ILO 1: Communication and Collaboration
Original Communication ILO (at the time of assessment):
“Communicate ideas clearly and concisely in written, oral, and other forms, using a variety of
complementary media.”
2012-2013
Participants: John Dotta, Christopher Farmer, Nancy McEnery, Lynda Monger, Bruce Riddell,Marci
Sanchez, Robyn Wornall
Assessment Activity: The Inquiry Group reviewed the Association of American Colleges and Universities
(AACU) recommended rubrics for the assessment of student learning related to oral communication
skills to develop a common rubric for use in assessing those skills across the curriculum.
Establishment of a Common Rubric
Based on an evaluation of the AACU rubric for evaluating student learning related to oral
communication skills, the inquiry group developed a rubric to be distributed to faculty to assess SLOs
related to public speaking and communication. The rubric is in excel format and assists faculty in
assessing student learning outcomes related to oral communication (see snapshot example on following
page.
Application
o The common oral communication skills assessment rubric was distributed to faculty through
the Instruction Council.
o The rubric created by the inquiry group was piloted in multiple biology courses for use in
evaluating student oral communication skills.
Capstone
Achievement Level
Milestone
4
Developmental
3
2
1
0
Presentation Overall
Weight
Raw Score
Score
20%
2
0.40
(Oral: posture, gestures, eye contact, vocal
expressiveness, appropriate use of notes,
etc.)
Oral: Delivery techniques make the
presentation compelling and speaker appears
polished and confident
Oral: Delivery techniques make the
presentation interesting and speaker appears
comfortable
Oral: Delivery techniques make the
presentation understandable and speaker
appears tentative
Oral: Delivery techniques make the
presentation unclear and speaker appears
uncomfortable
Oral: Delivery techniques greatly undermine
the presentation.
10%
1
0.10
(Written: composition, tables/graphs,
citations, etc.)
Writing: Demonstrates full command of
stylistic choices, formatting and presentation.
Writing: Demonstrates attention to stylistic
choices, formatting and presentation.
Writing: Demonstrates inconsistent attention
to stylistic choices, formatting and
presentation.
Writing: Demonstrates minimal attention to
stylistic choices, formatting and presentation.
Writing: Presentation has no formatting, is
incoherent, and greatly undermines the
presentation.
10%
3
0.30
20%
2.3333333
0.47
Organization Overall
Organizaton Sequence Guidelines Template
The material is skillfully, clearly, consistently
organized, and follows established guidelines.
The material is organized and follows most of
the established guidelines.
The material has minimal organization and
follows some of the established guidelines.
The material is not organized and deviates
from established guidelines.
The material has no discernible organization.
Guidelines were not followed.
7%
1
0.07
Language (Grammar, word choice, Syntax,
etc.)
Language is skillfully employed and makes the
presentation compelling and memorable.
Language is thoughtful, appropriate, and
generally supports the effectiveness of the
presentation.
Language adequately conveys meaning but is
rudimentary and is inappropriate.
Language is inadequate and ineffective.
Language detracts from meaning and
undermines effectiveness.
7%
4
0.27
Supporting Materials (explanations, examples,
tables, visual presentations, props,
quotations, citations, charts, etc.)
Skillfully uses supporting materials that
significantly enhances the presentation.
Uses supporting materials appropriate to the
presentation.
Incomplete or inconsistent use of supporting
material. Partially supports presentation.
Insufficient use of supporting material.
Undermines the effectiveness of the
presentation
Complete lack of supporting material.
7%
2
0.13
Skillfully develops and communicates
appropriate, relevant, and compelling content
that demonstrates thorough knowledge of the
subject.
Explores ideas. Demonstrates competency
and knowledge of the subject.
Inconsistent development and/or incomplete
exploration of the subject.
Simplistic in design and execution of ideas.
Lacks knowledge of subject.
Demonstrates no knowledge of the subject.
60%
4
2.40
Message / Content
Notes / Remark s
Example Oral Communication skills rubric
100%
# 8.3333333
3.27