Program Information and Resources

Submission Forms and Instructions

Important: All student researchers MUST identify the Faculty Mentor with whom you worked on your research.

Recording instructions are the same for the oral and 3MT submissions. A breakdown for specific requirements will follow these general instructions.

General Instructions

1. Students will submit their abstract form to their Faculty representative.
2. Students will upload their poster as a PDF to the Symposium "course" in Moodle.
3. Students will record their oral and 3MT presentations in Kaltura. All students have access to the Kaltura program through their Moodle account. Record both your screen and your camera. Here is a link for how to properly use Kaltura https://www.ulm.edu/it/teaching-resource.html
4. Once the presentations are recorded, you must contact your school faculty representative. He/She will provide instructions for uploading your presentations into Moodle.
5. Most of the recording can easily be accomplished using laptops or desktops, however, if you would like to record your video in the Library, please contact Megan Lowe at lowe@ulm.edu and she will help you.

For Video Submissions

As part of the submission process, students need to tag their videos for the specific competition (3MT or Oral), classification (undergraduate or graduate), and school (e.g., Education). If the student is using Kaltura Capture to record their video, tagging may be done while saving, as shown in the image below: 

If the student is using My Media in Moodle, they will need to click on the pencil icon   next to the video in My Media. They will then scroll down until the reaching the textbox for ‘Tags, enter the appropriate tags, then save, as seen in the image below:

3MT Submission Guidelines

While competitors will not be judged on video/recording quality or editing capabilities, be mindful of the following:
− ensure that lighting is adequate and that the face is visible
− ensure audio quality is clear, loud enough, and free of distortion
− consider standing still while presenting
− pay attention to eye movement
− do not read from a script

 The video file submitted must meet the following criteria:
                − filmed on the horizontal
                − filmed on a plain background
                − filmed from a static position
                − filmed from one camera angle
                − include continuous 3-minute audio with no sound editing or breaks
                − include a static PPT slide that is visible continuously.

Oral Presentation Submission Guidelines

1. Record your oral presentation with Kaltura. These must use the picture-in-picture view. Where you are in the picture with your slides.
2. The presentation can only be 12 minutes long.
3. We recommend the following structure: an introduction, aims, and objectives, methods, results, discussion, and conclusions. However, for students from the Visual and Performing Arts disciplines, the number of slides remains the same but the structure is open.
4. A font size of 36 for all headings and 18 for the body must be used. Use bold and italics as needed to indicate a sub-heading or to emphasize content. Use non-serif fonts. 

Poster Presentation Submission Guidelines

1. Prepare your poster in the form of a PowerPoint (“.pptx”) presentation and then save the poster as a “.pdf” file. You can download a ULM themed PPT template if you want to use it: https://www.ulm.edu/omc/templates.html
2. Contact your college/school representative about your poster. You will be provided instructions for uploading your presentation in Moodle.  

3. You will be using PowerPoint (PPT) to create your poster. See instructions below.
   1. Your presentation can include only 8 slides. We recommend the following structure: an introduction, aims, and objectives, methods, results, discussion, and conclusions. However, for students from the Visual and Performing Arts disciplines, the number of slides remains the same but the structure is open.
   2. Slide 1 (first slide) should contain only the title, your name, and affiliation and slide 8 (last slide) should contain only the acknowledgment, references, or any supplemental information.
   3. A font size of 36 for all headings and 18 for the body must be used. Use bold and italics as needed to indicate a sub-heading or to emphasize content. Use non-serif fonts.
      1. A template for the poster is available for you to use. Click here to download the template.
      2. Save the poster as a “.pdf” file.
   4. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Susan Lacey at lacey@ulm.edu or Dr. Joydeep Bhattacharjee at joydeep@ulm.edu, or your School faculty representative.
      
      

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ULM Student Research Symposium Policies and Procedures

Awards

a. If there are 1-3 presenters in any School category, then 1 medal may be awarded by the judges.

b. If there are 4-6 presenters in any School category, then 2 medals may be awarded by the judges.

c. If there are 7 or more presenters in any School category, then 3 medals may be presented by the judges.

Abstract Submission & Presentations

a. Only one student’s name may be listed as the presenter on an abstract submission for a presentation. A presentation is a poster, oral presentation, etc. It is not the presentation that wins, but the presenter. The presenter is the sole winner of the award, and the only individual allowed to walk up to receive the award during the ceremony, regardless of how many students contributed to the presentation.

b. A student can make only one presentation during the yearly ULM Student Research Symposium.

c. Every student presentation must be sponsored by a ULM faculty member. The mentor’s name must be listed on the abstract form, or the form will be returned to the applicant for completion.

d. Abstract should be no less than 100 words and no more than 250 words.