Outcome 12: An ability to communicate effectively (oral)

Level 5 performance characterized by:

• Plans and delivers an oral presentation effectively; applies the principle of "(tell them)3" --well organized
  
• Presentation has enough detail appropriate and technical content for the time constraint and the audience
  Presents well mechanically
  
  • Makes eye contact
    
  • Can be easily heard
    
  • Speaks comfortably with minimal prompts (notecards)
    
  • Does not block screen
    
  • No distracting nervous habits
    
• Uses proper American English
  
• Uses visual aides effectively
  
• Professional appearance
  
• Listens carefully and responds to questions appropriately; is able to explain and interpret results for various audiences and purposes
  

Level 3 performance characterized by:

• Presents key elements of an oral presentation adequately, but "tell them" not clearly applied
  Presentation contains excessive or insufficient detail for time allowed or level of audience
  
• Has some minor difficulties with the mechanical aspects of the presentation
  
  • Eye contact is sporadic
    
  • Occasionally difficult to hear or understand speaking
    
  • Overuses prompts or does not use prompts enough-occasionally stumbles or loses place; appears to have memorized presentation
    
  • Occasionally blocks screen
    
  • Some nervous habits (um, ah, clicking pointer, etc.)
    
• Occasionally uses an inappropriate style of English-too conversational
  
• Visual aides have minor errors or are not always clearly visible
  Appearance is too casual for the circumstances
  
• Sometimes misunderstands questions, does not respond appropriately to the audience, or has some trouble answering questions
  

Level 1 performance characterized by:

• Talk is poorly organized, e.g. no clear introduction or summary of talk is presented
  
• Presentation is inappropriately short or excessively long; omits key results during presentation
  
• Major difficulties with the mechanical aspects of the presentation
  
  • No eye contact
    
  • Difficult to hear or understand speaking
    
  • Reads from prepared script
    
  • Blocks the screen
    
  • Distracting nervous habits (um, ah, clicking pointer, etc.)
    
• Uses poor English
  
• Multiple slides are unclear or incomprehensible
  
• Does not listen carefully to questions, does not provide an appropriate answer, or is unable to answer questions about presentation material