POWERPOINT RUBRIC FOR ACTIVITY 1

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Introduction/  Presents  Clear &  Shows some  Does not
Title Slide overall topic coherent structure introduce topic
 Grabs  Relates to  Does not  Not interesting/
audience topic create strong relevant
attention sense of topic
 Topic relates  Overly
to audience detailed/
interest/goals incomplete
 Somewhat
appealing
Content  Clear &  Logical  Vague in  Lacks a clear point
concise progression conveying  No logical
 Logical of ideas point sequence of
progression  Unnecessary  No sense of information
 Limited
of ideas length/detail purpose
understanding of
 Accurate &  Information topic
complete shows some  Not all accurate
understanding
of topic
Text Elements  Easy to read  Font is  Font is often  Text is
 Font size sometimes difficult to extremely
varies difficult or read difficult to read
appropriately distracting to  Bold, italics,  Inappropriate
for headings read or underlining use of color
and text is distracting contrast, bold,
or overused italic, underline,
formatting
Appearance/  Layout is  Layout is  Layout  Layout is
Layout visually peasant appears cluttered,
appealing  Background cluttered or confusing
and supports is appropriate busy  No headings
overall  Background is  Background is
message distracting very distracting
 Appropriate  Large gaps of  Large gaps of
use of white space white space
background
and theme
 Background
is appropriate

Transitions/  All transitions  Transitions  Transitions  Transitions and

Effects and and animation and animation animation are
animation are mostly are often highly distracting
enhance the used distracting  Sound or other
presentation appropriately  Sound or media is very
without and other media distracting and
distraction effectively, but seems does not relate to
 Sounds and could be less unrelated to topic
other media distracting topic
do not
 distract the
audience
 All effects are
not
distracting
and are
appropriate
to the topic
and overall
theme
Writing  No spelling,  Little or no  3 to 5 errors  More than 5
Mechanics punctuation, editing exist in the text errors exist in text
or required for  Spelling,
grammatical spelling/ punctuation,
errors grammar capitalization,
usage, and
grammar errors
are repetitive and
distracting

Points Grade

6–7 82
8–9 84
10 – 11 86
12 – 13 88
14 – 15 90
16 – 17 92
18 – 19 94
20 - 21 96
22 – 23 98
24 100