Name: ______

Topic: ______

Rubric for PowerPoint & Google Slide Presentations

EXEMPLARY / 4

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ACCOMPLISHED/3

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DEVELOPING/2

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BEGINNING/1

Organization

/ Information presented in logical, interesting sequence. It makes sense. / Information in logical sequence / Difficult to follow presentation--student jumps around / Cannot understand presentation--no sequence of information

Graphics

/ Explain and reinforce screen text and presentation. These graphics are carefully chosen, grab my attention and make me want to hear more! / Relate to text and presentation. These graphics are kind of basic…they are the first thing you find if you Google the topic. / Occasionally uses graphics that rarely support text and presentation. These graphics are distracting in a bad way. / Uses superfluous graphics or no graphics

Screen Design (background, font choice and formatting)

/ Thoughtful layout includes a variety of graphics and text that exhibits a sense of wholeness. Everything flows together. It looks professional, like the presenter paid someone to have it made. / Layout includes a variety of graphics and text and the presentation flows together nicely. It seems like the quality of a kid who tried rather than a professional. / Layout has combinations of graphics and text. The presenter put things on slides, but the whole presentation doesn’t come together nicely. It definitely needs some work. / Either confusing or cluttered, barren or stark. Too much white space.It does not look good. The presenter just threw this together at 11pm last night.
Text Balance / Follows 3 x 5 rule on all slides (no more than 3 bullet points with 5 words per bullet point or no more than 5 bullet points with 3 words per bullet point) / Follows 3x5 rule on a majority of slides. / Follows 3x5 rule on a minority of slides. / Does not follow 3x5 rule.
Historical Content & Accuracy / This presentation is based on accurate historical fact. It connects well with early American history (1492-1877). The presenter really went deep into their research and came up with something profound and significant. / This presentation is based on accurate historical fact. It connects well with early American history (1492-1877). The presenter did enough research to cover the topic well and came up with a nice analysis. / This presentation is based on accurate historical fact. It kind of connects to early American history (1492-1877). The presenter did a little bit of research. This presentation is pretty much a summary of facts instead of an original analytical conclusion. / This presentation is not really based on facts, or the “facts” are not accurate. The presenter addressed their topic on a very basic level.

TOTAL SCORE: ______out of 20(A=18-20, B=16-17, C=14-15, D=12-13)