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Use of italics, bold, and indentations enhances readability. Text is appropriate in length for the target audience and to the The background and colors enhance the readability of text. paragraphs, color or busy background detracts and does not enhance readability. fonts, dark or busy background, overuse of bold or lack of appropriate indentations of text. inappropriate contrasting colors, poor use of headings, subheadings, indentations, or bold formatting. Layout The layout is visually pleasing and contributes to the overall message with appropriate use of headings, subheadings and white space. The layout uses horizontal and vertical white space appropriately. The layout shows some structure, but appears cluttered and busy or distracting with large gaps of white space or uses a distracting background. The layout is cluttered, confusing, and does not use spacing, headings and subheadings to enhance the readability. Eye Contact Student maintains eye contact with audience, seldom returning to notes. Student maintains eye contact most of the time but frequently returns to notes. Student occasionally uses eye contact, but still reads most of report. Student all of report with no eye contact. Graphics and/or Animations The graphics, sound and/or animation assist in presenting an overall theme and enhance understanding of concept, ideas and relationships. The graphics, sound/and or animation visually depict material and assist the audience in understanding the flow of Some of the graphics, sounds, and/or animations seem unrelated to the topic/theme and do not enhance the overall concepts. The graphics, sounds, and/or animations are unrelated to the content. Graphics do not enhance understanding of the content, or are
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