INFORMATION LITERACY - Rubric for assignment #1 – GROUP PRESENTATION Names of group members: Areas Observed Poor Fair Good Exceptional SCORE Coverage/ Content & 0-2 3 4-5 6-7 Content The presentation has valuable material in of coverage Presentation contained little to no valuable material. Presentation had moments where valuable material was presented but as a whole content was limited. Presentation had a good amount of material and coverage of content and benefited the class. Presentation had an exceptional amount of valuable material and was extremely beneficial to the class. /7 Collaboration & organization 0 1 2 3 Each group member makes contribution and the presentation is well organized and easy to follow Group members did not collaborate with each other. Only one person is integrally involved in the presentation. Presentation is disorganized Group members sometimes utilize other members’ ideas. Some signs of organization and preparation Most members are integrally involved in the presentation. The presentation is well organized and well presented All group members work with the ideas of other group members. The group is cohesive and is very organized in presentation /3 Language Use 1 1.5 2 2.5 Presenters use Standard Jamaican English (SJE). Speech is clear, natural and engages audience. Presenters used little SJE, lacked confidence, did not speak clearly and did not engage audience. Presenters used some SJE, speech was unclear in some parts Presenters used SJE for most part, speech was clear for most part Presenters used SJE for all of the presentation and was clear for all of presentation /2.5 TOTAL /12.5
INFORMATION LITERACY – RUBRIC FOR ASSIGNMENT #2 - PORTFOLIO Areas of observation Poor Fair Good Exceptional SCORE Title Page (running head, page no., centred information) 0 There is no title page 1 The title page has one correct APA formatting style 1.5 The title page has two correct APA formatting style 2 The title page is fully presented with all the required formatting styles /2 Introduction 0 is no Introduction 1 The Introduction gives a reasonable explanation of the purpose and content 2 The purpose is clearly stated and the overview is clearly written - /2 Summary of the unit (x 2) 0 There is no summary or summary is a “cut & paste” from the course outline 1 The summary covers only one area of the content and is written in format 2 The summary gives a good overview of the unit i.e. two-three areas are covered and written in prose format 3 The summary covers all the pertinent content of the unit and is stated and written in format Summary #1 /3 Summary #2 /3 Impact of unit (x2) 0-1 Student does not or vaguely tells about the impact of the unit 2-3 Student explicitly states one impact and discusses with relevant literature 4 Student explicitly discusses two ways in which the content has impacted, with relevant literature Impact #1 /4 Impact #2 /4 Artifacts (x2) Reason for the inclusion and link made (1½ mark) 0 – 0.5 No reason given or reason is vaguely stated; no link made 1 – 1½ Reason for inclusion is clearly stated and link clearly made Sample artefact (1 mark) 0 – 0.5 No sample provided or sample does not reflect unit 1 Sample included and adequately reflects the unit Artifact #1 /2.5 Artifact #2 /2.5 References 0 – 0.5 No reference list given or only one source is stated and does not fully apply to APA formatting 1 Two sources stated using most of the APA formatting style 2 sources stated and adhere to the APA formatting style /2 TOTAL /25
INFORMATION LITERACY – Rubric for assignment #3 - PATHFINDER Areas of observation Poor Fair Good Exceptional SCORE Title Page (running head, page no., centred information) 0 is no title page 1 The title page has one correct APA formatting style 1.5 The title page has two correct APA formatting style 2 The title page is fully presented with all the required formatting styles /2 Table of content 0 No table of content included 0.5 Content listed; no page no.; OR not properly presented 1 Content listed with page no and properly presented - /1 Introduction 0 is no Introduction 1 Definition, purpose of pathfinder and overview vaguely stated; 1.5 Definition, purpose and overview of the pathfinder are clearly stated 2 Definition, purpose and overview of the pathfinder are clearly stated /2 0 No audience, subject heading or key words included 1 Only one of the following outlined: audience, subject heading and keywords 1.5 Only two of the following included: audience, subject heading and keywords 2 All of the included: audience, subject heading and keywords /2 Annotated Bibliography (x 4) 0 1 2 4 Bibliographic reference & formatting (3 marks) No bibliographic reference outlined Bibliographic reference does not adhere to APA – missing three elements Bibliographic reference complete but missing one or two elements Bibliographic reference is complete and adheres to APA style Source 1 /4 Source 2 /4 Source 3 /4 Source 4 /4 Summary 0 No summary included 1 Summary is vague/ or poorly written 2 Summary is appropriately written Source 1 /2 Source 2 /2 Source 3 /2 Source 4 /2
INFORMATION LITERACY – Rubric for assignment #3 – PATHFINDER (cont’d) Evaluation 0 No evaluation included 1 Evaluation contains only one of the following: coverage, ease of use; relevance etc. 2 Evaluation contains only two of following: coverage, ease of use; relevance etc. 3 Evaluation contains only three or more of following: coverage, ease of use; relevance etc. Source 1 /3 Source 2 /3 Source 3 /3 Source 4 /3 Research process 0 None explained 1 Process vaguely explained 2 Process thoroughly explained /2 Negative and positive experiences outlined 0 None explained 1` Experiences vaguely explained 2 Experiences adequately explained /2 Changes to make the research process efficient 0 None outlined 1 Only one change outlined 2 Two changes outlined /2