	Webcam is to be turned on throughout the assessment session. Greet your Assessor(s). Introduce yourself and produce your Photo ID for verification of identity when prompted by your Assessor(s). Before you begin your presentation, you must share your screen and check whether your Assessor(s) can see your presentation slides. Remember to keep to the articulated timing: Oral Presentation – 10 minutes; Q&A / Oral Defence – 10 minutes.
After the Assessment	Thank your Assessor(s). Ask your Assessor(s) if you may leave the meeting. Do wait for the cue from your Assessor(s) before you leave.