AnabilitytocommunicateeffectivelywitharangeofaudiencesOralCommunication

Course
Evidence

ArtificialIntelligence
Oralprojectpresentationsthatstudentsperformedattheendofthesemester.Eachgrouphas15minutesforpresentingtheprojectresults;eachstudentinthegroupparticipatesinthepresentationandQ&A.

Rubric
Scale
PerformanceCriteria

Language

20

20

InDevelopment

Developed

Excellence

Consistencyandlogiccanbeseeninthe
presentation.Mostoftheexplanationis
understood,butthereisalackofabetter
connectionofideas/structure.

Thereisaverygoodconsistencyandlogic
appreciatedinthepresentation.Theexplanation
isfullyunderstood.Theideasareclearly
structuredandconnected.

Noconsistencyandlogiccanbeseen.
Verylittleconsistencyandlogicinthe
Presentationisnotunderstood.Theideasarenot presentationisappreciated.Theexplanationis
connected.
poorlyunderstood.Thereislittleconnectionof
ideas/structure.

Presentrelevantinformationwithgood
pronunciation.

Doesnothaveagoodpronunciation.Thestudent Thestudentrarelyhasagoodpronunciation.The Thestudenthasagoodpronunciationmostofthe Thestudenthasagoodpronunciation,whichis

isnotunderstoodunderstood.
studentisrarelyunderstood.
time.Mostofthespeechisunderstood.
perfectlyunderstandable.

Maintainsanadequatevoicevolumeforthe
audience.

Thevoicecannotbenotheardbytheaudience.

Thevoicecanbeheardbyonepartofthe
audience.

Thevoicecanbeheardbyalmostallthe
audience.

Thevoicecanbeheardbyalltheaudience.

Languageusedinthepresentationaccordingto
theaudience.

Studentusesinformallanguage.Usestermsnot
adaptedtotheaudienceandnotrelatedtothe
context.
5ormoredifferenterrors.

Studentusessemiformallanguage.Seldomuses
termsadaptedtotheaudienceandrelatedtothe
context.
Threetofourdifferenterrors.

Studentusessemiformallanguage.Mostofthe
termsusedareadaptedtotheaudienceand
relatedtothecontext.
Uptotwodifferenterrors.

Studentusesformallanguage.Thetermsusedare
alwaysadaptedtotheaudienceandtothe
context.
Noerrors.

*Grammar
*Readability

Thetextishardtoread,ortheslideshavetoo
Thetextcanbereadwithsomeeffortorsome
muchmaterialtobeereadbytheaudienceduring slideshavetoomuchmaterialtobereadbythe
wholeaudienceduringthepresentation.
thepresentation.

Thetextcanbereadmostofthetimeorfew
slideshavealotofmaterialtobereadbythe
audienceduringthepresentation.

Thetextcanbereadbythewholeaudienceor
thecontentoftheslidescanbereadbythe
audienceduringthepresentation.

*Impactofthevisualdesignofthepresentation

Thepresentationisinconsistentor
unpleasant/boringwithoutvisualelementsthat
helpunderstandingthepresentation.
Rigidandinexpressive.

Thedesign,inmostofitspart,isconsistentand
pleasant.Itcontainsimages,diagramsandcharts
thatgenerallyhelpunderstandingthe
Goodposture,somewhatexpressive.

Thedesignisvisuallyconsistent,pleasantand
makesaneffectiveuseofimages,diagramsand
charts.
Natural,dynamicandexpressive.

PresentationSlides

Postureandbodylanguage
BodyLanguage

20

Initial

Structureandconnectionofideas
SpeechOrganization

Volume/Voice

20

EyeContact

Confidenceduringthe Confidenceandenthusiasm
presentation

Thedesignshowssomeinconsistenciesorisnot
verypleasant.Usesimages,diagramsorcharts
thatdonotnecessarilysupportthepresentation.
Acceptableposture,butnoexpressiveness.

Studentmaintainseyecontactwiththeaudience Studentmaintainseyecontactwiththeaudience Maintainseyecontactwiththeaudiencefrom

lessthan40%ofthetime.
60%to80%ofthetime.
from40%to60%ofthetime.

Maintainseyecontactwiththeaudience80%of
timeormore.

Insecureandunmotivated.

Confidentandpassionate.

Alittleinsecureandapathetic.

Confidentbutsomewhatapathetic.