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Presentation Rubric
Presentation Rubric
Criteria Ratings
Your presentation features video and audio either of (1) you talking to the audience OR (2) audio of you talking to the audience with video showing about one slide for each 30 seconds (for a total of 6–10 slides maximum).
Yes
Almost There
Needs Work
Missing
Your presentation has a title that includes your name and a title for your story.
Yes
Almost There
Needs Work
Missing
Your presentation shares basic personal information about who you are, including your name, your area of study or major, and what you plan to do with your degree.
Yes
Almost There
Needs Work
Missing
Your presentation tells a personal food story that will be interesting or entertaining to your audience of college students at Virginia Tech.
Yes
Almost There
Needs Work
Missing
Your presentation concludes by pulling the ideas together by talking about the “So what?” for your story.
Your "so what" can answer questions such as What do you want the audience to take away? What should they learn or understand about you after hearing your story?
Yes
Almost There
Needs Work
Missing
Your presentation is free of distractions like background noise in the audio and, if you are showing yourself talking, extraneous background clutter.
See information on p. 337 of Markel & Selber.
Yes
Almost There
Needs Work
Missing
Your presentation slides that meet these five basic characteristics.
They present clear, well-supported claim(s) (p. 600).
They are easy to see (p. 600).
They are easy to read (p. 601).
They are simple (p. 601).
They are correct (p. 602).
Yes
Almost There
Needs Work
Not Applicable