Criteria

4

3

2

1

Relevance

2.14 pts.

Slideshow information clearly addresses the assigned written report topic in an excellent manner.

Slideshow information has a good connection to the student’s assigned written report topic.

Information contained in the slideshow has marginal relevance to the student’s assigned written report topic.

Information contained in the slideshow has little or no relevance to the assigned written report topic.

Organization

2.14 pts.

Slides present information in logical, interesting sequence which audience can follow.

Slides present information in good sequence which audience can follow.

Slides are difficult to follow in some places since they are out of sequence and/or are missing.

Slides follow no sequence of information and appear randomly.

Slide Capacity

2.14 pts.

All slides have no more than 5-6 talking points and none of them contains complete paragraphs or lengthy sentences.

Most slides have no more than 5-6 talking points and only one has complete paragraphs or lengthy sentences

Several slides contain complete paragraphs or lengthy sentences, or more than 6 talking points.

Most slides contain too much text such as complete paragraphs, lengthy sentences, or more than 6 talking points.

Slide Design

2.14 pts.

All slides display fonts, colors, background, etc. that are effective, consistent, and appropriate to the topic and the audience.

Most slides display fonts, colors, background, etc. that are effective, consistent and appropriate to the topic and the audience.

Many slides contain inconsistent fonts, colors, backgrounds, etc. and do not complement the topic.

All slides are inconsistent in their formatting and do not match well with the assigned topic.

 Criteria

4

3

2

1

Graphics & Animation

2.14 pts.

Many of the slides contain graphics (pictures, charts, tables, etc.) and utilizes text animation to emphasize important points in the presentation.

Many of the slides contain graphics (pictures, charts, tables, etc.) and text animation.

Most of the slides do not contain graphics (pictures, charts, tables, etc.) or animation of text.

None of the slides contains graphics (pictures, charts, tables, etc.) or animation of text.

Mechanics

2.14 pts.

Presentation has no misspellings or grammatical errors.

Presentation has only one misspellings or grammatical error.

Presentation has two misspellings or grammatical errors.

Presentation has three or more spelling errors or three or more grammatical errors.

Slideshow Length

2.14 pts.

Presentation contains at least 15 slides and last 8-9 minutes.

Presentation contains 12-14 slides and lasts 6-7 minutes.

Presentation contains 5-11 slides and lasts 5 minutes.

There are fewer than 5 slides in the presentation and it lasts less than 5 minutes.