APSC-100 (2010-2011) Oral Communications Rubric Team Number: Date: Evaluator: 1 2 3 4 Mark (not demonstrated) (marginal) (meets expectations) (outstanding) (/4) Purpose & Unclear purpose. Tone Some aspects of Clear purpose is met Professional tone and and style inappropriate. presentation don’t Formal tone and style style Audience needs not achieve purpose. appropriate to audience Authoritative and met. convincing Organization Insufficient content; Organization sometimes Organized; appropriate Slides logical, easy to Sequence; poorly organized; unclear; some information; generally follow; detailed, transitions. Methods rambling; not unsuitable sections; smooth transitions impressive depth of to emphasize content understandable disconnected. Some between topics thought; excellent (illustrations, useful information transitions between topics repetition) missing. Content Minimal content that Generally appropriate Appropriate content Excellent content and does not demonstrate content but some covering project evidence of detailed appropriate progress on information missing. background, relevant thought and analysis. project. information, design options, and work completed. Slides Numerous and Some typos; some Relatively free of typos and Slides free of typos and Mechanics, grammatical errors; inconsistency in grammatical errors grammatical errors; slides acronyms, units, unprofessional and formatting; some Slides uniformly formatted uniformly formatted and graphics inconsistent formatting; acronyms and symbols Acronyms and symbols professional; material and figures and tables not defined; defined; appropriate graphics support main unclear or unrelated inappropriate use of graphics ideas figures/tables Speakers Hard to understand/hear Generally understood Understandable, Professional variation in Volume, speed, the speaker; speaking with some volume, pitch appropriate volume, pitch volume, pitch, speed; very cadence, English far too fast/slow; and speed issues; some and speed; questions knowledgeable and clear usage; questions. questions not questions answered generally answered when handling questions; Use of aids satisfactorily answered; incorrectly; reading off of correctly; aids used aids used very well reading from slides properly Overall:
APSC-100 (2010-2011) Oral Communications Rubric Team Number: Date: Evaluator: 1 (not demonstrated) 2 (marginal) 3 (meets expectations) 4 (outstanding) Mark (/4) Purpose & Unclear purpose. Tone and style inappropriate. Audience needs not met. Some aspects of presentation don’t achieve purpose. Clear purpose is met Formal tone and style appropriate to audience Professional tone and style Authoritative and convincing Organization Sequence; transitions. Methods to emphasize content (illustrations, repetition) Insufficient content; poorly organized; rambling; not understandable Organization sometimes unclear; some unsuitable sections; disconnected. Some useful information missing. Organized; appropriate information; generally smooth transitions between topics Slides logical, easy to follow; detailed, impressive depth of thought; excellent transitions between topics Content Minimal content that does not demonstrate appropriate progress on project. Generally appropriate content but some information missing. Appropriate content covering project background, relevant information, design options, and work completed. Excellent content and evidence of detailed thought and analysis. Slides Mechanics, acronyms, units, graphics Numerous and grammatical errors; unprofessional and inconsistent formatting; figures and tables unclear or unrelated Some typos; some inconsistency in formatting; some acronyms and symbols not defined; inappropriate use of figures/tables Relatively free of typos and grammatical errors Slides uniformly formatted Acronyms and symbols defined; appropriate graphics Slides free of typos and grammatical errors; slides uniformly formatted and professional; material and graphics support main ideas Speakers Volume, speed, cadence, English usage; questions. Use of aids Hard to understand/hear the speaker; speaking far too fast/slow; questions not satisfactorily answered; reading from Generally understood with some volume, pitch and speed issues; some questions answered incorrectly; reading off of slides Understandable, appropriate volume, pitch and speed; questions generally answered correctly; aids used properly Professional variation in volume, pitch, speed; very knowledgeable and clear when handling questions; aids used very well Overall: