ED 626 - Instructional Design
Western Oregon University
Final Project Rubric



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Final Project Guidelines


Skill
Beginning
1
Developing
2
Accomplished
3
Exemplary
4
v Instruction v
Setting Goal/
Purpose
Project lacks goal or purpose
Goal or purpose is vague
Goal/purpose is clear but lacks consistency
Goal is well-defined, clear and evident throughout the project
Assessing
Needs & Skills
Minimum accounting for needs or skills
Skills to be used and needs to attain the goal are incomplete
Plan identifies needs and skills of most learners
Plan clearly identifies needs and skills of learners
Identifying
Audience
Minimum consideration given learners
Some thought given to the learners' characteristics i.e. age
Consideration is given to most of the learners' characteristics
Learners' demographics clearly and completely identified and stated
Setting
Objectives
Objectives are weak or missing
Objectives are discussed but inconsistent or vague
Objectives are good but not exceptional
Objectives are appropriate in number, clearly defined, achievable and measurable
Assessment
Tools
Tools are vague to incomplete
Tools are defined but vague and benchmarks are questionable
Tools are clear with some benchmarks
Tools are concise, understandable, consistent with goals and include benchmarks
Strategies
& Materials
Method of instruction appears haphazard
Method of instruction is random and some appropriate materials are missing
Method of instruction and materials are defined but not exceptional
Methods for instruction or guiding learning are clearly defined and appropriate materials are used
Evaluation
No evaluation of process considered
Some thought was given to "how things went"
A clear desire to evaluate is present but the tool is poorly defined
An evaluation tool for appraising the success of the instruction is well defined
v Design v
Text/
Font
A excessive use of font variations
Fonts are mostly consistent and easy to read
Fonts are consistent, easy to read and vary appropriately
Fonts are consistent, easy to read and vary appropriately with good eye appeal
Copyright/
Contacts
No information about the sources of material or authorship is given
Fair use guidelines and appropriate permission infrequently used or stated; contact information marginal
Fair use guidelines and appropriate permission used and stated most of the time; contact information available
Fair use guidelines are used, permission is stated on copyrighted materials, contact information is clearly stated
Interest/
Games/Fun
Project is boring
Information is present but not inviting or presented in an interesting manner; games are missing, unrelated or distracting
Information is present and rather interesting; fun items can distract as well as lead to learning
Project is interesting, inviting; and uses games and fun to affect learning and not serve as a distraction
Professional
There are many spelling and grammatical errors
There are several spelling and grammatical errors
There are few spelling and grammatical errors
There are no spelling or grammatical errors

Office hours: Tues 10:00-11:00, 1:00-2:00; Thur 1:00-3:00; Fri 9:00-11:00
also by appointment
Denvy Saxowsky - adjunct instructor
College of Education
ED 123
503-838-8760
saxowsd@wou.edu
Website entry: www.wou.edu/saxowsky

Last updated September 9, 2006