Digital+Story+Rubric

Digital Storytelling : Digital Story

 * CATEGORY || 4 (100-90) || 3 (89-80) || 2 (79-70) || 1 (0-69) ||
 * Point of View - Awareness of Audience || Strong awareness of audience in the design. Students can clearly explain why they felt the vocabulary, audio and graphics chosen fit the target audience. || Some awareness of audience in the design. Students can partially explain why they felt the vocabulary, audio and graphics chosen fit the target audience. || Some awareness of audience in the design. Students find it difficult to explain how the vocabulary, audio and graphics chosen fit the target audience. || Limited awareness of the needs and interests of the target audience. ||
 * Soundtrack - Emotion || Music stirs a rich emotional response that matches the story line well. || Music stirs a rich emotional response that somewhat matches the story line. || Music is ok, and not distracting, but it does not add much to the story. || Music is distracting, inappropriate, OR was not used. ||
 * Images || Images create a distinct atmosphere or tone that matches different parts of the story. The images may communicate symbolism and/or metaphors. || Images create an atmosphere or tone that matches some parts of the story. The images may communicate symbolism and/or metaphors. || An attempt was made to use images to create an atmosphere/tone but it needed more work. Image choice is logical. || Little or no attempt to use images to create an appropriate atmosphere/tone. ||
 * Economy || The story is told with exactly the right amount of detail throughout. It does not seem too short nor does it seem too long. || The story composition is typically good, though it seems to drag somewhat OR need slightly more detail in one or two sections. || The story seems to need more editing. It is noticeably too long or too short in more than one section. || The story needs extensive editing. It is too long or too short to be interesting. ||
 * Storyboard || Excellently described (lots of detail): shots lighting story points TYPED || Capably described (average detail): shots lighting story points TYPED || Poorly described (minimal detail): shots lighting story points TYPED || No storyboard or looks like you scribbled this in 4th period on looseleaf right before it was due. ||
 * Techniques || Excellent Lighting. Tri-pod steady shooting. Titles are interesting and make sense. Elegant opening and closing. Believable acting (if important). Hi quality sound. Focus on important objects (lack of background distractions). || Good Lighting. Fairly steady shooting. Titles make sense. Elegant opening and closing. Decent acting (if important). Good quality sound. Generally good focus on important objects (lack of background distractions). || Lighting could be better. Shooting is not steady. Limited titles even though they are needed. No apparent opening and closing. Average acting (if important). Poor quality sound. Some background distractions. || No attention to lighting. No attention to sound. No attention to shooting ||