Oral Presentation Guidelines and Grading Template
Purpose: present a 4-7 minute oral analysis of a research article relating to the poster project.
Evaluation: The presentation counts for a maximum of 4 points toward the poster grade. I will assess how well you cover the three main points below. Note that the second part of the presentation has 5 subheadings.
Each presentation will have three main parts:
1) You must have a clear introduction stating your name, the article's title, the author, and the journal it appeared. "Hello, my name is x, today I'm going to talk about article x by Mary x. This article appeared in the journal x."
2) Now give the main body of the presentation. This section will consist of three parts and should take up 80% of the presentation:
 | What is the main purpose of the article? |
| Summarize the article. |
| Why is the article important in relation to the project? Mention specific examples. |
I should always know which of the three points above you are discussing. Failure to clearly mention each step will result in a lower grade.
3) a clear conclusion summarizing your presentation's most important points. "In this presentation I discussed article x by Mary x, the most important feature of this article is x." This is the section to insert any personal opinion you have about the article like, "How could you make me read such a dumb article?" Or "this article relates to my life in that ...."
In addition to these points I will evaluate voice projection, eye contact, and how well you stay within a 4-7 minute time limit.
| DESIRED GRADE: |
exceptional 4 |
good 3 |
average 2 |
poor 1 |
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Grading Criteria |
< 2 diction or grammar errors; >50% eye contact; voice clearly heard from the back of the classroom; stayed within time limit; talk organized according to the three sections mentioned above. Minimal delays in presentation; attractive, legible graphics clearly contributing to the presentation. Left graphics on screen long enough for audience to view. Pointed to most important part of graphics to audience enthusiastic |
3-4 diction or grammar errors, 25%-50% eye contact; voice heard from the back of the classroom; stayed within time limit; talk organized according to the three sections mentioned above; Minimal delays in presentation
interested |
>4 diction and grammar errors, <25% eye
contact, difficulty in seeing and hearing presentation; went over or under time limit; talk missing a key section (for example, no conclusion or no reference to a map) bored |
>4 diction and grammar errors, <10% eye
contact, difficulty in hearing and seeing presentation; went over or under time limit; talk missing a key section (for example, no conclusion or no reference to a map) zombie-like
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The template I'll use in assessing you grade is below.
| Name: | Article: | |||
| Item | Grading Criteria | |||
| 1. Complete Introduction | yes no | |||
| 2. Mentioned article's purpose | yes no | |||
| 3. Summarized article | ||||
| 4. Discussed why article is important | yes no | |||
| 5. Followed points 2-4 in order | yes no | |||
| 6. Complete conclusion | yes no | |||
| 7. Eye Contact | >75% | 50-75% | 25-50% | <25% |
| 9. Voice | easy to hear<----------------------->difficult to hear | |||
| 10. Presence | enthusiastic<----------------------->zombielike | |||
| 11. Graphics | effective, attractive <------->too small, superficial use or none used | |||
| Overall, this presentation is outstanding 4, good 3, average 2, poor 1, horrible 0 | ||||