Oral PowerPoint Presentation Rubric: Student Name ____________________	
CATEGORY	4. Advanced	3. Proficient	2. Basic	1. Not Yet	
Preparedness
 
20 pts.	Student is completely prepared, organized, and has obviously rehearsed. Uses speaker notes effectively.	Student seems pretty prepared but might have needed more rehearsal time. 	The student is somewhat prepared, but it is clear that rehearsal was lacking. Just reads the slides.	Student does not seem at all prepared or presentation was not ready on due date. 	
Posture, Eye Contact, Voice, and Enthusiasm
 
10 pts.	Good posture, looks relaxed and confident, establishes eye contact, shows enthusiasm, and speaks with a loud, clear voice. 	Good posture, voice and establishes eye contact with everyone in the room during the presentation. 	Sometimes good posture and establishes some eye contact. Voice needs to be a little louder.	Slouches and/or does not look at people during presentation. Seems uninterested.	
Slide Background and Text
 
10 pts.	Slide theme, background, font type, size, style, and color make the slides attractive and easy to read.	Slide background and text used make the slides easy for the audience to read most of the time.	Background and color are good but a few slides have colors or objects that make text difficult to read.	Background, text color or size makes the slides difficult to read.	
Slide Transitions and Build Effects
 
10 pts.	Student uses several slide transitions, animations, sounds, or movies, etc., that show considerable work/creativity and which make the presentation better. 	Student uses some transitions and build effects that shows work/creativity and which make the presentation better. 	Student uses 1 transition and build effect that makes the presentation better. 	The student uses no transitions, build effects, animations or the ones chosen detract from the presentation. 	
Slide Layout
 
10 pts	Student uses a variety of slide layouts including bulleted lists, pictures, tables, spreadsheets, graphs, and organizational charts to help explain the content of the presentation	Student uses several slide layouts that help explain the content of the presentation.	Student uses 2 or 3 slide layouts, which help explain most of their data. A few slides may have too much text.	Slide layouts show little variety or contain too much text. Data could be explained better with different slide layouts.	
Content and Research
 
20 pts.	Shows a full understanding of the topic. Created a variety of visual aids such as spreadsheets, charts, and tables to use in the presentation. Used a variety of sources and documents them correctly.	Shows a good understanding of the topic. Used some visual aids in the presentation. Some documentation.	Shows a good understanding of parts of the topic. Used a limited number of sources.	Does not seem to understand the topic very well. Sources not documented.	
Citations
 
10 pts.

 	Sources of information are properly cited so that the audience can determine the credibility and authority of the information presented.
All sources of information are clearly identified and credited using MLA citations throughout the project.	Most sources of information use proper MLA citation, and sources are documented to make it possible to check on the accuracy of information.	Sometimes copyright guidelines are followed and some information, photos and graphics do not use proper MLA citations.
 	No way to check validity of information	
Specific Details
 
10 pts.	Presentation must have a Title page with student name, chapter title name, pages, and Teacher name. 	Continued: The presentation must have 15 slides. 	All presentations must be emailed to Dr. Linebarger’s email address by November 14, 2008 or saved on a flash drive, CD, etc. 	Students must present all powerpoints.  All powerpoints turned in after the start of class on Nov.14 will receive half credit.