Presentation Rubric

Points

	5	4	3	2	1
Delivery	excellent rate of delivery commanding confident voice voice is clear correct pronounciations good posture frequent eye contact w/ whole audience gestures enhance delivery appropriate volume vocal variety (not monotonic) presentation was probably rehearsed	adequate rate of delivery voice is clear mostly correct pronounciations acceptable volume some attempt at enhancing delivery w/ gestures occasional eye contact	problems w/ rate of delivery a number of mispronounciations gestures do not enhance delivery slumps or poor posture poor eye contact problems w/ volume	mostly speaks too fast or slow a number of mispronounciations too quiet poor delivery indicating lack of preparation deadpan expression monotonic voice no eye contact	speaks too fast or slow
Diction	clear & confident (you would buy Florida swamp land from this presenter) excellent grammar & word usage no vocalized pauses (um, uh, well)	occasional problem with clarity & confidence occasional vocalized pause (um, uh, well)	no overall sense of confidence occasionally is not clear several vocalized pauses (um, uh, well)	difficult to understand due to vocabulary lacks confidence overall is not clear many vocalized pauses (um, uh, well)	no effort to use appropriate vocabulary lacks confidence unclear many vocalized pauses (um, uh, well)
Organization	great introduction of the topic presented in logical, interesting & easy-to-follow sequence of info well chosen examples smooth transitions	adequate introduction of the topic presented in logical sequence of info some examples a few transitions	minimal introduction of the topic audience has difficulty following since presenter jumps around the presenter poorly organized the sequence of info poor examples few transitions	hard to understand presentation due to poor sequence of info sense that presenter did not purposefully organize the sequence of info little or no use of transitions	impossible to understand the presentation due to illogical sequence of info no transitions no examples
Content	demonstrates full knowledge of topic have sense that the presenter could easily use more time than allotted all points explained good balance of information	at ease w/ content could have elabored more on occation if granted more time than allotted majority of points explained	basic sense of familiarity w/ topic have sense that you're hearing everything the presenter knows about the topic one or more points are weak or left out no inaccuracies	uncomfortable w/ topic & material uneasy w/ questions no real depth of explanation occasional inaccuracy	does not grasp information can't answer questions inaccuracies
Audience Interest	presenter's enthusiasm is contagious & spreads to the audience strong positive feeling for the topic lasts for whole presentation connects w/ audience commands the attention of the audience	presenter is enthusiastic & positive even if it doesn't spread to the audience overall the presenter is aware of the audience and tries to connect with it presenter is positive for most of the presentation	no real enthusiasm only occasional positive feeling doesn't try to connect with audience	indifferent to the topic audience is confused doesn't try to connect with audience	shows negativity to topic speaker isn't concerned about the audience no attempt to be liked

PowerPoint Tips

Make sure that your slides focus your audience's attention, stimulate interest, reinforce key ideas,& illustrate hard-to-understand points. They are not meant to substitute for audience interaction, contain too much detail, contain too many points or no points at all, or simply be read aloud instead of supplementing the presentation.
Spend about 2 minutes per slide
Use the title of a slide to state its key point
Don't include more than 5 bullets with no more than 5 words per bullet. This is called the 5 x 5 guideline.
Phrases and key words should be used rather than long, detailed sentences
Use few capitalized words since they are hard to read (only first word of each bullet and proper nouns)
Don't use montonous transition effects and don't mix too many transition effects
Slides should be numbered to help the audience keep track with their printed copy of the slides
Be consistent with color and style. Use a dark background with light text.
Use a sans-serif font such as Arial or Verdana since they are easier to read from a computer or movie screen.
Font size should be 24 points or larger.
Use photos, tables, graphs, and video clips to break up the presentation but make sure each visual has a purpose.
Don't use clip-art since it looks old-fashioned and juvenile.
Use animation only in support of a complex process or topic.