GEOG 885
Advanced Analytic Methods in Geospatial Intelligence

Rubric for Project Assessment

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Rubric for Project Assessment

The presentation is evaluated along six dimensions. The first four are mainly concerned with oral communication skills and have to do respectively with the organization of the presentation, the mechanics (mainly quality of slides), the effectiveness of delivery, and how well the speaker relates to the audience. The fifth evaluates the presentation with respect to the technical content. The sixth dimension is concerned with the working skills as exhibited during the team presentation as a whole. Each of these dimensions is assigned a score of 1 through 4, these values representing increasing degrees of achievement in the particular dimension, as described in the table below in the rows corresponding to the various dimensions. The last column contains the actual scores assigned to this particular student's presentation along the five dimensions. The overall total score is assigned by simply adding together the scores corresponding to the six dimensions.

Presenter and Course

NAME OF PERSON BEING EVALUATED:

COURSE AND QUARTER OF EVALUATION:

Grading Rubric
Criteria 1 point 2 points 3 points 4 points Points
assigned
Organization Audience cannot understand presentation because of poor organization; introduction is undeveloped or irrelevant; relation to the rest of the team's presentation is unclear. Audience has difficulty following the presentation because of some abrupt jumps; some of the main points are unclear or not sufficiently stressed. Satisfactory organization; clear introduction; main points are well stated, even if some transitions are somewhat sudden; relation to the rest of the team's presentation is clear. Superb organization; builds on and provides support for the rest of the team's presentation; main points well stated and argued, with each leading to the next point of the talk.   
Comments:
Mechanics Slides seem to have been cut-and-pasted together haphazardly at the last minute; numerous mistakes; speaker not always sure what is coming next. Boring slides; no glaring mistakes, but no real effort made into creating truly effective slides. Generally good set of slides; conveys the main points well. Very creative slides; carefully thought out to bring out both the main points of this part of the presentation as well as the relation to the rest of the team presentation; maintains audience interest throughout.   
Comments:
Delivery Mumbles the words, audience members in the back can't hear anything; too many filler words; distracting gestures. Low voice, occasionally inaudible; some distracting filler words and gestures; articulation mostly, but not always, clear. Clear voice, generally effective delivery; minimal distracting gestures, etc., but somewhat monotone. Natural, confident delivery that does not just convey the message but enhances it; excellent use of volume, pace, etc.   
Comments:
Technical content The content was perfunctory and not stimulating to audience members; presented just in order to minimally satisfy the requirement. The content was weak in coverage but engaging at times; class members took away something interesting. Content was pretty thorough but lacked in some areas; audience members benefited from the presentation. Compelling, engaging content that covered the topic thoroughly, was interesting to class members, and taught them something.   
Comments:
GEOSPATIAL APPLICATION Inadequate use of geospatial thinking, geospatial analysis, and maps and/or imagery to answer the question. Incorporates some aspects of geospatial thinking and geospatial analysis, but needs improvement. Meets expectations with application of geospatial thinking and geospatial analysis, including the appropriate incorporation of maps, imagery, and other geospatial products. Exceeds expectations with regard to the application of geospatial thinking and geospatial analysis, including the appropriate incorporation of maps, imagery, and other geospatial products.   
Comments:
Total:

Evaluator and Date

EVALUATOR'S NAME:

DATE OF EVALUATION: