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. Credits writer of music and lyrics of song used.
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 does not follow sound file; words and sound are not synched at all.	Presentation somewhat follow sound file; many glitches exist in file and text synching.	Presentation follows sound file the majority of the time; a few glitches at times, but mostly synched	Presentation follows the audio file perfectly--lyrics and sound match word for word and are synched exactly.
Mechanics	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.
Works Cited	Song and source of lyrics are not cited at all.	Song or source of lyrics information is incomplete.	Song and source of lyrics are cited; some errors in MLA format.	Song and source of lyrics are cited using proper MLA format.