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Research Presentation Rubric

The format of research presentations can vary across and within disciplines. Use this rubric (PDF) to identify and assess elements of research presentations, including delivery strategies and slide design. This resource focuses on research presentations but may be useful beyond. 

Rubrics for Oral Presentations

Introduction.

Many instructors require students to give oral presentations, which they evaluate and count in students’ grades. It is important that instructors clarify their goals for these presentations as well as the student learning objectives to which they are related. Embedding the assignment in course goals and learning objectives allows instructors to be clear with students about their expectations and to develop a rubric for evaluating the presentations.

A rubric is a scoring guide that articulates and assesses specific components and expectations for an assignment. Rubrics identify the various criteria relevant to an assignment and then explicitly state the possible levels of achievement along a continuum, so that an effective rubric accurately reflects the expectations of an assignment. Using a rubric to evaluate student performance has advantages for both instructors and students.  Creating Rubrics

Rubrics can be either analytic or holistic. An analytic rubric comprises a set of specific criteria, with each one evaluated separately and receiving a separate score. The template resembles a grid with the criteria listed in the left column and levels of performance listed across the top row, using numbers and/or descriptors. The cells within the center of the rubric contain descriptions of what expected performance looks like for each level of performance.

A holistic rubric consists of a set of descriptors that generate a single, global score for the entire work. The single score is based on raters’ overall perception of the quality of the performance. Often, sentence- or paragraph-length descriptions of different levels of competencies are provided.

When applied to an oral presentation, rubrics should reflect the elements of the presentation that will be evaluated as well as their relative importance. Thus, the instructor must decide whether to include dimensions relevant to both form and content and, if so, which one. Additionally, the instructor must decide how to weight each of the dimensions – are they all equally important, or are some more important than others? Additionally, if the presentation represents a group project, the instructor must decide how to balance grading individual and group contributions.  Evaluating Group Projects

Creating Rubrics

The steps for creating an analytic rubric include the following:

1. Clarify the purpose of the assignment. What learning objectives are associated with the assignment?

2. Look for existing rubrics that can be adopted or adapted for the specific assignment

3. Define the criteria to be evaluated

4. Choose the rating scale to measure levels of performance

5. Write descriptions for each criterion for each performance level of the rating scale

6. Test and revise the rubric

Examples of criteria that have been included in rubrics for evaluation oral presentations include:

  • Knowledge of content
  • Organization of content
  • Presentation of ideas
  • Research/sources
  • Visual aids/handouts
  • Language clarity
  • Grammatical correctness
  • Time management
  • Volume of speech
  • Rate/pacing of Speech
  • Mannerisms/gestures
  • ​​​​​​​Eye contact/audience engagement

Examples of scales/ratings that have been used to rate student performance include:

  • Strong, Satisfactory, Weak
  • Beginning, Intermediate, High
  • Exemplary, Competent, Developing
  • Excellent, Competent, Needs Work
  • Exceeds Standard, Meets Standard, Approaching Standard, Below Standard
  • Exemplary, Proficient, Developing, Novice
  • Excellent, Good, Marginal, Unacceptable
  • Advanced, Intermediate High, Intermediate, Developing
  • Exceptional, Above Average, Sufficient, Minimal, Poor
  • Master, Distinguished, Proficient, Intermediate, Novice
  • Excellent, Good, Satisfactory, Poor, Unacceptable
  • Always, Often, Sometimes, Rarely, Never
  • Exemplary, Accomplished, Acceptable, Minimally Acceptable, Emerging, Unacceptable

Grading and Performance Rubrics Carnegie Mellon University Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence & Educational Innovation

Creating and Using Rubrics Carnegie Mellon University Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence & Educational Innovation

Using Rubrics Cornell University Center for Teaching Innovation

Building a Rubric University of Texas/Austin Faculty Innovation Center

Building a Rubric Columbia University Center for Teaching and Learning

Creating and Using Rubrics Yale University Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning

Types of Rubrics DePaul University Teaching Commons

Creating Rubrics University of Texas/Austin Faculty Innovation Center

Examples of Oral Presentation Rubrics

Oral Presentation Rubric Pomona College Teaching and Learning Center

Oral Presentation Evaluation Rubric University of Michigan

Oral Presentation Rubric Roanoke College

Oral Presentation: Scoring Guide Fresno State University Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Presentation Skills Rubric State University of New York/New Paltz School of Business

Oral Presentation Rubric Oregon State University Center for Teaching and Learning

Oral Presentation Rubric Purdue University College of Science

Group Class Presentation Sample Rubric Pepperdine University Graziadio Business School

PowerPoint Rubric

* Primary sources can include original letters and diaries, personal observations, interviews, first-hand accounts, newspaper articles, magazine articles, journal articles, Web pages, audio recordings, video productions and photography.

Examples of Other Rubrics

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  1. PDF Research Presentation Rubrics

    Research Presentation Rubric. The format of presentations can vary across and within disciplines. This resource focuses on research presentations but may be useful beyond. The goal of this rubric is to identify and assess elements of research presentations, including delivery strategies and slide design. • Self-assessment: Record yourself ...

  2. PDF Oral Presentation: Scoring Guide

    Oral Presentation: Scoring Guide. 4 points - Clear organization, reinforced by media. Stays focused throughout. 3 points - Mostly organized, but loses focus once or twice. 2 points - Somewhat organized, but loses focus 3 or more times. 1 point - No clear organization to the presentation. 3 points - Incorporates several course concepts ...

  3. PDF Scoring Rubrics for Academic Presentations

    Weak Fair Good Strong Best . Organization : Introduction is attention-getting, lays out the problem well, and establishes a framework for

  4. PDF Oral Presentation Rubric

    Oral Presentation Rubric 4—Excellent 3—Good 2—Fair 1—Needs Improvement Delivery • Holds attention of entire audience with the use of direct eye contact, seldom looking at notes • Speaks with fluctuation in volume and inflection to maintain audience interest and emphasize key points • Consistent use of direct eye contact with ...

  5. PDF RECAP Scoring Rubric for Research Presentations

    Points Score Organization (25 points) Introduction is attention-getting, lays out the problem well, and establishes a framework for the rest of the presentation. 10 Information is presented in a logical sequence. 5 Conclusion succinctly summarizes the presentation to reiterate how the main points support the purpose/central thesis. 10 Content

  6. PDF Oral Presentation Grading Rubric

    Makes minor mistakes, but quickly recovers from them; displays little or no tension. Displays mild tension; has trouble recovering from mistakes. Tension and nervousness is obvious; has trouble recovering from mistakes. Verbal Skills. 4 - Exceptional. 3 - Admirable. 2 - Acceptable. 1 - Poor. Enthusiasm.

  7. PDF Scoring Rubric for Oral Scientific Presentations

    Scoring Rubric for Oral Scientific Presentations. Level of Achievement. Excellent 16-20 points. Good 11-15 points. Marginal 6-10 points. Inadequate 0-5 points. Organization. Well thought out with logical progression. Use of proper language.

  8. PDF Rubric for Standard Research Talks

    presentations. Here are some ways to use it: Distribute the rubric to colleagues before a dress rehearsal of your talk. Use the rubric to collect feedback and improve your presentation and delivery. Record yourself delivering a talk, then use the rubric as a form of self-assessment. Required Elements (check if present) For all presentations:

  9. PDF Oral Presentations Scoring Rubric

    Oral presentations are expected to provide an appropriate level of analysis, discussion and evaluation as required by the assignment. Oral presentations are expected to be well-organized in overall structure, beginning with a clear statement of the problem and ending with a clear conclusion. The presentation is well-structured; its organization ...

  10. PDF Microsoft Word

    Oral Presentation Scoring Guide, Hampden‐Sydney College. Top‐half score (4, 5, or 6): Despite differences among them, oral presentations that receive a top‐half score all demonstrate a speaker's proficiency in the use of spoken language to express an idea: the speaker chooses a topic and develops a specific purpose appropriate for the ...

  11. PDF Student Presentation Scoring Guide and Rubric

    0. Weight. Possible points. Introduction - Effectiveness of your brief initial discussion of the content, scope, and flow of your presentation. Your introduction makes perfectly clear the salient points and scope of your talk. A bit too brief (or too long), or missing an important item. Contains some relevant information but not nearly enough.

  12. Research Presentation Rubric

    The format of research presentations can vary across and within disciplines. Use this rubric (PDF) to identify and assess elements of research presentations, including delivery strategies and slide design. This resource focuses on research presentations but may be useful beyond.

  13. PDF SCORING RUBRICS FOR PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS*

    Problematic Content, structure, and language of presentation geared to intended audience Presentation is missing some content required by audience; some language used inappropriately (e.g., unfamiliar jargon, too much jargon) Presentation is missing a substantial portion of content required by audience; uses some inappropriate or ineffective ...

  14. PDF Oral Presentation Evaluation Rubric

    Organization. Logical, interesting, clearly delineated themes and ideas. Generally clear, overall easy for audience to follow. Overall organized but sequence is difficult to follow. Difficult to follow, confusing sequence of information. No clear organization to material, themes and ideas are disjointed. Evaluation.

  15. PDF Oral Presentation Rubric College of Science

    Beginning Developing Proficient Mastery. 2 3 4. A. Content. Topic lacks relevance or focus; presentation contains multiple fact errors. Topic would benefit from more focus; presentation contains some fact errors or omissions. Topic is adequately focused and relevant; major facts are accurate and generally complete.

  16. Rubrics for Oral Presentations

    The steps for creating an analytic rubric include the following: 1. Clarify the purpose of the assignment. What learning objectives are associated with the assignment? 2. Look for existing rubrics that can be adopted or adapted for the specific assignment. 3.

  17. PDF Oral Communication and PowerPoint Presentation

    Presentation is generally clear and well organized with no more than four (4) to six (6) errors. Measuring key components: an identifiable introduction, thesis, purpose, hypothesis, research questions, statistical data and conclusion. Organization seems haphazard. Some points are not clear. There are between seven (7) to ten (10) errors.

  18. PDF Short Research Presentation Rubric

    Main points clearly stated, Introduction and conclusion unclear. Unbalanced in terms of time management - too much time on one topic, too little on another. Significantly over or under time (± 1 minute) Main points must be inferred by audience; audience can follow presentation, but holes are evident. Timing well organized. Slightly over

  19. PDF Group Presentation Scoring Guide

    entation RubricFraming LanguageThis rubric is intended to guide faculty in scoring a group presentation and allow instructors to score groups both as a unit and for individual stud. nt's skills and contributions. The rubric emphasizes that an effective group presentation requires coordinati.

  20. PowerPoint Rubric

    PowerPoint Rubric. Note cards indicate you accurately researched a variety of information sources, recorded and interpreted significant facts, meaningful graphics, accurate sounds and evaluated alternative points of view. Note cards show you recorded relevant information from multiple sources of information, evaluated and synthesized relevant ...