These guidelines are for weekly presenters, specifically for taking active roles in the Wiki discussion period (Wednesday through Friday) and for preparing their Monday presentations (though there is more about leading the discussions than about the presentations).

For both the objective and subjective summarizers, begin by reading through all of the posted essays, looking for things that are not clear, and for things that would be interesting for the summaries, such as relationships between and common themes among the wiki postings. Also, note things that are particularly interesting to you.

Now, get involved in the Wiki discussions. Your tasks are twofold: (1) to help/encourage the other students' to clarify and improve their wiki postings and (2) to draw more out of the discussion.

Thus, one obvious kind of question is to ask for clarifications. Make your questions specific, communicating to the wiki presenter just what you would like to be explained or clarified.

Another type of question/comment is a specific one aimed to get the wiki presenter to go further in their thoughts. (I hesitate to give examples here, because these questions could be so many different types. We can look for good examples as we go along.)

Another type is a specific question/comment that asks wiki presenters to comment on common themes and relationships between the work they are discussing. Among all of us, the goal will be go further in developing our understanding of the relationships between the work and to sharpen our understanding of the common themes.

Another is a question/comment intended to sharpen the positions of wiki presenters who do not agree, and to clarify the issues involved (this is especially true for the subjective reactions).

As you go along asking question, make sure you are not just asking the same types of formulaic questions over and over. The question should be tailored to the specific point being addressed.

As far as the summary presentations, guidelines are to not get too detailed, but to have enough detail that there is still some substance. Both the objective and subjective summary presentations should end with substantive summaries; the presentations should not just consist of a set of slides for each paper that is discussed.