News Video Rubric Category Excellent (5) Good (4) Adequate (3) Inadequate (2) Clearly, quickly Established focus by Audience had an Little or no intro, Opening & established the of the end of the intro, but idea of what was such that audience did intro the presentation, gained went off on a tangent coming, but the intro not know the audience attention or two. did not clarify the speaker’s main focus. Gained attention. main focus. Main points clearly Main points fairly Main points must be Presentation jumps Clarity & clear; some missing stated and explained; inferred by audience; among random topics. Organization links or transitions. logical, smooth holes are evident. Main points unclear organization Evidence clearly Evidence perhaps not Evidence, Lacks key Content presented. Thorough, quite clearly separated assumptions, and observations. knowledgeable from assumptions and interpretation difficult Evidence unclear. interesting, logical. interpretation of to untangle from one Appears largely Assumptions and evidence, but story is another. opinion-based. interpretations and logical. clearly identified. Audience could see & Audience could see Audience could Speakers spoke to the Style & hear speakers clearly. & hear speakers mostly see & hear screen or mostly to Delivery Effective pauses and clearly, Most pauses & speakers. Speakers one person in the verbal intonation. verbal intonation were show some hesitation audience. Poorly effective. or uncertainty. timed. Appears to have not practiced. Well-selected, Reasonable images Some chosen images Chosen images and Visual Aids placed images and text. and text, not always extraneous to text marginally Figures clearly support well-placed. Figures presentation or useful. Too ideas presented without clearly support ideas marginally support much/little extra extraneous info. presented. May have presentation. Too detail. Lack of some extra/missing much/little detail. connection to topic. info
News Video Rubric Category Excellent (5) Good (4) Adequate (3) Inadequate (2) Opening & intro Clearly, quickly established the of the presentation, gained audience attention Established focus by the end of the intro, but went off on a tangent or two. Gained attention. Audience had an idea of what was coming, but the intro did not clarify the main focus. Little or no intro, such that audience did not know the speaker’s main focus. Clarity & Organization Main points clearly stated and explained; logical, smooth organization Main points fairly clear; some missing links or transitions. Main points must be inferred by audience; holes are evident. Presentation jumps among random topics. Main points unclear Content Evidence clearly presented. Thorough, knowledgeable interesting, logical. Assumptions and interpretations and clearly identified. Evidence perhaps not quite clearly separated from assumptions and interpretation of evidence, but story is logical. Evidence, assumptions, and interpretation difficult to untangle from one another. Lacks key observations. Evidence unclear. Appears largely opinion-based. Style & Delivery Audience could see & hear speakers clearly. Effective pauses and verbal intonation. Audience could see & hear speakers clearly, Most pauses & verbal intonation were effective. Audience could mostly see & hear speakers. Speakers show some hesitation or uncertainty. Speakers spoke to the screen or mostly to one person in the audience. Poorly timed. Appears to have not practiced. Visual Aids Well-selected, placed images and text. Figures clearly support ideas presented without extraneous info. Reasonable images and text, not always well-placed. Figures clearly support ideas presented. May have some extra/missing info Some chosen images extraneous to presentation or marginally support presentation. Too much/little detail. Chosen images and text marginally useful. Too much/little extra detail. Lack of connection to topic.
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