Remember nervousness is normal. Thorough preparation and practise decreases anxiety. Organise equipment and visual aids early and ensure power point slides are simple and clear. It may help to bring detailed notes to get you started and as a throughout the ‘safety net’ presentation. Breathe deeply. Develop positive mental thoughts. If fear is extreme see a counsellor! Know the criteria for assessment It is important that you plan your presentation with reference to the criteria for assessment. In general, assessment criteria cover two broad areas: content and delivery. Marking schemes also often include marks for quality of visual aids. Below is a list of the kinds of things that may be assessed: Sample marking criteria sheet for assessing oral presentations Level of 1 2 3 4 competence: 1 = poor, 2= fair, 3= good 4 = excellent Content Student does not Student is Student is at Student have grasp of uncomfortable ease with demonstrates subject matter; with subject subject matter, full knowledge student cannot matter and is but fails to (more than answer questions able to answer elaborate. required) of about subject. only rudimentary subject matter questions. and elaborates on subject. Presentation is Presentation is Presentation is Presentation is difficult to follow difficult to follow in logical in logical and because it is not because student sequence and interesting ordered logically. jumps from able to be sequence. subject to followed. subject. Communication Student uses Student aids aids Students’ Students’ aids (visual or superfluous aids occasionally relate to text explain and auditory) or no aids. uses aids that and reinforce rarely support presentation. screen text text and and presentation. presentation. Writing/editing of Presentation has Presentation Presentation Presentation visual aids four or more has three has no more has no spelling errors misspellings than two misspellings or and/or and/or misspellings grammatical grammatical grammatical and/or errors. grammatical errors. errors. errors. Delivery Student mumbles, voice Student uses a Students’ Students’ incorrectly is low. Student voice is clear. clear voice and pronounces incorrectly Student correct, terms, and speaks pronounces pronounces precise too quietly for terms. Audience most words pronunciation students in the members have correctly. Most of terms so back of class to difficulty hearing audience that all
Remember nervousness is normal. Thorough preparation and practise decreases anxiety. Organise equipment and visual aids early and ensure power point slides are simple and clear. It may help to bring detailed notes to get you started and as a ‘safety net’ throughout the presentation. Breathe deeply. Develop positive mental thoughts. If fear is extreme see a counsellor! Know the criteria for assessment It is important that you plan your presentation with reference to the criteria for assessment. In general, assessment criteria cover two broad areas: content and delivery. Marking schemes also often include marks for quality of visual aids. Below is a list of the kinds of things that may be assessed: Sample marking criteria sheet for assessing oral presentations Level of competence: 1 = poor, 2= fair, 3= good 4 = excellent 1 2 3 4 Content Student does not have grasp of subject matter; student cannot answer questions about subject. Student is uncomfortable with subject matter and is able to answer only rudimentary questions. Student is at ease with subject matter, but fails to elaborate. Student demonstrates full knowledge (more than required) of subject matter and elaborates on subject. Presentation is difficult to follow because it is not ordered logically. Presentation is difficult to follow because student jumps from subject to subject. Presentation is in logical sequence and able to be followed. Presentation is in logical and interesting sequence. Communication aids (visual or auditory) Student uses superfluous aids or no aids. Student occasionally uses aids that rarely support text and presentation. Students’ aids relate to text and presentation. Students’ aids explain and reinforce screen text and presentation. Writing/editing of visual aids Presentation has four or more spelling errors and/or grammatical errors. Presentation has three misspellings and/or grammatical errors. Presentation has no more than two misspellings and/or grammatical errors. Presentation has no misspellings or grammatical errors. Delivery Student mumbles, incorrectly pronounces terms, and speaks too quietly for students in the back of class to Students’ voice is low. Student incorrectly pronounces terms. Audience members have difficulty hearing Students’ voice is clear. Student pronounces most words correctly. Most audience Student uses a clear voice and correct, precise pronunciation of terms so that all
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