Digital Storytelling Rubric

Criteria 3points 2points 1point 0points

Planning
Creativity Completeoriginality 1elementisnotoriginal 2elementsarenot 3ormoreelements
incompositionand incompositionand originalincomposition arenotoriginalin
delivery,strong delivery,someevidence anddelivery,little compositionand
evidenceofcritical ofcriticalthinkingskills evidenceofcritical delivery,no
thinkingskills thinkingskills evidenceofcritical
thinkingskills
Storyboard Completeand Evidenceofplanning Evidenceofplanning Littletonoevidence
detailedevidenceof through2/3of throughupto1/3of ofplanning
planningthroughout storyboardsincluding storyboardincluding includingminimally
entirestoryboard sketches,sequencing, sketches,sequencing, completedsketches,
includingsketches, pacing,andstorytelling. pacing,andstorytelling. sequencing,pacing,
sequencing,pacing, andstorytelling.
andconsistent
storytelling
ContentandTheme Contentisclearly Contenthassome Contenthaslittle Contenthasno
relevanttostoryand relevancetostoryand relevancetostoryand relevancetostory
theme,messageis theme,messageisclear theme,messageisnot andtheme,thereis
distinctlyclear withsomeconfusing clear nomessage
points

UseofTechnology
Videography Stronguseofquality Someelementsof Veryfewelementsof Littletonoelements
videography, videography,including videography,including ofvideography,
includingcamera cameraangles,framing, cameraangles,framing, includingcamera
angles,framing,and andlightingusedtoadd andlightingusedtoadd angles,framing,
lightingusedtoadd totheoverallimpactof totheoverallimpactof andlightingused
totheoverallimpact presentation thepresentation toimpactthe
ofpresentation overallpresentation
Editing Transitions,effects, Mosttransitions,effects, Sometransitions,effects, Littletono
audio,andeditsare audio,andeditsare audio,andeditsare transitions,effects,
appropriatetothe appropriatetothe appropriatetothe audio,andedits
subjectmatter,add subjectmatter,addto subjectmatter,addto areappropriateto
totheflowofthe theflowofthevideo, theflowofthevideo, thesubjectmatter,
video,andmost andmostimportantly, andmostimportantly, addtotheflowof
importantly,donot donotdistractfromthe donotdistractfromthe thevideo,andmost
distractfromthe video video importantly,donot
video distractfromthe
video
 Criteria 3points 2points 1point 0points

Mechanics
Timeliness Projectturnedinat Projectturnedinbythe Projectturnedinone Projectturnedin
thebeginningof endoftheday daylate twoormoredays
class late
Documentation Allsourcesarecited 1sourceisnotcited 2sourcesarenotcited 3sourcesarenot
completelyin properlyaccordingto properlyaccordingto citedproperly
requiredformatand therequiredformat therequiredformat accordingtothe
allcopyrighted and/or1copyrighted and/or2copyrighted requiredformat
material,ifused,is pieceofmaterialisnot piecesofmaterialare and/or3
identifiedandused identifiedproperlyor notidentifiedproperly copyrightedpieces
withwritten wasnotgivenwritten orwasnotgivenwritten ofmaterialarenot
permission permission permission identifiedproperly
orwasnotgiven
writtenpermission

GroupDynamic
(This section will be assessed through self-evaluation and peer evaluation)

WorkDelineation Workwasdelineated Workwas Workwascompletedby Someoftheproject

equallyamongall predominantlycompleted onememberofthe notcompleteddue
groupmembers by2/3ofgroup group togroup
members dissonance
Collaborationand Collaborationand Collaborationand Contributionofideas Lackof
Contribution contributionofideas contributionofideas givenbyonepersonin communicationand
fromeachgroup givenby2/3ofgroup group collaboration
member members amonggroup
members
Respect Eachmembertreated Respectgiventogroup Evidenceofrespect Lackofrespect
allothermembers’ membersmostofthe givenintermittently evidentingroup
time betweengroupmembers interaction
ideas/personwith
respectallofthe
time