Presentation Rubric

Evaluating Student Presentations

1 2 3 4 Total
Audience cannot Student presents
Audience has difficulty Student presents
understand information in logical,
following presentation information in logical
Organization presentation because because student jumps sequence which
interesting sequence
there is no sequence which audience can
around. audience can follow.
of information. follow.
Student demonstrates
Student does not have full knowledge (more
Student is uncomfortable Student is at ease with
grasp of information; than required) by
Subject with information and is expected answers to all
student cannot answer answering all class
Knowledge able to answer only questions, but fails to
questions about questions with
rudimentary questions. elaborate.
subject. explanations and
elaboration.
Student occasionally Student's graphics
Student uses Student's graphics
uses graphics that rarely explain and reinforce
Graphics superfluous graphics
support text and
relate to text and
screen text and
or no graphics presentation.
presentation. presentation.
Student's presentation Presentation has no
Presentation has three Presentation has no
has four or more more than two
Mechanics spelling errors and/or
misspellings and/or
misspellings and/or
misspellings or
grammatical errors. grammatical errors.
grammatical errors. grammatical errors.
 Student maintains eye Student maintains eye
Student reads all of Student occasionally
contact most of the contact with audience,
Eye Contact report with no eye uses eye contact, but
time but frequently seldom returning to
contact. still reads most of report.
returns to notes. notes.
Student mumbles, Student's voice is low. Student's voice is clear. Student uses a clear
incorrectly pronounces Student incorrectly Student pronounces voice and correct,
terms, and speaks too pronounces terms. most words correctly. precise pronunciation of
Elocution quietly for students in Audience members have Most audience terms so that all
the back of class to difficulty hearing members can hear audience members can
hear. presentation. presentation. hear presentation.
Incoherent; audience Some related facts but Presented facts with Involved the audience in
lost interest and could went off topic and lost some interesting the presentation; points
Audience
not determine the the audience; mostly "twists"; held the made in creative way;
Response point of the presented facts with little audience's attention held the audience's
presentation or no imagination most of the time attention throughout

Too long or too short;

Length of ten or more minutes Within six minutes of Within four minutes of Within two minutes of
Presentation above or below the allotted time +/– allotted time +/– allotted time +/–
allotted time

Use of Some team members

Team member Team members Team members
do not contribute
teamwork in Only one team
transitions somewhat transitions fairly transitions organized and
presentation disorganized organized divide speaking roles
member contributes
to oral presentation
Total Points: /36