Features

Beginning - 1

Developing - 2

Accomplished - 3

Exemplary - 4

Score

Title Slide

Many requirements not completely met.

Some requirements not completely met.

Most requirements are met, including title, author(s), date, and class.

All requirements are not only met but exceeded, including title, author(s), date, and class.

Organization

No clear or logical organizational structure--no logical story or process

Content is sometimes organized, but the process is unclear

Overall organization of topics fairly solid; sometimes does not make logical sense

Content is well organized and follows a logical story or pattern

Quality of Animation, Sounds

The sounds, and/or animations are unrelated to the content or distract from the content; just flips from one picture to another; no animation used

Some of the sounds, and/or animations seem unrelated to the topic/theme and do not enhance the overall concepts; animations are not smooth and are very jerky when going from one movement and/or scene to another.

The sound/and or animation visually depict material and assist the audience in understanding the flow of information or content; fairly smooth animation; some jerkiness in how the animation progresses, but the majority is smooth.

The sound and/or animation assist in presenting an overall theme and make visual connections that enhance understanding of concept, ideas and relationships; Smooth, flowing animation. The whole project flows effortlessly from one movement and / or scene to another.

Appearance

Use of font, color, graphics, effects etc., but distract from the presentation content.

Some use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc.; these may detract from the presentation content.

Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to presentation.

Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation.

Originality

Does not show any personal creativity on the project--just an animation

Shows some individuality in project creations, but the project is much like everyone else’s

Product shows some original thought. Work shows new ideas and insights; some duplication of others‘ work

Product shows a large amount of original thought. Ideas are creative, original, and totally belong to the project creator

Time Management

Student was off-task the majority of the time during the project

Student was off-task much of the time during the project, doing little work in the allotted time

Student was off-task occasionally during the project, but worked steadily most of the time.

Student was engaged in the project and was on-task the majority of the time.

Software Learning

The student does not appear to know how to use the software without assistance.

The student knows how to use some parts of the software and can answer a few questions related to how to perform certain functions.

The student knows how to use the software and can accurately and clearly answer many questions related to how to perform certain functions.

The student knows how to use the software and can accurately and clearly answer almost any question related to how to perform certain functions.

Timing

Presentation is less than 15 seconds long

Presentation is AT LEAST 15-20 seconds with adequate animations

Presentation is at least 20-25 seconds long with more than adequate animations

Presentation is over 30 seconds long with extensive animations

Mechanics

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More than six errors in spelling or grammar; extensive proofreading needed.

Four or five misspellings and/or grammatical errors; further proofreading needed.

Three or fewer misspellings and/or mechanical errors; some proofreading needed.

No misspellings or grammatical errors; well proofread.