Oral Presentation Rubric
Criteria
Organization
Style
Pace
Content: Depth
Content: Accuracy
Use of Visual Aids
Responsiveness to
Audience
Excellent (A)
Good (B)
Fair (C)
Poor (D)
4
3
2
1
Presentation is clear
Presentation is
Listener can follow
Presentation is very
and logical. Listener
generally clear. A
presentation with
confused and
can easily follow line
few minor points may effort. Organization
unclear. Listeners
of reasoning.
be confusing.
not well thought out.
cannot follow it.
Level is appropriate
Level is generally
Presentation is too
Presentation is
for presentation of
appropriate. May
informal or
consistently at an
engineering results.
have some trouble in
unprepared. Difficult
inappropriate level.
Not too casual.
hearing or
to hear or understand Information is read.
Speakers are easy to understanding a
speakers. Much of
Speakers can’t be
hear and understand. speaker.
information is read.
heard or understood.
Presentation is a
One speaker ‘s
More than one
Presentation is far
planned conversation, pacing is too fast or
speaker is too fast or
too long or far too
paced for audience
too slow, repetitive or too slow, repetitive or short. Speakers
understanding.
skipping important
skipping important
generally are too fast
details.
details.
or too slow.
Design, methods,
Description of project Some components of Description of project
results, conclusions
and results is
project description
and results is very
are clearly stated.
generally clear.
are minimal or
difficult to follow. No
Implications of results Some discussion of
missing. Little
discussion of
and “where do we go
what results mean.
discussion of what
meaning of results.
from here” discussed.
results mean.
Listeners learn little.
Information given is
No significant errors
Enough errors made
Information is so
consistently accurate. are made. Listeners
to be distracting, but
inaccurate that
Facts and
recognize errors as
some information is
listener cannot
calculations are
result of oversight or
accurate.
depend on the
correct.
nervousness.
presentation.
Aids prepared in
Aids contribute, but
Aids are poorly
No aids are used, or
professional manner. not all material
prepared or used
they are so poorly
Font is large enough
supported by aids.
inappropriately. Font
prepared that they
to be seen by all.
Font size is
is too small. Too
detract from the
Well organized. Main appropriate for
much information is
presentation.
points stand out.
reading.
included.
Responds well to
Generally responsive Reluctantly interacts
Avoids audience
questions. Restates
to questions.
with audience.
interaction. Not
and summarizes
Responds poorly to
responsive to group.
when needed.
questions.