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Introduction
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The introduction does
not orient the audience to what will follow. The sequencing
is unclear and does not appear interesting or relevant
to the audience.
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The introduction shows
some structure but does not create a strong sense of
what is to follow. May be overly detailed or incomplete
and is somewhat appealing to the audience.
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The introduction is
clear and coherent and relates to the topic.
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The introduction presents
the overall topic and draws the audience into the presentation
with compelling questions or by relating to the audience's
interests or goals.
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Content
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The content lacks a
clear point of view and logical sequence of information.
Includes little persuasive information and only one
or two facts about the topic. Information is incomplete,
out of date and/or incorrect. Sequencing of ideas is
unclear.
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The content is vague
in conveying a point of view and does not create a strong
sense of purpose. Includes some persuasive information
with few facts. Some of the information may not seem
to fit.
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The content is written
with a logical progression of ideas and supporting information.
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The content is written
clearly and concisely with a logical progression of
ideas and supporting information. The project gives
the audience a clear sense of the main idea.
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Text
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The text is extremely
difficult to read with long blocks of text and small
point size of fonts, inappropriate contrasting colors,
poor use of headings, subheadings, indentations, or
bold formatting.
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Overall readability
is difficult with lengthy paragraphs, too many different
fonts, dark or busy background, overuse of bold or lack
of appropriate indentations of text.
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Sometimes the fonts
are easy-to-read, but in a few places the use of fonts,
italics, bold, long paragraphs, color or busy background
detracts and does not enhance readability
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The fonts are easy-to-read
and point size varies appropriately for headings and
text. Use of italics, bold, and indentations enhances
readability. Text is appropriate in length for the target
audience and to the point. The background and colors
enhance the readability of text.
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Graphics, Sound
and/or Animation
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The graphics, sounds,
and/or animations are unrelated to the content. Graphics
do not enhance understanding of the content, or are
distracting decorations that create a busy feeling and
detract from the content.
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Some of the graphics,
sounds, and/or animations seem unrelated to the topic/theme
and do not enhance the overall concepts. Images are
poorly cropped or the color/resolution is fuzzy.
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The graphics, sound/and
or animation visually depict material and assist the
audience in understanding the flow of information or
content.
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The graphics, sound
and/or animation assist in presenting an overall theme
and enhance understanding of concept, ideas and relationships.
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Writing Mechanics
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Errors in spelling,
capitalization, punctuation, usage and grammar repeatedly
distract the reader and major editing and revision is
required. (more than 5 errors)
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Spelling, punctuation,
and grammar errors distract or impair readability. (3
or more errors)
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The text is clearly
written with little or no editing required for grammar,
punctuation, and spelling.
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The text is written
with no errors in grammar, capitalization, punctuation,
and spelling.
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