Presentation Rubric Category Exceptional 5 – 4 points Good 3 – 2 Points Adequate 1 Point Poor 0 Points Score Technology Presentation has 20 slides timed to advance every 15 seconds and the technology runs flawlessly. Presenter speaks with perfect timing of slide advancement. Presentation has 20 slides timed to advance every 15 seconds but the technology runs with minor flaws. Speaker gets slightly behind or ahead of slides a few times. Presentation has 20 slides timed to advance every 15 seconds but with major technology flaws. Speaker gets ahead or behind timing of their slides several times. Presentation does not have 20 slides timed to advance every 15 seconds and/or runs with major tech flaws. Presenter speaks behind or ahead of timing of slides most of the time. Introduction The introduction effectively captures audience attention, motivates, and loosely previews presentation. The introduction is good but slightly lacking in the attention – getter, motivation, and preview. The introduction is brief with little thought to a strong attention- getter, motivation and preview. There is no introduction and presentation has an abrupt segway into the body. The presentation was unorganized and difficult to follow. Ideas and images were put together with little coherency. Organization Visual Appeal & Creativity The content is extremely organized. The ideas and images flowed in a manner that was easy to follow and understand. The material transitioned seamlessly from slide to slide. The images/text were exceptionally creative and well designed (one idea per slide). Slides were thoughtful and did an excellent job of supporting the presentation’s purpose. The content was fairly organized and the ideas flowed well. There were transitions that were not entirely seamless. Content was easily understood. The images/text chosen were appropriate and depict the material. The presenter used good visual images with some creativity. The content was poorly organized and not easy to follow. Ideas and images were put together in a way that made comprehension difficult. The presenter uses adequate quality visual images, but does not use a creative or interesting visual design. Visual images are poorly chosen and designed. The images/text chosen distract from the presentation. Delivery The presenter has excellent eye- contact, facial expressions, hand gestures, poise and confidence. The speaker conveys great energy and strong connection with audience. The presenter has good eye- contact, facial expressions, hand gestures, poise and confidence. The speaker conveys good energy and connection with audience. The presenter has some eye- contact, few expressive facial expressions, limited or tedious hand gestures. The speaker conveys some confidence but displays low energy and connection with audience. The presenter delivers with minimal eye- contact, distracting hand gestures, and low confidence. The speaker lacks enthusiasm and has little connection with audience. Vocal Delivery Speaker uses a conversational style throughout with little dependence on notes. Vocal delivery is fluid with appropriate rate. Speaker uses a conversational style the majority of the time (85-95%) with some dependence on notes. Vocal delivery is mostly fluid with few problems with rate. Speaker uses a conversational style some of the time (70-85%) with strong dependence on notes. Lacking vocal fluidity and rate is too rapid or too slow, with use of vocal fillers. Speaker does not sound conversational, and/or presenter reads mainly from a script. Presenter greatly lacks fluidity, uses inappropriate rate and numerous vocal fillers. Conclusion The conclusion has a strong wrap-up with memorable closing statements and a solid recap of main points. The conclusion has a good wrap- up with an overall meaningful ending and a recap of main points. The conclusion has some concluding remarks and a very brief recap of main points. The conclusion is very abrupt with few concluding remarks and no recap of main points. Extra Comments: Speech: _______/35 Outline: _______/20 Self-evaluation: _______/10 Total Points: _______/65 COMBO ORDER : PowerPoint Presentation and Speech/Presentation
