Group Presentation Rubric

Final Due: Wednesday 3.20

Description: You will give a group presentation in which you display your final product to the
class as if we were your client. Everyone in the group must talk. You must use some form of presentation technology. The presentation must be ten minutes (within 60 secondsI will time you).
1.

[Content]: Your presentation should include the following parts of the final report:
a. Introduction, Flaws Analysis, Alternatives, Memo, Final Prototype, Conclusion/Proposal. b. For each part of your presentation, select the most important pieces of my description of
the final report description and include those. You wont be able to include everything because of time limitations.

2.

[Structuration]: a. Time: Within 1 minute. Practice your timing. Know how to pace. Ill hold up a card
three minutes before the end. b. Goal: Everything in your presentation should be aimed at the goal of presenting information to your client about your redesign processes and choices. Why they were purposeful. c. Examples: You should be speaking off/about concrete examples of what the site looked like, where you took it, and why. d. Parts: Your presentation should have clearly identifiable parts and flow. First we did this, then this, then this. Your transitions should be concrete. i. Introduction: Should have a road map. Should introduce the team and the purpose of your presentation. Should NOT fall into cheesy, disconnected attention getters. ii. Segments: You should have clearly identifiable body segments. Where you started (the original site and its problems), where you went (the new site and how you solved those problems), and where youre going (and considerations that the client will have to make about the site in the futureshould they update it regularly? Where? What?) iii. Transitions: Each member of your team needs to speak and you need to pass the speaking role of smoothly. This will take PRACTICE. iv. Conclusion: Short and sweet. Maybe restate your main goals in your redesign. Dont restate everything. Have a hard conclusion. Make sure we know its the end. For instance, thank your for listening. Wed love to answer any questions you have.

3.

[Style]: a. Notes: You may use whatever style of notes you like as long as you arent over invested
in your notes. Make eye contact. Be personable. The same things goes with reading off slides b. Well prepared: Dont over invest in your slides. Speak rather than read. Show

knowledge of the topic as well as the parts of the presentation. Clearly practiced. Smooth. c. Professional: Dont be overly-harsh of the original site. Dont swear? Avoid slang/informal language unless thats the ethos you choose to project as a team. The team should have a cohesive ethos. d. Body language and Voice: You show a clear awareness of your body and voice at all times. You use some kind of purposeful gesture (see our website). You speak in a loud clear voice. You dont cover your face or distract with over movement. You practice words that you know might trip you up.
4.

[Audience]: a. Interest and Attention: Theres some king of interactive element of your
presentation. You build suspense. Have some point where your audience wants to know what you will say/show next. You ask a relevant question. Have your audience consider something. Keep the audiences interest through a handout, PowerPoint, etc., without being cheesy and distracting. b. Transitions: You use concrete and strong transitions to re-grab your audiences attention if they become lost. c. Persuasion: You persuade your audience that the choices you are suggesting/have made are the right ones for their company. i. Accessibility: You have 1 Handout (with your names, emails, and key points on it) and bring at least 2 copies of some kind of speech outline so that audience members with hearing/seeing impairments can still get the information from your presentation. Your slides should be big enough to view and in nicely visible colors.

5.

[Respond to a Question]: a. Question: Group answers 1 question. b. Content: Question will probably be about why the group made a specific design choice
they did.

c. Everyone: Everyone in the group is clearly prepared to ask questions on any part of the
report. Each person knows more than their part of the presentation.
6.

[Technology Use]: a. Style: slides are uniform, scannable, and beautiful. Slides balance images and text well. b. Content: slides help the reader understand the presentation. Content is not random, too
much, or too little. Content should be somewhat understandable even without the speech incase the listener loses focus and wants to come back to the presentation. c. Sections: Slides should all be clearly labeled with a section titlesignposts to tell the listener what part of the speech they are in. d. Rehearsed: Slides clearly has been rehearsed. There are neither flow issues nor technology hiccups.

e. Visuals: Images are clear, large, and well labeled. See accessibility in the audience
section above.