Oral Presentations and Grading

Often I grade oral presentations using a rubric. I also give students a chance to grade themselves using the same rubric. If students are honest and their scores are within a few points of mine, I, at the beginning of the year, offer extra credit for each rubric completed. Students are required to explain, initially, why they scored themselves the way they did for the extra credit. We begin doing this in class and later in the year it becomes homework. The second half of the year, the self-grading is required and the rubrics grades are counted. If students are not honest in what they include (some just randomly tick boxes), they get no credit for the rubric. We conference for students who grade themselves too harshly to help them see the good in their work.

Some sample rubrics are listed below. Choose what works best for you. Modify it as you see fit for your situation.

Example 1 gives a basic rubric strictly for oral presentations.

Example 2 gives a checklist so you can simply create your own rubric or oral presentations and

Example 3 gives a plethora of rubrics for you to use for any possible type of classroom activity.