Communication The presentation is Presentation The presentation (20%) imaginative and techniques used are fails to capture the effective in effective in interest of the conveying ideas to conveying main audience and/or is the audience. The ideas, but they are a confusing in what is presenter responds bit unimaginative. to be communicated. effectively to Some questions audience reactions from the audience and questions. remain unanswered. Use of The presentation The presentation The presentation visual aids includes appropriate includes appropriate includes no visual (20%) and easily visual aids, but these aids or includes understood visual are too few, are in a visual aids that are aids which the format that makes inappropriate or too presenter refers to the difficult to use or small or messy to be and explains at understand, or the understood. The appropriate presenter does not presenter makes no moments in the refer to or explain mention of them in presentation. them in the the presentation. presentation. Presentation The presenter The presenter The presenter skills speaks clearly and speaks clearly and cannot be heard or (10%) loudly enough to be loudly enough to be speaks so unclearly heard, using eye heard but tends to that she or he contact, a lively tone, drone or fails to use cannot be gestures, and body eye contact, understood. There is language to engage gestures, and body no attempt to the audience. language consistently engage the audience or effectively at through eye contact, times. gestures, or body language. Adapted from . Notes to faculty about this syllabus template: This syllabus template has been created using features aimed at making the document universally accessible, including to students who use screen readers. Features include uses of heading styles, “alt text” for images, data tables with header row, meaningful description of
Communication (20%) The presentation is imaginative and effective in conveying ideas to the audience. The presenter responds effectively to audience reactions and questions. Presentation techniques used are effective in conveying main ideas, but they are a bit unimaginative. Some questions from the audience remain unanswered. The presentation fails to capture the interest of the audience and/or is confusing in what is to be communicated. Use of visual aids (20%) The presentation includes appropriate and easily understood visual aids which the presenter refers to and explains at appropriate moments in the presentation. The presentation includes appropriate visual aids, but these are too few, are in a format that makes the difficult to use or understand, or the presenter does not refer to or explain them in the presentation. The presentation includes no visual aids or includes visual aids that are inappropriate or too small or messy to be understood. The presenter makes no mention of them in the presentation. Presentation skills (10%) The presenter speaks clearly and loudly enough to be heard, using eye contact, a lively tone, gestures, and body language to engage the audience. The presenter speaks clearly and loudly enough to be heard but tends to drone or fails to use eye contact, gestures, and body language consistently or effectively at times. The presenter cannot be heard or speaks so unclearly that she or he cannot be understood. There is no attempt to engage the audience through eye contact, gestures, or body language. Adapted from . Notes to faculty about this syllabus template: This syllabus template has been created using features aimed at making the document universally accessible, including to students who use screen readers. Features include uses of heading styles, “alt text” for images, data tables with header row, meaningful description of