4
Excellent

3
Good

2
Satisfactory

1
Below Expectations

Organization

Excellent organization; Format was logical and easy to follow; Excellent connections between ideas; the organization definitely increased the overall effect of the presentation

Good organization was apparent; transitions were present and easy to follow, but there were some problems understanding the ideas

Fair organization; ideas were not presented in a clear manner and transitions were at times rough, which at times made the audience shake their heads with confusion

Confusing; little or no format; difficult to follow; poor or no transitions of ideas; audience is unable to follow presentation

Research

Research greatly exceeded expectations; used material from other websites in addition to those provided; brought in additional information to support recommendations

Did a very good job of researching; used provided website information to their maximum; included several relevant statistics, examples and expert opinions to support recommendations

Used provided website information in a satisfactory manner, but included very few relevant statistics, examples or expert opinions to support their recommendations

Did an unsatisfactory job using provided website information; poor fact gathering on the topic to support recommendations

Creativity

Approach was extremely original and clever; kept audience interest for the entire length of the presentation

Some originality; well conceived and organized presentation; audience showed interest most of the time

Moments of originality interspersed in a rather routine type presentation; audience showed interest a few times

Bland, dull presentation; presentation lacked any creative moments; Oh hum presentation; audience basically slept

Subject Knowledge

Group demonstrates full knowledge (more than required) by answering all questions with explanations and convincingly defends their recommendations

Group is at ease with expected answers to all questions, and is able to defend their group recommendations

Group is uncomfortable with information and is able to answer only the most basic questions and can only barely defend their recommendations

Group does not have grasp of information; Cannot answer questions about subject or defend the recommendations

Visual Aids/  Technology

Excellent variety of visual aids and technology; visual aids were interesting and clear and enhanced the content

Some use of good, clear, colorful and content enhancing visual aids and one use of technology

Very limited variety of visual aids; visual aids not clear and distracted from content; one use of technology

No use of visual aids or technology

Sustainability

Fully gets sustainability and global questions; Understands implications and effects of sustainability to this case; shows value and limitations of the sustainability concept; mentions a number of sustainability elements

Reasonably good understanding of sustainability and its implications for the case; shows the value and limitations of the sustainability concept, some understanding and mention of sustainability elements

Moderate understanding of sustainability, its implications and relevance to the case; mentions a few elements of sustainability.

Shows little knowledge of sustainability and its relevance to the case; shows no understanding of the elements of sustainability; for what the student has shown, the case is not even about sustainability