Appendix B

FINA0102A/FINA2330A Financial Markets and Institutions -Assessment Rubric for the Term Project
Grade Content /
Presentation
Use of Learning
Handling of Q&A
Other
Knowledge:
Style:
Aids:
Session:
Comments
A
Materials are
Relaxed
Creative
Understand
accurate,
Enthusiastic
Professional
audiences questions
relevant, and
precisely
Confident
Effective use of
professional
Answer
visual aids
Professional
questions
Key areas are
Appropriate eye
Promoting effective
comprehensively
contact,
concisely
and
learning
and precisely
constructively
gesture, posture,
Engaging
covered
Elaborate/Explain
expression
Easy to follow
Assumptions are Conversational, clear Support
clearly
and
reasonable, logical,
professionally
and
understanding
and
Provide
natural speech tone
and discussion
clearly disclosed
examples
to
No filler words
audience illustrate
answers
B
Materials are
Prepared
Professional
Understand audiences

accurate, relevant,
and well-organized.
Key areas are
comprehensively
and appropriately
covered
Assumptions are
reasonable and
disclosed
Materials
are
relevant
and organized
Key areas are
somewhat covered
Assumptions are
all
disclosed

Confident
Positive
Some eye contact,
gesture,
posture, expression
Occasional filler
words

Adequate use of
visual aids
Support learning
Engaging
Easy to follow
Support
understanding

questions
Answering questions
correctly
Elaborate clearly
Friendly
communication with
audience

Anxious
Reading from scripts
Relying on Q-cards
Occasional eye
contact
Inadequate
expression,
gesture
Many filler words

Adequate use of
visual aids
Easy to follow
Support
understanding

Somewhat understand
audiences questions
Answering questions
correctly
Reasonable attempt to
elaborate
Some level of
communication
with audience

Materials are
organized
Key areas are
inadequately
covered
Assumptions
are disclosed
sometimes
Materials are
irrelevant
and poorly organized
Key areas are not
covered
Assumptions
are not disclosed

Not fluent speech

Poor eye contact
Nervous
Filler words in
almost every
sentence

Some use of visual

aids
Easy to follow

Unprepared
Not professional
Poor eye contact
Robotic
expression and
speech tone

low or no use of
visual
aids
hard to follow

poor understanding of
audiences questions
Answering questions
correctly sometimes
Attempt to elaborate
Minimal level of
communication
with audience
misunderstanding of
audiences questions
Answering questions
incorrectly
Repeat presentation
scripts instead of
explaining
Poor
communication with