After your work term

After your work term has ended, you'll need to:

• send in your work term report (by email to bico@uvic.ca)
  
• contact your co-op office to let us know when you plan to go on your next work term
• sign in to MyPage to update your address
• submit the debriefing form by September 15, January 15 or May 15
• sign up for your oral presentation (held in the third week of September, January and May)
• attend a debriefing session with your coordinator to discuss your work term report, evaluation, oral presentation grade and future plans

Oral presentation guidelines

These tips can help you prepare for your 15-minute oral presentation.

What to include

• Background of the organization you worked for, its location and a brief description of its overall mandate.
• Introduction to your specific projects, goals and rationale.
• Description of your methods and results (this should be the main body of your talk—about 8 minutes—and you can use visual aids to emphasize your points).
• Project conclusions and description of further work that is needed.
• Leave 3 to 4 minutes for questions.

How to use visual aids (like PowerPoint presentations)

• Make writing large enough for everyone to see.
• Don’t include lots of details or too much text—include main points and expand on each point verbally.
• Be organized. Test your presentation beforehand, and bring everything you’ll need.