PowerPoint Presentation Rubric

Presenter: ______________________ Date: ___________

Topic: _________________________ Total Points: ____
Category 18-20 16-17 14-15 0-13
Content In-depth coverage of Good coverage of Topic in Coverage of topic,
topic, topic is topic, topic is adequately topic is
appropriate to appropriate to covered, topic is inappropriate to
assignment, strong assignment, basis appropriate to assignment, not
basis in sound, in sound, research- assignment, not based on research-
research-based based information, based on research- based information,
information, clear and based information unclear and
outstanding clarity, understandable, clear and difficult to
hyperlinks to credible hyperlinks to understandable, understand, no
sites credible sites hyperlinks to non- hyperlinks
credible sites
Presentation Attractive, easy to Attractive, easy to Attractive, difficult Unattractive,
interpret, pleasing interpret, pleasing to interpret, difficult to
colors with high colors with good pleasing colors interpret, poor
contrast, slide contrast, slide with high contrast, color choice and
presentation well- presentation slide presentation slide contrast, slide
organized, excellent organized, good disorganized, presentation
use of bullets, use of bullets, bullets, graphics, unorganized,
graphics, transitions, graphics, transitions, and bullets, graphics,
and slide effects transitions, and slide effects detract transitions, and
which enhance the slide effects which from the content slide effects detract
presentation of the enhance the from the content
content presentation of the
content
Mechanics No misspellings or Three or fewer Four misspellings More than four
grammatical errors misspellings and/or misspellings and/or
and/or grammatical errors grammatical errors
grammatical errors
Organization Presenter and oral Presenter and oral Presenter and oral Presenter and oral
(presenter presentation are well- presentation are presentation are presentation are
organized, he/she organized, he/she poorly organized, well-organized,
and oral discusses content discusses content he/she relies he/she reads slides
presentation) seldom referring to occasionally frequently relies and or notes to
notes to conduct referring to notes on notes to conduct
presentation to conduct conduct presentation
presentation presentation
Appearance Engages the audience Engages the Engages the Presenter does not
(presenter) well, displays audience, displays audience poorly, engage the
professional professional displays a poor audience, displays
appearance, uses appearance, uses professional unprofessional
volume and elocution volume and appearance, uses appearance, is
appropriate to setting, elocution volume and inaudible, does not
maintains excellent appropriate to elocution maintains eye
eye contact, posture setting, maintains inappropriate to contact, displays
and composure good eye contact, setting, maintains poor posture and
posture and minimal eye lack of composure
composure contact, posture
and composure