Action:

• Complete a rubric while listening to students’ oral presentations. Examples:
  • Environmental Analysis – Oral Presentation Rubric shared by Char Miller.
  • Oral Objections Reply Rubric shared by Julie Tannenbaum.
  • Senior Experimental Thesis Presentation Rubric shared by the Molecular Biology Department at Pomona.

Reason:

• Rubrics can help you increase consistency when evaluating many presentations.
• Rubrics can provide students clearer feedback and the rubric can be shared with students in advance to help articulate your expectations.