RUBRIC FOR INFOGRAPHIC

(adapted from Texas Education Agency, 2015)

Task Description: Create an infographics about the educational implications of understanding the community culture.

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CRITERIA %
EXCEPTIONAL ADMIRABLE MARGINAL UNACCEPTABLE
 Appropriate  Most details  Few details  NO details to
details support support main idea support main idea support main idea
main idea  Accurate  Lacking accurate  Information is
 Accurate and information for information NOT accurate
detailed almost all subject  Inadequate  Information does
information matter information is NOT support the
Content 50%  Information  Information is NOT clearly visual’s purpose
adequately mostly adequate supportive of
supports purpose and supportive of visual’s purpose
of visual visual’s purpose

 Topic and title  Topic and title are  Topic and title are  Topic and title are
clear and easily mostly clear and difficult to identify NOT clearly
identified easily identified  Main idea is NOT identified
 Main idea is  Main idea is clearly stated  NO main idea
clearly appropriate to  Few illustrations  Illustration do
Focus 20%
appropriate to topic complement NOT complement
topic  Most illustrations purpose of visual purpose of visual
 All illustrations complement
complement purpose of visual
purpose of visual
  Outstanding use  Adequate use of  Inappropriate use  LITTLE attempt to
of color, design, color, design and of color, design, use color, design
and space space and space and space
 Original and  Design is  Design lacks appropriately
Visual Appeal 20% creative design adequate creativity  Design di DULL
 Overall design is  Overall design is  Lack of  Project has
pleasing and mostly pleasing harmonious SLOPPY
harmonious and harmonious design in appearance
presentation

 Free of  Mostly free of  Frequent  Too frequent

grammatical grammatical grammatical grammatical
errors errors errors errors
Mechanics 10%  Words are legible  Most words are  Presentation is  Distractive
and pertinent to legible and illegible and elements make
topic pertinent to topic confusing illustration
ineffective
100%

Source:
Texas Education Agency. (2015). Career Opportunities in Education and Training. Retrieved from http://cte.sfasu.edu/wp-
content/uploads/2015/04/Rubric-for-Infographics-or-Poster.pdf