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Evaluating learning videos is easy with a rubric. Reflecting upon effectiveness is also easier if you use the same tool to measure all of your videos. Therefore, I offer you a method to evaluate learning videos using a rubric that will help you improve the KSB (Knowledge, Skills, and Behaviors) of your learners.
FYI: I’m on a mission to help people make and use video for learning purposes. If you are making a learning video for yourself or for a client, then you are managing numerous moving parts. By always beginning with the end in mind (guided by a rubric), you will be on your way to creating video content that will boost the KSB of your learners. If you are managing a team and need to evaluate your video content, then using a rubric will help your entire team align their feedback around a common goal.
Let’s get to it!
The main purpose of rubrics is to assess performance. -ASCD
Using a rubric will help you set a consistent standard for your learning video content. By evaluating content the same way for every project, you will be efficient and objective – every time. Below, I offer an annotated path to evaluate learning videos with a rubric. Each section of the rubric is captured in a screenshot followed by a brief explanation and several questions you can ask yourself to aid in completing the said section. Download the rubric and use it with your existing content or on your new videos. Then, let me know how it goes. Feel free to modify the rubric to suit your needs and attribute the original rubric to Learning Carton.
The purpose is the first thing you want to identify in each video you evaluate. Ask yourself these questions and then circle the appropriate word.
The purpose of the video should be clear and concise. Can you easily state the purpose in a single sentence?
Next, you should circle the type of video. What type of learning video is it? Check out The 6 Types of Video for Learning if you need a further explanation of the types. If you feel the video is not one of these six types, then it may not be a learning video at all.
As you start to deep dive into evaluating the learning video look for these seven categories. Read this section carefully before you watch the video and have the rubric on paper or a nearby screen as you watch. Your goal is to openly and honestly rank the video by answering these questions:
Now it’s time to evaluate the video’s visual merits. This is the last thing you should evaluate; thus, this is the reason it is at the end of the rubric. Training and learning video is not made with Hollywood budgets. It’s not necessary! You can learn how to do something from a video someone made in their house using their cellphone! Learning video should adhere to professional skills in production, but it is not as important as the content and purpose. That being said, rank your video’s technical score with these questions:
The total score is not a pass/fail or letter grade. Please don’t view your score as high praise or crippling criticism. Instead, I urge you to reflect upon the score so that you can alter the content in the video to make it more effective for your audience. Remember, your ultimate goal in making a learning video is to improve the knowledge, skills, and behaviors of your learning audience. This learning video rubric will help you evaluate learning videos so that you keep the KSB promise!
Now that you have the rubric and this annotated guide, it’s time to reflect upon your already made content or plan your next project. Try out the rubric. If you find that the purpose, type, content, and technical categories need a slight tweak, then make the change to the rubric so it suits your needs. This rubric is meant to support your learning as you strive to make better learning videos for your audience.
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Exemplars math material includes standards-based rubrics that define what work meets a standard and allows teachers (and students) to distinguish between different levels of performance.
Our math rubrics have four levels of performance: Novice , Apprentice , Practitioner (meets the standard), and Expert .
Exemplars uses two types of rubrics:
Student rubrics, standards-based math rubric.
This rubric was updated in 2014 to reflect more current standards. It supports NCTM Process Standards and the Common Core State Standards for Mathematical Practice .
This rubric was developed to reflect the revised NCTM standards.
This rubric was used from 1993 to 2001 to assess student performance. It is based on the original NCTM standards. Many schools and districts using Exemplars earlier material continue to use this rubric to assess student performance.
This rubric was developed to assess younger students' performance. It is based on recommendations from NCTM and the preschool standards developed at the Conference on Standards for Prekindergarten and Kindergarten Mathematics Education.
This rubric uses pieces of a jigsaw puzzle as symbols. It is appropriate to use with younger students who may not be able to follow the words in another rubric.
This rubric is appropriate to use with older children. They can self-assess by drawing a line on the thermometer. The teacher can also assess by making a mark on the same rubric.
Creating and using rubrics for assessment, in this section, tools and ideas for creating your rubrics.
Many of these rubrics grew out of a long-term commitment to building alternative assessments in our Instructional Design , and Math Specialist and Teaching and Assessing Writing online courses.
Video Conferencing Rubric
Presentation rubrics.
Video Conferencing Rubric Maggie Rouman's rubric assesses real-time sessions to foster community, present topics, and enhance learning.
Podcast Rubric Ann Bell's rubric helps students assess what makes a good podcast.
PowerPoint Rubric 10 performance categories
Oral Presentation Rubric (Word doc)
VoiceThread Participation Rubric (pdf) Michelle Pacansky-Brock's general formative assessment is used when students view a mini video lecture/presentation. Contributions are rated on originality, comprehension, and clarity.
Oral Presentation Checklist 4Teachers.org provides an online tool to customize the checklist for your grade level
Effective Project Presentations Buck Institute for Education (BIE) rubric for high school presentations
Poster Rubric
Speaking and Writing Rubrics bilingual education (English and Spanish) Spanish Partial-Immersion Program Rubrics for Writing and Speaking in English and Spanish for Grades 1-5
Wiki Rubric Criteria for assessing individual and group Wiki contributions.
Blog Rubric Assess individual blog entries, including comments on peers' blogs.
Twitter Rubric Assess learning during social networking instructional assignments.
Online Discussion Board Rubric Criteria for assessing the ability to share perspectives, refine thoughts through the writing process, and participate in a meaningful discussion Primary Grade Self-Evaluation Teamwork Rubric (PDF) Features of a sandwich to graphically show the criteria
Upper Elementary Teamwork Rubric Karen Franker's rubric includes six defined criteria for assessing the team and individual responsibility
Middle School/High School Collaboration Rubric Six defined criteria for collaboration with strong performance descriptors
These rubrics are related to our Instructional Design courses.
e-Portfolio Rubric Electronic portfolio rubric created by Joan Vandervelde includes 7 categories with 4 levels of achievement
Web Page Rubric Joan Vandervelde's rubric details 9 categories for evaluating a web page
CyberFair Peer Review Student Web Page Rubric Online feedback form for CyberFair Project.
Graphic Organizer and Mind Map Rubric Concept map diagram rubric to assess a visual storyboard of a final project or to chart a flow of work and ideas by Karen Franker
Storyboard Rubric Concept map and/or storyboard specification of instructional sequencing and messaging details.
These rubrics are related to our Elearning and Online Teaching course and flipped classroom course.
Video Project Rubric Joan Vandervelde lists criteria for video production and editing
Multimedia Project Rubric Rubric developed by Caroline McCullen, Jamie McKenzie, and Terrie Gray
Assessing Student Learning in Virtual Simulations and Serious Games A grading rubric created by Ann Bell with 6 performance criteria
Research Process Rubric - Elementary Karen Franker's rubric to assess planning, gathering, organizing and citing information in grades 3-5
Research Process Rubric - Middle School Karen Franker's rubric assesses performance with the research process
Rubric for Research Process Joyce Valenza's rubric assesses 5 research performance areas for high school students
Research Process Reflection Joyce Valenza's Question Brainstormer encourages students to ask focus questions and reflect on the research process
Academic Research Writing and APA Formatting Rubric Kay Lehmann's rubric for high school or college level
These rubrics are related to our Teaching and Assessing Writing courses .
Student-Friendly Writing Rubric
Samples of Student Writing, Scored With a 6+1 Trait Rubric An extensive archive of assessment materials associated with the 6-Traits assessment approach.
NWREL's Six Traits of Writing Rubric English and Spanish versions of the 6-Traits of Writing Rubric and other rubrics for listening, public speaking, and reading
Writing Rubrics K-12 - Opinion/Argument, Narrative, and Informative/Explanatory
Research Paper Rubric (Word doc)
Rubric for Scoring Effective Writing (Word doc)
Persuasive Essay Rubric (Word document)
Reflective Writing Rubric (PDF)
Reflection Paper Rubric (PDF)
Historical Fiction Essay Rubric (pdf) Blake Green's history class rubric.
Rubrics for Middle School Includes invention report, book talk, persuasive essay, and autobiographical event essay
Autobiographical Rubric (PDF)
These rubrics are related to our Math Specialist courses .
Math Rubrics 4 levels of math understanding with performance criteria
NCTM Math Standard Rubric (pdf) Performance criteria for problem-solving reasoning and proof communication connections representation
Science Rubric (pdf) Performance criteria for the use of scientific tools, science reasoning and strategies, science concepts and use of data and communication Scientific Report Rubric Easy to modify for any kind of high school research report
Physics Project Rubric A good example of a performance rubric tuned a specific project. Easy to adapt to other subjects.
Kindergarten Rubrics Assess literacy development
Kindergarten Rubrics Evaluates communication, fine muscle development, emergent reading and writing, large muscle development, math development, creative arts, personal development, and work habits, play, and social skills.
Primary Grade Self-Evaluation Teamwork Rubric (PDF) Features a sandwich to graphically show when all criteria are met
Third Grade Venn Diagram Rubric
These tools are explored in our e-learning course .
Rubistar Choose a topic and create a new rubric based on a template. Save and edit your rubric online.
Rubric Template Insert the task and criteria into this template.
Rubric Template (Word doc) Word document template to download and modify to meet authentic assessment needs (University of West Florida).
Quick Rubric
iRubric develop rubrics and access them from anywhere
Single-Point Rubric (Word doc)
Rubric Generator Build your own grading rubrics online by filling out a form. You can include a graphic and print the rubric.
Readings about Authentic Assessment Helpful background information about rubric design and implementation in the classroom.
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Jul 25, 2022
Using video in the classroom helps to keep students engaged and add make your lessons more memorable. Students can even make their own videos to share what they've learned in a way that is exciting and fun . But what do you do when it comes to grading students’ video projects?
One of the easiest ways to show students what’s expected of them is to create a rubric breaking down the different elements of a video project. You may have already created rubrics for other class projects — ones that involved posters, labs, or group work. Rubrics for video projects are similar. The medium may be different, but the learning and thinking students do are still there for you to assess.
You can use video projects at many different levels. Some of the elements in your rubric are going to be the same, whether you’re assigning a video to a high school physics class or using Animoto for a fourth grade vocabulary project.
Here are some things to include when developing a video project rubric:
Content: Clearly state what information and how much of it students should include. For example, in a biography project, students might be expected to include five interesting facts about their person in order to get the highest number of points on the rubric.
Images: Make sure your rubric states how many images you expect in an excellent, good, average, and poor project. You might want to add that those images should be relevant to the topic (e.g. no skateboards in a butterfly video) and appropriate. If you want to emphasize research skills, you could also require they use public domain images or cite their image sources.
Sources While this may not be necessary for very young students, middle and high school student videos can and should include a text slide with their bibliography or an accompanying paper bibliography.
Length: Just as you would set a page limit for an essay, you should set limits on video length, especially if you want to share the videos with the class. That length depends on your project — a simple “About Me” video project can be a minute long, while a more involved science or English assignment could be two to three minutes.
The style and flair of the video itself should really take second place to the student’s process — how a student researched the project, chose images, and organized their information. When your rubric reflects that, you’re truly assessing what a student learned.
Creating Animoto accounts for you and your students is completely free! Once you have your free account set up, there are endless ways to strengthen your lessons using video. Here are some of our favorites.
Take your lessons outside of the classroom with a digital scavanger hunt ! Have your students find specific plants and animals, architectural landmarks, historical features, and even shapes in their real-world environments and photograph them as they go. Then, they can add them to an exciting video that can be shared with the class using our Educational Presentation template.
Have your students research important figures throughout history or even share their own life stories with a video ! The Self-Introduction template makes it easy to share the most important moments of one's life in a fun and engaging way.
Put new vocabulary into action with a video! You can teach students new vocabulary words and then have students find real-world examples of them in real life. Or, let students share all the new words they've learned over summer break using the Vocabulary Lesson template.
Book trailers are a great way to get the story across in just a few short minutes. Whether starting from scratch on a brand new book or creating a summary of a favorite book, the Book Trailer template makes it simple.
Video presentations are a great way to showcase your learnings without the anxiety of a traditional presentation. They can be used in virtual classrooms or shared "IRL" to supplement student presentations. The Educational Presentation template is versatile, engaging, and easy to customize and share.
Extracurricular activities are part of a well-rounded education. Celebrate wins or even analyze your game with the Sports Recap template! It's a great way to increase school spirit and show students that you care.
Hit your reading goals for the semester and make sure the lessons hit home with a book report! Rather than an extensive essay, the Book Report template hits on all the high-notes and most important elements of a particular book.
How are you grading your students’ Animoto videos? Let us know in our Facebook group, the Animoto Social Video Marketing Community .
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A rubric is a scoring tool that identifies the different criteria relevant to an assignment, assessment, or learning outcome and states the possible levels of achievement in a specific, clear, and objective way. Use rubrics to assess project-based student work including essays, group projects, creative endeavors, and oral presentations.
Rubrics can help instructors communicate expectations to students and assess student work fairly, consistently and efficiently. Rubrics can provide students with informative feedback on their strengths and weaknesses so that they can reflect on their performance and work on areas that need improvement.
Best practices, moodle how-to guides.
The first step in the rubric creation process is to analyze the assignment or assessment for which you are creating a rubric. To do this, consider the following questions:
Types of rubrics: holistic, analytic/descriptive, single-point
Holistic Rubric. A holistic rubric includes all the criteria (such as clarity, organization, mechanics, etc.) to be considered together and included in a single evaluation. With a holistic rubric, the rater or grader assigns a single score based on an overall judgment of the student’s work, using descriptions of each performance level to assign the score.
Advantages of holistic rubrics:
Disadvantages of holistic rubrics:
Analytic/Descriptive Rubric . An analytic or descriptive rubric often takes the form of a table with the criteria listed in the left column and with levels of performance listed across the top row. Each cell contains a description of what the specified criterion looks like at a given level of performance. Each of the criteria is scored individually.
Advantages of analytic rubrics:
Disadvantages of analytic rubrics:
Single-Point Rubric . A single-point rubric is breaks down the components of an assignment into different criteria, but instead of describing different levels of performance, only the “proficient” level is described. Feedback space is provided for instructors to give individualized comments to help students improve and/or show where they excelled beyond the proficiency descriptors.
Advantages of single-point rubrics:
Disadvantage of analytic rubrics: Requires more work for instructors writing feedback
You might Google, “Rubric for persuasive essay at the college level” and see if there are any publicly available examples to start from. Ask your colleagues if they have used a rubric for a similar assignment. Some examples are also available at the end of this article. These rubrics can be a great starting point for you, but consider steps 3, 4, and 5 below to ensure that the rubric matches your assignment description, learning objectives and expectations.
Make a list of the knowledge and skills are you measuring with the assignment/assessment Refer to your stated learning objectives, the assignment instructions, past examples of student work, etc. for help.
Helpful strategies for defining grading criteria:
Most ratings scales include between 3 and 5 levels. Consider the following questions when designing your rating scale:
Artificial Intelligence tools like Chat GPT have proven to be useful tools for creating a rubric. You will want to engineer your prompt that you provide the AI assistant to ensure you get what you want. For example, you might provide the assignment description, the criteria you feel are important, and the number of levels of performance you want in your prompt. Use the results as a starting point, and adjust the descriptions as needed.
For a single-point rubric , describe what would be considered “proficient,” i.e. B-level work, and provide that description. You might also include suggestions for students outside of the actual rubric about how they might surpass proficient-level work.
For analytic and holistic rubrics , c reate statements of expected performance at each level of the rubric.
Well-written descriptions:
Create your rubric in a table or spreadsheet in Word, Google Docs, Sheets, etc., and then transfer it by typing it into Moodle. You can also use online tools to create the rubric, but you will still have to type the criteria, indicators, levels, etc., into Moodle. Rubric creators: Rubistar , iRubric
Prior to implementing your rubric on a live course, obtain feedback from:
Try out your new rubric on a sample of student work. After you pilot-test your rubric, analyze the results to consider its effectiveness and revise accordingly.
Above Average (4) | Sufficient (3) | Developing (2) | Needs improvement (1) | |
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(Thesis supported by relevant information and ideas | The central purpose of the student work is clear and supporting ideas always are always well-focused. Details are relevant, enrich the work. | The central purpose of the student work is clear and ideas are almost always focused in a way that supports the thesis. Relevant details illustrate the author’s ideas. | The central purpose of the student work is identified. Ideas are mostly focused in a way that supports the thesis. | The purpose of the student work is not well-defined. A number of central ideas do not support the thesis. Thoughts appear disconnected. |
(Sequencing of elements/ ideas) | Information and ideas are presented in a logical sequence which flows naturally and is engaging to the audience. | Information and ideas are presented in a logical sequence which is followed by the reader with little or no difficulty. | Information and ideas are presented in an order that the audience can mostly follow. | Information and ideas are poorly sequenced. The audience has difficulty following the thread of thought. |
(Correctness of grammar and spelling) | Minimal to no distracting errors in grammar and spelling. | The readability of the work is only slightly interrupted by spelling and/or grammatical errors. | Grammatical and/or spelling errors distract from the work. | The readability of the work is seriously hampered by spelling and/or grammatical errors. |
The audience is able to easily identify the central message of the work and is engaged by the paper’s clear focus and relevant details. Information is presented logically and naturally. There are minimal to no distracting errors in grammar and spelling. : The audience is easily able to identify the focus of the student work which is supported by relevant ideas and supporting details. Information is presented in a logical manner that is easily followed. The readability of the work is only slightly interrupted by errors. : The audience can identify the central purpose of the student work without little difficulty and supporting ideas are present and clear. The information is presented in an orderly fashion that can be followed with little difficulty. Grammatical and spelling errors distract from the work. : The audience cannot clearly or easily identify the central ideas or purpose of the student work. Information is presented in a disorganized fashion causing the audience to have difficulty following the author’s ideas. The readability of the work is seriously hampered by errors. |
Advanced (evidence of exceeding standards) | Criteria described a proficient level | Concerns (things that need work) |
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Criteria #1: Description reflecting achievement of proficient level of performance | ||
Criteria #2: Description reflecting achievement of proficient level of performance | ||
Criteria #3: Description reflecting achievement of proficient level of performance | ||
Criteria #4: Description reflecting achievement of proficient level of performance | ||
90-100 points | 80-90 points | <80 points |
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10 POINTS - REAL-WORLD APPLICATION OF MATH ______ (0-10 pts) The video presents a clear, real-world application of the math concept(s) in the problem.
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Rubric for Mathematical Presentations from Ball State University A description of criteria for math oral presentation for a math majors' seminar, with categories Logic & Organization, Content, and Delivery. Form for commenting on and grading a presentation of a proof Scoring Rubric for Math Fair Projects with an audience of children
iRubric D37B47: Calculus Related Rates Video Project. Free rubric builder and assessment tools.
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iRubric R245AB6: The following rubric is meant for the presentation of mathematical concepts with examples, visuals, mechanics and presentation styles provided.. Free rubric builder and assessment tools.
Based on rubric from Ball State University http://mathcomm.org/teaching-presentations/rubrics/. This document was last modified on May 16, 2015.
The visual and audio content of the video are creatively used to effectively express the purpose, findings and conclusions of the study. For the most part, the visual and audio content of the video are creatively used to express the purpose, findings and conclusions of the study.
Using a rubric will help you set a consistent standard for your learning video content. By evaluating content the same way for every project, you will be efficient and objective - every time. Below, I offer an annotated path to evaluate learning videos with a rubric. Each section of the rubric is captured in a screenshot followed by a brief ...
The rubric outlines criteria for evaluating video or PowerPoint presentations created by students in teams with a maximum of 40 points. It includes categories for content, organization, creativity, quality of information, diagrams/illustrations, mechanics, viewer takeaway, and task completion. Requirements include a clear main idea with details, well-constructed organization, original ideas ...
4 The presentation provides the audience with greater insight than they would receive by simply reading the book. For example, the presentation successfully refers back to material discussed in previous presentations, or points out the relevance of particular results to the overall structure of the course.
Math Rubrics Exemplars math material includes standards-based rubrics that define what work meets a standard and allows teachers (and students) to distinguish between different levels of performance.
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Tools and Ideas for Creating Your Rubrics Many of these rubrics grew out of a long-term commitment to building alternative assessments in our Instructional Design, and Math Specialist and Teaching and Assessing Writing online courses.
Here are some things to include when developing a video project rubric: Content: Clearly state what information and how much of it students should include. For example, in a biography project, students might be expected to include five interesting facts about their person in order to get the highest number of points on the rubric.
At the end of the semester, their instructor, other faculty members, and their peers evaluated the final student presen-tations of course projects. The rubrics were accumulated, and many students were interviewed for their self-evalua-tion. The data was analyzed by the assessment committee (two faculty members) and presented to the department for discussion at a department meeting.
Rubric Best Practices, Examples, and Templates A rubric is a scoring tool that identifies the different criteria relevant to an assignment, assessment, or learning outcome and states the possible levels of achievement in a specific, clear, and objective way. Use rubrics to assess project-based student work including essays, group projects, creative endeavors, and oral presentations.
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Math resources are an integral part of effective math education. On TPT, math resources come in various forms: from worksheets and full-year curricula to manipulatives and educational games. They can be used to enhance learning, assess student's mastery of math concepts, and engage students in meaningful learning.
Math Oral Presentation. Math Oral Presentation. This is a rubric used to assess the student knowledge of the information researched and their ability to present it a manner everyone understands. Rubric Code: A6C377. By cdgriffin. Ready to use. Public Rubric. Subject: Math. Type: Presentation.
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