Needs

Excellent Very good Good

Criteria Improvement
4 3 3
1
The presentation The The The
explains the presentation presentation presentation
research topic explains the clearly states, does not clearly
and its major research topic adequately state,
results in a and its major explains, and adequately
smooth and results in a summarizes the explain, or
logical order and smooth and research topic summarize the
offers a new logical order, and its major research topic
Content of
viewpoint or and offers a research and results.
presentation
insight in a way new viewpoint results;
that makes a or insight; however, the
lasting however, the content may
impression on the content may not be
audience. not make a presented in a
lasting smooth and
impression on logical order.
the audience.
The presenter The presenter The presenter The presenter
shows a high shows enough has poor shows no
degree of confidence and confidence and confidence and
confidence and establishes establishes has no rapport
establishes rapport with the poor rapport with the
Confidence,
rapport with the audience. The with the audience.
rapport, and
audience. The presentation audience. The The
connection
research satisfactorily presenter presentation
with the
presentation captures the caught the does not
audience
comprehensively audience’s audience’s capture the
captures and attention. attention audience’s
holds the throughout the attention.
audience’s presentation.
attention.
Slide layouts are Slide layouts Slide layouts Slide layouts
consistent and are consistent are consistent, are not
easy to read, and and easy to but they are too consistent, and
Use of visual
they use a variety read, but do not plain to hold they are too
aids and
of design use design interest or too plain to hold
presentation
principles to principles to cluttered for the interest or to
materials
attract and hold attract and hold audience to cluttered for the
interest. interest read. audience to
read.
Images, audio, Images, audio, Images, audio, The
and video and video and video presentation
enhancements enhancements enhancements does not include
are credited; they
are credited are not images, audio,
Multimedia support and and carefully credited; or video
use illustrate main selected to sometimes, enhancements.
points and enrichsupport and they distract the
the audience’s illustrate audience from
learning important main the content,
experience. points.
All words are Almost all Several words Many words are
spelled and words are are misspelled misspelled and
Mechanics of
capitalized spelled and or capitalized capitalized
presentation
correctly. capitalized incorrectly. incorrectly.
correctly.
RUBRIC FOR ORAL PRESENTATION