Thursday, July 21, 2005
PowerPoint Rubrics
Yesterday, I spoke of the power of the PowerPoint Evaluation...the kind you give to yourself while you're presenting. Today, I'll use a term that's gaining in popularity among educators: the PowerPoint Rubric.
Rubric is an unusual, maybe unheard of word in business. People in business often glibly call rubrics "best practices" (score another one for Buzzword Bingo!). The dictionary says that "rubric" means "authoritative rule". The word has its origins in the Middle English word rubrike or red ocher -- the color used for the heading in red letters in parts of books.
Big, Bold, Red Letters: you just don't see that too often in books any more! But you see it frequently in PowerPoint presentations.....
Anyway....whether you're an educator that is looking for a PowerPoint rubric to grade student presentations, or a business person looking to evaluate presentation best practices... I would like to suggest visiting the University of Wisconsin's A+ Rubric for evaluating PowerPoint presentations.
This simple grid outlines important elements of the PowerPoint presentation. If you're an educator, it's a helpful tool for grading. If you're in business, it's a helpful tool for evaluating what's really important in a presentation.
Of course, there are other rubrics: and many I've seen online are pretty awful. They seem to place a high priority on using every one of PowerPoint's bells and whistles within a 15 minute presentation, instead of connecting with the people in the audience.
So let me ask you this: what's the best PowerPoint Rubric you've ever used or seen? What elements might you want to see in your ideal rubric?
Here's a list of some of the better PowerPoint Rubric resources I've found on the 'net. ¶ 7/21/2005 09:31:00 AM
Yesterday, I spoke of the power of the PowerPoint Evaluation...the kind you give to yourself while you're presenting. Today, I'll use a term that's gaining in popularity among educators: the PowerPoint Rubric.
Rubric is an unusual, maybe unheard of word in business. People in business often glibly call rubrics "best practices" (score another one for Buzzword Bingo!). The dictionary says that "rubric" means "authoritative rule". The word has its origins in the Middle English word rubrike or red ocher -- the color used for the heading in red letters in parts of books.Big, Bold, Red Letters: you just don't see that too often in books any more! But you see it frequently in PowerPoint presentations.....
Anyway....whether you're an educator that is looking for a PowerPoint rubric to grade student presentations, or a business person looking to evaluate presentation best practices... I would like to suggest visiting the University of Wisconsin's A+ Rubric for evaluating PowerPoint presentations.
This simple grid outlines important elements of the PowerPoint presentation. If you're an educator, it's a helpful tool for grading. If you're in business, it's a helpful tool for evaluating what's really important in a presentation.
Of course, there are other rubrics: and many I've seen online are pretty awful. They seem to place a high priority on using every one of PowerPoint's bells and whistles within a 15 minute presentation, instead of connecting with the people in the audience.
So let me ask you this: what's the best PowerPoint Rubric you've ever used or seen? What elements might you want to see in your ideal rubric?
Here's a list of some of the better PowerPoint Rubric resources I've found on the 'net. ¶ 7/21/2005 09:31:00 AM
