APSC-100 (2010-2011) Oral Communications Rubric Team Number: Date: Evaluator: 1 2 3 4 Mark (not demonstrated) (marginal) (meets expectations) (outstanding) (/4) Purpose & Style Unclear purpose. Tone Some aspects of Clear purpose is met Professional tone and and style inappropriate. presentation don’t Formal tone and 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 understandable disconnected. Some between topics thought; excellent content useful information transitions between topics (illustrations, missing. repetition) 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, scope, thought and analysis. project. relevant information, design options, and work completed. Slides Numerous typos and Some typos; some Relatively free of 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 Hard to Generally understood Understandable, Professional variation in Speakers Volume, speed, understand/hear the with some volume, appropriate volume, pitch volume, speed; very cadence, English speaker; speaking far pitch and speed issues; and speed; questions knowledgeable and clear usage; questions. too fast/slow; questions some questions generally answered when handling questions; Use of aids not satisfactorily answered incorrectly; correctly; aids used aids used very well answered; reading from reading off of slides properly notes 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 & Style 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 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, scope, relevant information, design options, and work completed. Excellent content and evidence of detailed thought and analysis. Slides Mechanics, acronyms, units, graphics Numerous typos 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 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 notes 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, speed; very knowledgeable and clear when handling questions; aids used very well Overall:
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