Senior Project PRESENTATION Rubric

Completed by the presentation review panel

Student: _______________________________________ Evaluator: _____________________________________

Presentation Title: ___________________________________________________ Time: ___________________

Directions: Please review the specific expectations in each category. On the right, circle the appropriate rating and leave comments;
on the left, write in a numeric grade. Total the scores and write the final grade at the bottom. Feel free to add notes on the back.
Score Category and Expectations Comments

Content
• Brief introduction that captures the audience’s interest (about 1
minute)
• Explains the Essential Question and their rationale for
selecting it (1 min.)
15 • Present research to inform the audience and to persuade them
there is a genuine need for your project (4 min.)
• Share insights from your interviews (3 min.)
• Describe your project clearly and thoroughly (6-10 min.)
• Reflect on your achievements, struggles, and growth (2 min.)

Visuals
• Clear and professional appearance and design
• Little use of text and bullet points
• Purposeful and memorable images
• Avoided using distracting images
5 • Illustrative, enlightening, supportive; not redundant
• No spelling, capitalization, or punctuation errors

Delivery
• Appeared well-practiced
• Memorized with little reliance on notes
• Natural, conversational tone
• Showed emotion, passion, and enthusiasm
5 • Natural, comfortable use of space and body
• Avoided verbal fillers
• Effective eye contact and stance/posturing

Questions and Answers

• Responds to questions intelligently, confidently, and
thoroughly.

Time of the Presentation (not including Q & A)

Group of 4: 18-20 minutes Group of 3: 17-19 minutes
Pairs: 16-18 minutes Individuals: 15-17 minutes
Time (Minutes) Short of Inside Beyond
3 above time above time Above time

Grade penalty -2 points Required -1 points

Total Score

30

May 2018