PSLLT 2021 will be using Pheedloop as the conference platform. As we indicated in our messages to accepted presenters, we ask that you upload your presentations by May 17, 2021.  You should have now received an invitation to upload your files to the Pheedloop Speaker’s Portal.  If you did not receive this invitation, please email Katarina Hiebert at psllt2021@gmail.com for assistance.

Instructions for Oral Presentations

Oral presentations should be a maximum of 20 minutes long.  They can be recorded using any popular video-conferencing application (e.g., Zoom, MS Teams, Skype, etc). While each video-conferencing application is slightly different, the basic principles are the same.

1. Prepare your presentation in PowerPoint or whatever presentation program you typically use at in-person conferences.
2. Start a meeting in the video-conferencing platform of your choice.  If there are multiple presenters who will be speaking, include everyone in the meeting.
3. Have the main presenter share his/her presentation application in the meeting (please don’t share your entire screen unless it is only capturing the presentation; Zoom does allow you to share a portion of your screen).
4. Once sharing has begun, start your presentation.
5. Click ‘record’ in your video-conferencing application and wait for it to indicate that recording has begun.
6. Talk through your presentation as you would if you were presenting it in-person (please use a good mic).
7. After you have completed your presentation, stop recording and an mp4 file will be saved to your computer.
8. Upload the presentation as per our instructions on your Pheedloop Speaker Portal.

Note that YouTube has many instructional videos on how to record conference presentations in Zoom, MS Teams, Skype, etc.  If you need help, do a quick search for “How to record a conference presentation in Zoom (or your preferred platform)”.  Here is one example from this year’s AAAL Conference.

Instructions for Poster Presentations

You may plan your poster presentation as you would for an in-person conference.  While it may be possible to create a single slide, if it is text dense, we encourage you to consider using multiple slides (up to a maximum of 5) to break up the traditional poster sections (e.g., Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, etc).

1. Prepare your poster in PowerPoint or your preferred poster application.
2. Prepare a separate mp3 audio file to go along with your poster (5-7 minutes maximum).  This will allow attendees to either read through your poster, or listen to you talk through it.
3. Recognizing that time zone differences may conspire against you, we will be encouraging all poster presenters to be available in live breakout rooms to share and discuss their posters as they would at an in-person conference. The pre-posted versions with mp3 audio files will be available in case of technical difficulties, or in case viewers want to quickly have a look at your poster without asking questions.
4. Upload the presentation as per our instructions on your Pheedloop Speaker Portal.

Instructions for Teaching Tips Presentations

Teaching Tips will take the form of short pre-recorded sessions (5-7 minutes maximum). Attendees will have an opportunity to meet with presenters in virtual break-out rooms after listening to your Teaching Tip sessions. We imagine that the format of your Teaching Tip may influence how you create your video.  There is not one specific way of doing it, but we ask that whatever approach you choose that you show your face as you would at an in-person conference. This will make it more personal. If you are presenting alone, you are welcome to record the Teaching Tip using a high quality video camera, paying attention to sound quality. We will ask you to upload the video as an mp4 file on your Pheedloop Speaker Portal.

If your presentation requires slides, or the viewing of a website, you may want to record it using a popular video-conferencing application (e.g., Zoom, MS Teams, Skype, etc). If you are doing a demonstration using props (e.g., rubber bands, kazoos, etc), you can also do this in a video-conference application, but the image quality will be far poorer than if you record it using a digital camera, or even your phone, positioned to capture a clear view of your demonstration. While each video-conferencing application is slightly different, the basic principles are the same.

1. Start a meeting in the video-conferencing platform of your choice.  If there are multiple presenters who will be speaking, include everyone in the meeting.
2. Have the main presenter share his/her presentation application in the meeting (please don’t share your entire screen unless it is only capturing the presentation; Zoom does allow you to share a portion of your screen).
3. Once sharing has begun, start your presentation.
4. Click ‘record’ in your video-conferencing application and wait for it to indicate that recording has begun.
5. Talk through your Teaching Tip as you would if you were presenting it in-person.
6. After you have completed your presentation, stop recording and an mp4 file will be saved to your computer.
7. Upload the presentation as per our instructions on your Pheedloop Speaker Portal.

While we encourage creativity in the creation of Teaching Tip videos, some presenters have asked for a sample.  The video below provides one example of how a Teaching Tip might be presented.

INTONATION

“Intonation Bridging Activities: Meaningful Practice for Final Intonation” by G. Muller Levis & J. Levis. 

Bridging activities combine control and flexibility in the same activity. This is important for all language learning, but it is especially important for pronunciation because it requires both cognitive understanding and automatic motor control. Bridging activities are called “Guided Practice” by Celce-Murcia, Brinton, Goodwin and Griner (2010) and are the middle step of their three stages of pronunciation production activities (Controlled, Guided, Communicative).
Click HERE to download the handout.

Recording Tutorials

Watch these videos to learn how to record your presentation video using Zoom or Microsoft Teams. We encourage presenters to use Zoom, as you will need a Zoom account for the live breakout sessions during the conference.