Rubrics for Oral Presentations
Introduction.
Many instructors require students to give oral presentations, which they evaluate and count in students’ grades. It is important that instructors clarify their goals for these presentations as well as the student learning objectives to which they are related. Embedding the assignment in course goals and learning objectives allows instructors to be clear with students about their expectations and to develop a rubric for evaluating the presentations.
A rubric is a scoring guide that articulates and assesses specific components and expectations for an assignment. Rubrics identify the various criteria relevant to an assignment and then explicitly state the possible levels of achievement along a continuum, so that an effective rubric accurately reflects the expectations of an assignment. Using a rubric to evaluate student performance has advantages for both instructors and students. Creating Rubrics
Rubrics can be either analytic or holistic. An analytic rubric comprises a set of specific criteria, with each one evaluated separately and receiving a separate score. The template resembles a grid with the criteria listed in the left column and levels of performance listed across the top row, using numbers and/or descriptors. The cells within the center of the rubric contain descriptions of what expected performance looks like for each level of performance.
A holistic rubric consists of a set of descriptors that generate a single, global score for the entire work. The single score is based on raters’ overall perception of the quality of the performance. Often, sentence- or paragraph-length descriptions of different levels of competencies are provided.
When applied to an oral presentation, rubrics should reflect the elements of the presentation that will be evaluated as well as their relative importance. Thus, the instructor must decide whether to include dimensions relevant to both form and content and, if so, which one. Additionally, the instructor must decide how to weight each of the dimensions – are they all equally important, or are some more important than others? Additionally, if the presentation represents a group project, the instructor must decide how to balance grading individual and group contributions. Evaluating Group Projects
Creating Rubrics
The steps for creating an analytic rubric include the following:
1. Clarify the purpose of the assignment. What learning objectives are associated with the assignment?
2. Look for existing rubrics that can be adopted or adapted for the specific assignment
3. Define the criteria to be evaluated
4. Choose the rating scale to measure levels of performance
5. Write descriptions for each criterion for each performance level of the rating scale
6. Test and revise the rubric
Examples of criteria that have been included in rubrics for evaluation oral presentations include:
- Knowledge of content
- Organization of content
- Presentation of ideas
- Research/sources
- Visual aids/handouts
- Language clarity
- Grammatical correctness
- Time management
- Volume of speech
- Rate/pacing of Speech
- Mannerisms/gestures
- Eye contact/audience engagement
Examples of scales/ratings that have been used to rate student performance include:
- Strong, Satisfactory, Weak
- Beginning, Intermediate, High
- Exemplary, Competent, Developing
- Excellent, Competent, Needs Work
- Exceeds Standard, Meets Standard, Approaching Standard, Below Standard
- Exemplary, Proficient, Developing, Novice
- Excellent, Good, Marginal, Unacceptable
- Advanced, Intermediate High, Intermediate, Developing
- Exceptional, Above Average, Sufficient, Minimal, Poor
- Master, Distinguished, Proficient, Intermediate, Novice
- Excellent, Good, Satisfactory, Poor, Unacceptable
- Always, Often, Sometimes, Rarely, Never
- Exemplary, Accomplished, Acceptable, Minimally Acceptable, Emerging, Unacceptable
Grading and Performance Rubrics Carnegie Mellon University Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence & Educational Innovation
Creating and Using Rubrics Carnegie Mellon University Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence & Educational Innovation
Using Rubrics Cornell University Center for Teaching Innovation
Rubrics DePaul University Teaching Commons
Building a Rubric University of Texas/Austin Faculty Innovation Center
Building a Rubric Columbia University Center for Teaching and Learning
Rubric Development University of West Florida Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
Creating and Using Rubrics Yale University Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning
Designing Grading Rubrics Brown University Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning
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Examples of Oral Presentation Rubrics
Oral Presentation Rubric Pomona College Teaching and Learning Center
Oral Presentation Evaluation Rubric University of Michigan
Oral Presentation Rubric Roanoke College
Oral Presentation: Scoring Guide Fresno State University Office of Institutional Effectiveness
Presentation Skills Rubric State University of New York/New Paltz School of Business
Oral Presentation Rubric Oregon State University Center for Teaching and Learning
Oral Presentation Rubric Purdue University College of Science
Group Class Presentation Sample Rubric Pepperdine University Graziadio Business School
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A rubric for evaluating oral presentations based on delivery, content, enthusiasm, and audience awareness. The rubric provides criteria and scores for each aspect of the presentation and examples of comments for each score.
This rubric is specifically designed to evaluate the oral presentations of a single speaker at a time and is best applied to live or video-recorded presentations. It is recommended that each speaker be evaluated separately for panel or group presentations.
A rubric for evaluating oral presentations in a formal setting, based on non-verbal, verbal, and content skills. The rubric provides criteria and ratings for each skill, as well as additional comments for feedback.
elements of speech and manner are distracting and/or otherwise are beginning to presentation effectiveness. One element (pacing, volume, voice clarity, or eye contact) needs some work; other elements of speech and manner are effective and help the presentation. are effective; pacing, eye contact, and volume all help the presentation.
Learn how to create and use rubrics to evaluate oral presentations by students. Find examples of criteria, scales, and tips for analytic and holistic rubrics.
A printout for assessing oral presentations in grades 3-12. Students are scored on delivery, content, and audience awareness using a scale of 1-4.
A rubric for evaluating student speeches based on audience, posture, eye contact, word choice, content, use of time, confidence and sources. The rubric has four levels of performance: excellent, good, fair and poor.
Ideas are clearly organized, developed, and supported to achieve a purpose; the purpose is clear. The introduction gets the attention of the audience and clearly states the specific purpose of the speech. Main points are clear and organized effectively.
A rubric to evaluate the organization, design, and delivery of oral presentations, such as standard research talks. It includes required elements, presentation criteria, and delivery criteria, with examples and feedback options.
PERSUASIVE SPEECH RUBRIC. As you listen to the speech, circle the number for each category (Introduction, Content, Delivery, Conclusion, Overall) that you think best describes how that part of the speech went. Add up your numbers and write the total score at the bottom of this page. Total score: Copyright 2004 IRA/NCTE. All rights reserved.