CSC 262Project PresentationFall 2024
Criteria Exemplary Good Satisfactory Marginal Needs Improvement Score
5 4 3 2 1

Purpose: Clearly provided motivation and context to the topic: why is this important, how does it relate to things we've studied?

Motivation and context are presented memorably.
The audience knows exactly why the topic is important and how it fits.
There is an attempt at giving context and motivation
Either the context or motivation is not given.
Neither context nor motivation is given.
Description (×2): Described the approach to solving the problem clearly.
Audience understands exactly what has been done.
Audience has a solid idea what was done.
Audience can moderately understand the accomplishments.
Audience cannot be sure what was accomplished.
Audience asks, "A problem was solved?"
Lessons: Described any problems overcome or lessons learned.
Summary of challenges and lessons was very good.
Description of problems was clear and lessons are okay.
A few challenges and lessons were shared.
Something might have been learned.
It was not clear any challenges were faced or anything was learned so far.
Demonstration (×2): Gave an understandable demonstration (or screen shots) of the system.
The demo makes the audience want to buy it.
The demo was well-planned.
The demo was easy to follow.
Some parts of the demo were hard to follow.
There was no demonstration that could be followed.
Materials: Visual aids are clear, correct, and help anchor the presentation content.
Slides or boardwork were outstanding, anchoring, and memorable.
Slides or boardwork were clear and highlighted the content.
Slides or boardwork were legible.
Some slides or boardwork were hard to read.
Slides or boardwork could not be read.
Time: Time usage allowed material to be adequately explained.
Topics were balanced and completed with time for a question/suggestion.
Necessary topics were covered adequately.
All material was at least briefly covered.
Some topics were skipped, time was unnecessarily wasted, or the presentation was too short.
Time management was a trainwreck.
Oral Skills: Presenter(s) faced the audience, making eye contact, enunciating well with no distracting mannerisms.
The presentation was so good it was a shame they had to stop.
Eye contact was frequent and speakers had a clear voice.
Speakers could largely be understood.
Some speakers were hard to understand occasionally.
Most of the speaking was hard to understand.
Polish: Clearly rehearsed with positive attitude, enthusiasm, and audience interaction.
The audience is converted and wants to join the presenters' team.
Speakers were relaxed, knew their material.
Speakers seemed positive.
Speakers seemed unsure of themselves.
Speaker appeared embarassed to be presenting.
 
Total
  /50
Adapted from
"Presentation Grading Rubric: CSSE 463 Image Recognition" by Matt Boutell at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.