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Rubric for SciVis Talks
(4 is proficient)

READINESS
5: polished practice talk with very few minor changes suggested
4: complete talk ready and presented, effective visuals (or placeholders), some organizational issues
3: complete talk ready and presented, significant organizational issues
2: at least 75% of talk ready and presented, significant gaps and organizational issues
1: less than 75% of talk ready

MESSAGE CLARITY:
5: clear and compelling message with an intuitive organizational flow and in-depth explanation.
4: clear message with some organizational issues and sufficient explanation.
3: mostly clear message with significant organizational issues and sufficient explanation.
2: unclear message with serious organizational issues and insufficient explanation
1: unclear message with little attempt at organization or explanation.  

VISUALS
5: visuals strongly complement talk content and message and are incorporated smoothly into presentation
4: many visuals complement talk, but some are unclear or not verbally connected to the presentation
3: slides do not detract from presentation, but do not complement it well
2: slides are distracting or confusing in some places
1: slides are consistently distracting or confusing

SPEECH
5: verbal explanation relates to and extends the information from the visual slides in a focused and interactive way, does not rely too heavily on reading off the slides.
4: verbal explanation relates to and extends the information from the visual slides in a focused and interactive way, some reading from slides.
3:  reads from slides with some extra explanation.
2: reads all information directly from slides, talk is confusing or unfocused in some places.  
1: reads all information directly from slides, talk is consistently confusing or unfocused.

APPEARANCE OF MASTERY
5: delivers the talk in a compelling and focused way, comfortable demeanor, encourages positive interaction with audience.
4: delivers a focused talk with positive audience interaction, comfortable demeanor.
3: delivers a mostly focused talk, interacts occasionally with audience, mostly comfortable demeanor.
2: talk is distracted in some places, interacts sparingly with audience, appears uncomfortable.
1: distracted talk, no audience interaction or rude audience interaction, appears uncomfortable and/or negative.