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presentations. A Chi-square test was conducted to expose the relationship between undergraduates’
socioeconomic characteristics with the principal causes of their choice.

Results and Discussion

The response rate for the survey was 91 %. The majority of participants, 68.5 %, were females. The
Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test was used to assess undergraduates' satisfaction with the availability of

resources and interpersonal interactions, both of which are necessary for doing online presentation-
assessment efficiently. The results revealed that, availability of good network connection (P<0.001),

speed of connection (P<0.001), essential electronic devices (Ex. Laptop, Wi-Fi, etc.) (P<0.001), digital

software tools (zoom, PowerPoint, etc.) (P<0.001) and personal relationship with academic staff
(P<0.001) were significant and undergraduates were highly satisfied with the current status of digital

infrastructure facilities and personal engagements that benefited them during the online presentation
evaluation programme. Further, the level of competency for online tools was compared with

participants’ gender. The results of the mean comparison disclosed that the level of competency of
females (mean = 20.25) for digital tools was higher than male (mean= 18.85). Thorpe (2002), also

revealed that more women than men were likely to complete online evaluations when compared with

the traditional evaluation methods. However, the Chi-square Test revealed that there is no significant
association between gender and their preference for the way of conducting presentation evaluation (p=

0.696, α>0.05).

Table 1 illustrates the test results regarding undergraduates’ level of agreement for each attribute on

the online presentation-evaluation that they participated in.

Table 1: The identified preliminary attributes which are significant for an effective on-line
presentation evaluation

Factor Statement Mean Test P-value Comment

value value
1. Convenience The online evaluation procedure was 1.29* 9.39 0.000 Strongly Agree

of the evaluation easy
Easy to follow the guidelines 1.21* 9.22 0.000 Strongly Agree

Online evaluation was systematic 1.18* 5.07 0.000 Strongly Agree

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