FACTOR | Poor | Fair | Expected Avg to Good | Good to Excellent | Exceptional |
A. SUBJECT/TOPIC (Quality, depth & Thoroughness course/field) |
Shallow, irrelevant or Mickey Mouse |
Questionable value, marginal relevance, routine or outdated issue(s) |
Meaningful, Useful, Appropriate depth, covers all current issue(s) |
Helpful, focused, thought provoking and addresses emerging issue(s) |
Uniquely informative, clever |
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B. RIGOR & APPLICATION OF TECHNOLOGY (Level of work & analysis demonstrated by student) |
Insufficient level of work, less than expected for this assignment |
Superficial or Minimal, issues not fully addressed, or analytical tools lacking |
Expected and appropriate level of student work. Analytical tools & technology applied |
Considerable and meaningful student effort evident, Integrative use of Technology |
Extensive level of work by student, well beyond expectations, appropriate analytical tools used extensively |
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C. KNOWLEDGE, STUDENT UNDERSTANDING (Grasp of the topic/issue/field) |
Little representation of understanding, misapplied or irrelevant issues addressed |
General regurgitation of the work of others, intuitive, unclear level of understanding |
Student understanding of topic exhibited, used analytical reasoning |
Demonstrated a good understanding of the concepts and principles, clearly knowledgeable |
Extraordinary grasp of project, subject and issues |
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D. CONTRIBUTION, CREATIVITY AND INSIGHT (Added value & thought process exhibited) |
Copying of verbiage from sources, little evidence of creativity, mostly intuitive opinions |
Some original creativity apparent, less than expected student input/analysis |
Student input, analysis and creativeness evident in relation to the project |
Obvious and significant added value, student thoughts clearly provided |
Innovative, Visionary |
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E. MEDIA USAGE (Use of presentation media & tools) |
Poor preparation, information not presented clearly |
Average to Fair Mix , overhead slides only or handouts used only |
Reasonable to good mix of media, easy to follow. (Power Point) |
Diverse mix of media, excellent graphic tools (PowerPoint used well) |
Dynamic, considerable creativity shown(Power Point & Others) |
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F. GRAPHICS (meaningful charts, drawings, graphs and/or diagrams) |
Poor or no graphics used, did not use analytical techniques/tools well |
Graphic used, but inadequate to convey message clearly |
Good form and format, interesting and appropriate graphics |
Excellent format, easy to quickly understand, effective graphics |
Outstanding, Animated (figuratively or literally) |
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G. ORGANIZATION (Logical progression, continuity, focus & flow) |
Obvious effort to fill space, and/or difficult to follow |
OK, but somewhat rambling, or repetitious |
Good organization, reasonable content, and nice flow |
Very well organized, logical, easy to follow, interesting and focused |
Excellent presentation, skilful organization, enjoyable |
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H. TECHNIQUE (Presenter's techniques & confidence) |
Poor projection of voice, focused on screen or notes too much |
Reading, choppy or awkward presentation, uncomfortable |
Good presentation, effective, and confidence exhibited |
Smooth, seamless professional presentation |
Extraordinary and skilled presentation |
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I. PREPAREDNESS (Ability to respond to questions) |
Unprepared, unable to answer basic questions, evasive answers |
Most answers acceptable, additional preparation would be helpful, needed |
Thoughtful responses, relevant and appropriate answers |
Obvious preparation, well formulated and thorough answers |
Prepared for all questions, with backup information, undaunted |
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J. TIME (Length of Presentation) |
Excessive stretching or compression, or off by more than 25% allowed |
Off by 10-20%, or Distractive stretching or compression |
Within 10% of time, Appropriate for the material covered |
Comfortably accomplished within allotted time |
Precise including ample time for question and answer session |
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