CR Assessment – Oral Presentation
Excellent(Grades A / A-) / Good
(Grades B+ / B / B-) / Satisfactory
(Grades C+ / C / C-) / Marginal Pass
(Grade D) / Fail
(Grade F)
Organization of the Presentation / Topic and focus of the presentation are clearly stated and an outline is given.
The presentation is clearly organized in identifiable sections, followed by a succinct conclusion. / Topic and focus of the presentation are clearly stated and an outline is given.
The presentation is organized in identifiable sections, followed by a succinct conclusion. / Topic and focus of the presentation are stated, albeit perfunctorily.
The presentation lacks clear organization and/or a conclusion. / Topic is stated, but focus remains unclear.
The structure of the presentation is unclear and no meaningful conclusion is provided.
Content / The presentation provides an accurate and in-depth explanation of the topic, using key concepts and/or hypotheses whenever appropriate.
The student shows familiarity with relevant academic literature and can embed his/her presentation in the overall class context. / The presentation is mostly accurate and sufficiently in-depth. Key concepts and/or hypotheses are used, and the student is familiar with some of the relevant academic literature. The student generally can relate his/her presentation to the overall class context. / The presentation is superficial and/or incomplete, but some information is accurate. The student does not appear to be familiar with the relevant academic literature and has apparently not done any background reading. The presentation is not linked to the overall class context. / The presentation is too superficial and contains no substantial new information. It is not based on relevant academic literature and/or entirely outside the overall class context.
Performance in Class / Lively/animated presentation.
Student is responsive to audience and actively leads discussion. / Lively presentation.
Student is responsive to audience and actively leads discussion. / Only limited interest in own presentation.
Student interacts with audience only reluctantly or perfunctorily; inadequate responses. / Apparent disinterest in own presentation.
Student discourages audience participation and does not respond to audience or interacts with audience only reluctantly or perfunctorily.
Team Work (Group Presentation) / Fair distribution of presentation segments; first speaker introduces topic, last speaker summarizes whole presentation.
All presenters participate actively in discussion and provide mutual support. / Every team member has chances of presenting, but load is not shared equally.
All presenters participate actively in discussion. / Not every team member contributed to the presentation. One or two members dominated presentation and subsequent discussion. / Teamwork was hardly observed. The team is not able to defend / discuss their presentation.
Visual/Aural Aids / Visual/aural aids (PowerPoint, photographs, video/audio clips, etc.) are used to enhance main arguments of the presentation. All materials and the presentation design are commensurate to the academic task.
PowerPoint presentations are spellchecked and provide concise/summarized information. / Most visual/aural aids are appropriate, related to the spoken message and support the presentation effectively.
PowerPoint presentations are spellchecked and provide mostly concise. / Visual/aural aids are often inappropriate and do not enhance the presentation.
PowerPoint presentations are not spellchecked and simply reiterate sentences/phrases from the presentation. / Visual/aural aids and presentation design are mostly inappropriate. There is no spellchecking and no attempt to enhance the audience’s understanding.
Originality / Presentation is plagiarized and/or student failed to prepare the presentation.
May 2012
This rubric is a modified version of