Senior Project Manual

Presentation Skills

10 points

10-9
points

Exemplary

8 points

• Dresses professionally (as for a job interview)
• Uses professional and appropriate language
• Poise: appears calm & confident; avoids distracting behaviors
• Voice: speaks clearly with an appropriate volume
• Life: expresses passion, emotion, & interest with voice
• Eye Contact: looks at the audience; connects visually
• Gestures: uses appropriate facial gestures, hand motions, body movement; has an expressive voice
• Speed: talks with appropriate speed, not too fast or slow; uses pauses for effect & emphasis
• PPT presentation is 5-7 minutes

7-6 points

• Co-op or typical school attire
• Some speech is less than professional
• Somewhat ill at ease or some distracting behaviors
• Voice too soft or loud; several words or phrases indistinct
• Limited attempt at expression or adding emotion to presentation
• Limited eye contact/looked at screen too much
• Minimal expressiveness and gesture
• PPT presentation is under or over 5-7 minutes

5-0 points

      /10

Slide Content & Design

20 points

20-18 points

Exemplary

17-16 points

• Slides have an appropriate balance of text and images; there is not too much text on a slide
• Presentation content (text & visuals) is creative, clear, organized, and legible
• Correct spelling and grammar
• Includes required presentation components in a logical sequence & structure; the presentation flows

15-12 points

• Slides contain too much text
• Slides (text & visuals) lack creativity or readability
• Few spelling and grammar errors
• Missing presentation components
• Presentation slides are hard to follow

11-0 points

      /20

Product/Co-op

40 points

40-36 points

 Exemplary

35-32 points

• Clear & compelling narrative of the product & development
• Addresses the importance & choice of the topic, level of difficulty, and personal learning stretch PPT & Product:
• Physical product is present & utilized in the presentation
• Includes effective visual evidence Co-op & Product:
• Visual evidence of co-op experience & co-op product development (7-10 photos/videos)  

31-24 points

• Attempted narrative of the product & development
• Somewhat addresses the importance & choice of the topic, level of difficulty, and personal learning stretch PPT & Product

PPT & Product:

• Physical product is limited in the presentation
• Limited visual evidence Co-op & Product: Limited visual evidence of co-op experience
• and product development

23-0 points

      /40

Research Content & Citation

30 points

30-27 points

Exemplary

26-24 points

• Provides detailed content beyond slide text
• Shows strong knowledge of topic and product
• Uses 3+ quality research sources
• Correct APA/MLA format on Works Cited/References slide
• Provides in-text citations for research and labels for images

23-18 points

• Provides some content beyond slide text
• Shows knowledge of topic and product
• Uses 3+ research sources
• A few errors in APA/MLA format on Works Cited / References slide
• Missing some in-text citations for research or image labels

17-0 Points

      /30