Criteria

Points Value
Organization

Subject Matter

Research

Design

Animations

Oral Presentation

Absent

0 Point
Presentation
impossible to
follow. No
apparent
sequence of
information.
Presenter does
not have a grasp
on the information
they are
presenting and is
unable to answer
any questions
about their
presentation.

Below Average

1 Point
Presentation
difficult to follow.
Student jumps
around from topic
to topic with to
transitioning.
Presenter is
uncomfortable
with the
information in
their presentation
and is unable to
answer basic
questions about
their presentation.

Presenter either
never uses sources
or facts obtained
from unscholarly
sources.

Presenter mostly
forgets to cite
where a fact came
from or most facts
obtained from
unscholarly
sources.
No consideration
Minimal
to design given.
consideration to
Either no
design given.
information can
Either information
be differentiated
is hard to
from any other
differentiate from
information,
any other
graphics used
information,
entirely
graphics used
inappropriately, or inappropriately, or
text unable to be
text hard to
distinguished from distinguish from
the background.
the background.
No animation used Animations used
or animation used too few or too
so inappropriately often and distracts
the message of
the audience from
the presentation is the message of
completely lost.
the presentation.
Audience cannot

Audience has to

Average

2 Points
Presentation fairly
easy to follow.
Information
presented in a
logical sequence.
Presenter is
comfortable with
the information in
their presentation
and is able to
answer basic
questions about
their presentation
but does not
elaborate.
Presenter mostly
includes citations
where a fact came
from and most
facts obtained
from scholarly
sources.
Consideration to
design present.
Information can
be differentiated
from other
information,
graphics used
appropriately, and
text able to be
distinguished from
the background.
Animations used
enhance the
information
presentation and
rarely distract the
audience from the
message of the
presentation.
Audience can hear

Above Average

3 Points
Presentation of
information is
naturally flowing.
Information
presented builds
upon itself.
Presenter is at
ease with the
information in
their presentation
and is able to
answer advanced
questions about
their presentation
and elaborate on
their responses.
Presenter always
includes citations
where a fact came
from and all facts
obtained from
scholarly sources.
Much
consideration to
design given. All
information can
be differentiated
from any other
information,
graphics used
entirely
appropriately, and
text able to be
distinguished from
the background.
Animations used
greatly enhance
the information
presentation and
never distract the
audience from the
message of the
presentation.
Audience can hear

Elocution

hear presentation
or speech so
broken up
information
impossible to
interpret.

Eye Contact

Student never
meets eye contact
with audience.

Number of Slides

Every slide has

way too much or
too little
information/pictur
es. Student has no
grasp on how to
properly create a
slide.

Title Page

Reference Page

No title page
included.

No reference page
included.

TOTAL POINTS
FINAL GRADE

strain to hear
presentation most
of the time or
speech so broken
up information
difficult to
interpret.
Student
occasionally meets
eye contact with
audience but does
so too few and too
brief.

presentation
without trouble
and speaker rarely
breaks flow of
speech with
pauses or
Umms.
Student often
maintains eye
contact and holds
for an adequate
period of time.

Most of the slides

either have way
too much or too
little
information/pictur
es. Proper balance
of information
versus white space
lacking.
Title page included
but not all
information
present or not the
very first slide.
Reference page
included but
mistakes present
or not the very last
slide.

Most of the slides

have a proper
balance of
information/pictur
es. Proper balance
of information
versus white space
present.
Title page present
and very first slide.
Only mistakes
present are
formatting.
Reference page
present and very
last slide. Only
mistakes present
are formatting.

presentation
without any
trouble and
speaker never
breaks flow of
speech.
Student only
breaks eye contact
with audience as is
necessary to
advance to
presentation or
point to an image.
Every single slide
has a proper
balance of
information/pictur
e. Proper balance
of information
versus white space
present.
Title page present
and very first
page. No mistakes
whatsoever
present.
Reference page
present and very
last slide. No
mistakes
whatsoever
present.

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