The rubric outlines 4 points, 3 points, 2 points, and 1 point for evaluating various components of a presentation including body language, eye contact, introduction and closure, voice and intonation, mechanics, graphics, images, font and size, length of text, background and colors, and citations. Key criteria for the highest scores include fluid movement, maintaining audience attention and interest, clear and engaging introduction and conclusion, proper use of graphics and images to enhance understanding, and accurately citing all sources.

1. Rubrics for Presentation
4 points 3 points 2 points 1 point Points
Body Movement seems fluid and Made movements or gestures Very little movement or No movement or descriptive
Language helps the audience that enhanced articulation descriptive gestures gestures
visualized
Eye Contact Holds attention of entire Consistent use of direct eye Displayed minimal eye
audience with the use of direct contact with audience contact with audience
eye contact
Introduction Student delivers open and Student displays clear Student delivers open or
& Closure closing remarks that capture the introductory and closing closing remark.
attention of the audience and set remarks.
the mood.
Voice / Use of fluid speech and Satisfactory use of intonation, Displays some level of Consistently uses a monotone
Intonation clear voice. Intonation but does not consistently use inflection throughout delivery voice. Students mumbles,
maintains the interest of fluid speech Student’s voice is low.
the audience. No mumbling.
Mechanics Presentation has no misspellings Presentation has no more than Presentation has three
Writing or grammatical errors. two misspellings and/or misspellings and/or
grammatical errors. grammatical errors.
Graphic/ The graphics and/or The graphics and/or animation Some of the graphics and/or The graphics and/or
Animation animation assist in visually depict material and animations seem unrelated to animations are unrelated to
presenting an overall theme assist the audience in the topic/theme and do not the content. Graphics do not
and enhance understanding understanding the flow of enhance the overall concepts. enhance understanding of the
of concept, ideas, and information or content. content, or are distracting
relationships decorations that create a busy
feeling and detract from the
content.
Image Original images are created Original images are used. Images are too large/small in
using proper size and resolution, Images are proper size and size. Images are poorly
and all images enhance the resolution. cropped or the
content. color/resolution is fuzzy.
Font & Size The fonts are easy-to-read Sometimes the fonts are easy-to- Overall readability is difficult The text is extremely difficult
and point size varies read, but in a few places the use with too many different fonts, to read with small point size
appropriately for headings, of fonts, italics, bold, distracts overuse of bold or lack of of fonts, poor use of headings,
subheadings and white and does not enhance appropriate indentations of subheadings, indentations, or
space. readability. text. bold formatting.
Length of Text is appropriate in length for Text is rather long for the Overall readability is difficult
Text the target audience and to the target audience and does not with lengthy paragraphs.
point. enhance readability.
Background The background and colors Colors or busy background Inappropriate contrasting
& Colors enhance the readability of text. detract and do not enhance colors, very busy background.
readability.

2. Citation All sources of information Most sources of information Most sources of information Citations were incomplete or
are cited accurately to are cited in proper format and are cited improperly. inaccurate, and provided no
demonstrate the credibility documented sources to enable way to check the validity of
and authority of the accuracy checking. the information gathered.
information presented.
Total = 38