The document is a rubric for evaluating oral and PowerPoint presentations. It provides criteria for evaluating preparedness, volume, posture/eye contact, cooperation, requirements, content, organization, spelling/grammar, attractiveness, embedded sounds, and embedded videos. For each criteria, it describes expectations for advanced (4), proficient (3), progressing (2), and beginning (1) levels of performance. The rubric will be used to provide feedback and assess the quality of a watershed presentation and PowerPoint.

1. Watershed PowerPoint Evaluation Team Members: ______________________ ,_________________
Title of Presentation: _____________________________________
Oral Presentation
CATEGORY 4- Advanced 3- Proficient 2- Progressing 1- Beginning
Preparedness Students are completely Students seem fairly well- Students are somewhat Students do not seem at all
prepared and have clearly prepared but might have prepared, but it is clear prepared to present.
rehearsed. needed more rehearsals. that more rehearsal was
needed.
Volume Volume is loud enough to Volume is loud enough to Volume is loud enough Volume is often too soft to be
be heard by all audience be heard by all audience to be heard by all heard by all audience members.
members throughout the members most of the time. audience some of the
presentation. time.
Posture and Eye Stands up straight, looks Stands up straight and Sometimes stands up Slouches and/or does not look at
Contact relaxed and confident. establishes eye contact straight and establishes people during the presentation.
Establishes eye contact with with the audience eye contact.
the audience during the throughout most of the
presentation. presentation.
Cooperation Partners delegate tasks and Partners delegate tasks Partners delegate tasks Partners not effective in
share responsibilities and share responsibilities and share delegating tasks and/or sharing
effectively all of the time. effectively most of the responsibilities responsibility.
time. effectively some of the
time.
PowerPoint presentation
Requirements All requirements are met All requirements are met. One requirement was More than one requirement was
and exceeded. not completely met. not completely met.
Content Covers topic in-depth Includes essential Includes essential Content is minimal OR there
with details and knowledge about the information about the appears to be little understanding
examples. Knowledge of topic. Knowledge of topic but there is some of the topic.
topic is excellent. article appears to be good. uncertainty.
Organization Information is organized Most information is Some information is There is no clear plan for the
in a clear, logical way. organized in a clear, logically sequenced. An organization of information.
logical way. occasional item of
information seems out
of place.
Spelling and Grammar Presentation has no Presentation has a one or Presentation has several Presentation has an excessive
misspellings or two misspellings and/or misspellings or number of misspellings and/or
grammatical errors. grammatical errors. grammatical errors. grammatical errors.
Makes excellent use of Makes good use of font, Makes use of font, Use of font, color, graphics,
Attractiveness font, color, graphics, color, graphics, effects, color, graphics, effects, effects etc. but these often
effects, etc. to enhance etc. to enhance to etc. but occasionally distract from the presentation’s
the presentation. presentation. these detract from the content.
presentation content.
Sound embedded in the Presentation has more Presentation has one Presentation has one Presentation has no sound
PowerPoint than one appropriate appropriate sound sound embedded but it embedded.
sound embedded that embedded that enhances does not enhance the
enhances the the presentation. presentation.
presentation.
Video embedded in the Presentation has more Presentation has one Presentation has one Presentation has no video
PowerPoint than one appropriate appropriate video video embedded but it embedded.
video embedded that embedded that enhances does not enhance the
enhances the the presentation. presentation.
presentation.