Animation Sco ring Rubric
Point Values 4 3
Project -Excellent proposal with
Proposal clear description of project
including the initials of the
teacher responsible for
your chosen curriculum
area
Topic – -Clear evidence of
Curriculum connection to target
Alignment curriculum
-Frequent and clear
references are made to
facts, concepts, and ideas
from cited resources
-Viewers will learn from
this project
Storyboards -Complete storyboard
depicting scenes and action
in a logical and interesting
sequence
-Project has gone above
and beyond
-All information is clear,
appropriate, and correct
-Story has a beginning,
middle, and end
Originality -The project shows
significant evidence of
originality and
inventiveness
-The majority of the
content and many of the
ideas are fresh and
inventive
-Complete proposal with clear
description of project including lacking a clear description
the initials of the teacher
responsible for your chosen
curriculum area
-Adequate evidence of
connection to target curriculum
-Viewers are likely to learn from curriculum
this project
-Storyboard contains most
scenes and action in a logical
sequence
-Storyline is evident in much of
the product
-Information is clear,
appropriate, and correct
-The project shows some
evidence of originality and
inventiveness
-While based on an extensive
collection of other people’s
ideas, products, images and
inventions, the work extends
beyond that collection to offer
new insights
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- Incomplete proposal -No proposal or late
proposal
of project or missing the
initials of the teacher
responsible for your
chosen curriculum area
-Some evidence of -No evidence of connection
connection to target to target curriculum
-Viewers are not likely to
-Viewers may learn from learn from this project
this project
-An attempt at creating a -Did not utilize the
storyline is evident storyboard during the
-Some scenes and some process
action, the sequence and AND /OR
logic are weak and -Incomplete or not
confusing - audience submitted
cannot follow
-The work is an extensive -The work is a minimal
collection and rehash of collection or rehash of
other people’s ideas, other people’s ideas,
products, images and products, images and
inventions inventions
-There is little evidence -There is no evidence of
of new thought or new thought
inventiveness
Animation -Excellent technical
animation
-All images enhance the
content
Design -Exceptional design with a
good selection of fonts and
color
Sound -Excellent use of sound
Text – spelling -Project honors all rules
and grammar of spelling and/ or
grammar
Transitions and -Transitions and special
special effects effects were effective and
enhanced the animation
Effort -Consistently stayed
focused on the task and
what needed to be done -
Very self-directed
-Good technical animation
-Most images enhance the
content
-Excellent design with a
good selection of fonts and
color
-Good use of sound
-Project adequately
honors most rules of
spelling and/ or grammar;
one or two mistakes
-Transitions and special
effects were very
effective
-Focused on the task and
what needed to be done
most of the time
-Little technical animation
-Clip Art or original images
move around screen with no
attempt at articulation
-Most images enhance the
content
-Good design with a good
selection of fonts and color
and animation
-Fair use of sound
-Project minimally honors
rules of spelling and / or
grammar; fewer that 3 errors
-Ineffective transitions
-Focused on the task and
what needed to be done some
of the time; needed many
reminders to keep on-task
-All images are clip
art or recycled from
the Internet
-No real attempt to
learn to animate these
images
-Poor design with a
limited selection of
fonts and color
-Poor or inappropriate
use of sound
-Project has multiple
(4 or more) errors in
spelling and / or
grammar
-None used
-Rarely stayed focused
on the task, and
reminders to refocus
rarely worked for long