Presentation Dimensions 4 (Exceptional) Aids were relevant to the topic, not merely Effective Use used as time filler. of Aids Aids enhanced the speaker's message. Strong and clear voice. 3 (Commendable) 2 (Satisfactory) 1 (Needs Work) For the most part, aids were Aids were used but did not relevant to the topic. seem relevant to the topic. No use of aids. Aids enhanced the speaker's Aids appeared to be used as message. time filler. At times spoke faintly and was Mostly spoke with a strong Spoke clearly but frequently needed to speak hard to understand. Audible from the back and clear voice, at times needed to speak up. up. of the room. Hard for audience at the back of Possessed a lively pace Possessed a lively pace and Slightly monotone in pace the room to hear. Voice Quality and engaging tone engaging tone for most of and tone. Needed to be throughout the presentation. livelier. Overall was monotone in pace and presentation. tone. Once or twice seemed Seemed confident and unsure of self when unsure of self at various Spoke confidently Needs to work on confidently presenting. points of presentations. when presenting the presenting the material. material. Used the language of the audience and connected with them. Relatable Used appropriate analogies and metaphors. Adapted message to the audience. Used a few words that were Could've spoken their out of touch with the language more and audience but still connected connected more with with them. audience. For the most part, used Some analogies and appropriate analogies and metaphors fell short. metaphors. Could've done a better job Adapted the message to the of adapting the message to audience but needed some the audience. minor tweaks. Was out of touch with the audience, poorly connected with them. Analogies and metaphor were out of place when considering the audience. Poorly adapted the message to the audience. Presentation Dimensions 4 (Exceptional) 3 (Commendable) 2 (Satisfactory) Although presentation Speaker jumped around a Presentation followed followed an outline and little during presentation but an obvious outline and progression, the speaker mostly followed an obvious progression. jumped around too much outline and progression. and appeared disorganized. Presentation ended Presentation ended within Flow within time limit. Speaker was pushing it on time limit. the time limit. Speaker spent the right Once or twice, the speaker amount of time on The speaker spent too much spent too much time or not each aspect of the time on certain aspects of enough time on certain presentation. presentation and not enough aspects of the presentation. time on others. Wore appropriate attire Wore appropriate attire for for presentation. presentation. Could've picked something more appropriate to wear for the presentation. Carried himself or Needs a little work on herself in a confident carrying himself or herself and engaging manner in a confident and engaging Needs to work on carrying with the audience. manner with audience. himself or herself in a confident and engaging Stage Presence manner with the audience. Maintained eye contact For the most part, with the audience. maintained eye contact with the audience. Needs to maintain more eye contact with the audience. Speaker glanced occasionally at notes Once or twice, speaker lost rather than reading it his or her place and had to Needs to rely less on notes. like a script. read from notes. 1 (Needs Work) Speaker did not seem to follow an outline with presentation. Presentation lasted too long or was not long enough. Speaker did not seem prepared. He or she spent too much time on certain aspects of presentation and not enough time on others. Speaker's attire was not appropriate for the occasion/presentation. Did not carry himself or herself in a confident and engaging manner with of the audience. Did not maintain eye contact with the audience. Relied too much on notes and read from them like a script. Presentation Dimensions 4 (Exceptional) 3 (Commendable) Tried to engage the Engaged the audience audience and elicit and successfully involvement and was elicited involvement. mostly successful. Audience Offered a Q&A time. Engagement Acknowledged and clearly answered all questions. Offered a Q&A time. 2 (Satisfactory) Could've done more to engage the audience and elicit involvement. Almost forgot to offer a Q&A time. Acknowledged all questions Did not clearly answer but left one or two questions. unanswered. 1 (Needs Work) Took minimal to no action to engage the audience. It was a onesided conversation. Did not offer a Q&A time. PowerPoint (PPT) Dimensions Font Spelling & Grammar Visual Data, Transitions & Graphics 4 (Exceptional) 3 (Commendable) 2 (Satisfactory) 1 (Needs Work) Inconsistent use of fonts Three or more font families with a variety of families Consistent font and sizes used in PPT. A few inconsistent uses of font and sizes in PPT. throughout PPT. in PPT. Minimal though. Some fonts too small or not Too much typography Large enough that it is readable. For the most part, font is large unreadable. readable. enough that it is readable. A few inappropriate uses Too much Inappropriate Appropriate font for the of fonts (all caps, cursive, Appropriate font for the context uses of fonts (all caps, context of presentation. unreadable font type, etc.) of presentation. cursive unreadable font for the context of family, etc.) for the context presentation. Appropriate colors for of presentation. Appropriate colors for font that font that contrasted with contrasted with the background. the background. A few font colors clashed Font colors clashed with with the background. the background. Seven or more spelling One to three spelling errors. Four to six spelling errors. No spelling errors. errors. No grammatical errors. One to three grammatical errors. Data (if available) presented visually. Data (if available) presented visually. Visual data titled and readable. Visual data titled and readable. Graphics were relevant to Graphics were relevant presentation, but better ones to presentation. could have been chosen. Four to six grammatical errors. Some data (if available) not presented visually. Seven or more grammatical errors. Data (if available) not presented visually. Most graphics were Some visual data not titled irrelevant to presentation. or readable. Several graphics were irrelevant to presentation, Transitions from slide to slide took too long. PowerPoint (PPT) Dimensions 4 (Exceptional) Quick transitions from slide to slide. Graphics enhanced the presentation. Overall the graphics enhanced Slow transitions from slide the presentation, but one or two to slide. were distracting. Graphics were slightly distracting, although some did enhance the presentation. Background provided appropriate frame for the message. Could've chosen a better frame for the message. Colors contrasted and allowed for readability by audience. Colors of background did Higher contrast in color would not contrast enough, have been an improvement making some portions hard though. to read. High contrast in colors allowed for better readability. All content was easily seen. Key points were bulleted. Slides 2 (Satisfactory) Quick transitions from slide to slide. Background provided appropriate frame for the message. Background 3 (Commendable) All content was easily seen. Key points were bulleted with some details expressed in sentences. Appropriate number of PPT could have used more or slides given the fewer slides given the timeframe. timeframe. and should not have been included. 1 (Needs Work) Graphics were distracting and did not enhance the presentation. Background did not provide appropriate frame for the message. Colors of the background and materials were too similar and made for poor readability. Most key points were Complete sentences or expressed in sentences with paragraphs placed in slides. a few bullet points. Too few or no bullet points. PPT could have used more or fewer slides given the Too many or too few slides timeframe. for the timerame. PowerPoint (PPT) Dimensions 4 (Exceptional) 3 (Commendable) Slides had the right One ot two slides had too much amount of detail. Not or too little detail. cluttered with too much or bare with too little. Page numbers included in each slide. Page numbers included in each slide. Appropriate headers for each slide. Appropriate headers for each slide. Sources cited in One to two sources cited appropriate style. incorrectly. Documentation 2 (Satisfactory) 1 (Needs Work) Three to five slides had too Most slides had too much much or too little detail. or too little detail. Page numbers missing from one to two slides. Page numbers were missing from all slides. One to two slides missing headers. Three or more slides were missing headers. Three or more sources incorrectly cited. Sources not cited. Reference page Reference page included in Reference page not Reference page included in the included in the end with the end with three or more included in the end. end with one to two errors. no errors. errors.
