Deccan Education Society’s

Fergusson College (Autonomous), Pune

RUBRICS FOR ASSESSMENT

HOME ASSIGNMENT

This assessment method is to evaluate the understanding of students about the basic and applied
concepts of the subject by asking them application based or analytical questions. Sufficient time
is given to the students think upon the questions asked and are expected to refer to different
resources like reference books, research articles from reputed journals. Faculty can refer following
rubric for assessment. However, they may choose the relevant criteria as per the discipline and the
weightage.

Criteria Exemplary Above Adequate Inadequate Comments

(A grade) Average (C grade) (D grade) (if any)
(B grade)
Main Idea Excellent The main idea The theme of There is no
clarity of the discussed is the content is main idea
idea that should good and fair in relevant to the
be discussed in meets comparison to topic asked.
the context to expectations. the topic asked
the topic asked in the
in the assignment
assignment.
Organization The writing The content
The content The writing
shows excellent has good
has some lacks logical
correlation with coherence logical reasoning with
the topic given with the topic
reasoning with no coherence
along with given. There
some with the topic
excellent are minimum
coherence with given. There
transition errors. There
the topic given. are errors in the
between is transition
Some points content.
subtopics present among
are not placed
making the the subtopics
properly with
content lucid in the content.
improper
for reading. transitions
between the
subtopics.
Content The content The content Content shows The content
shows excellent shows logical logical shows a
logical reasoning reasoning, but premature level
 reasoning with with good the level of with benign
good level of incorporation ideas is not level of ideas.
ideas. The data, of data and good Data, figures,
figures, facts, figures throughout. facts, graphs,
graphs have wherever Data, figures, and schematics
been properly necessary facts, graphs, are not
incorporated with and schematics properly
with correct precision. are incorporated.
labels wherever incorporated
necessary. but not with
precision.
Writing skills Excellent The writing The writings Inadequate
scientific skills are good skills are fair writing skills
writing skills with respect to with respect to with respect to
along with words usage, words usage, punctuations,
appropriate scientific scientific spellings,
grammar. There writing, writing, scientific
is outstanding spellings, spellings, writing etc.
representation punctuations punctuations The
of text with etc. The etc. The representation
respect to representation representation of the data is
labels, of data is good of data is there not proper with
subheadings. with proper with respect to respect to
labelling labelling of labels,
wherever diagrams, alignment,
required. tables and subheadings.
graphs and
subheadings.
Completion Formidable The content The content The content did
completeness showed good showed fair not show
with excellent completion completeness completeness
transition and with respect to with respect to with respect to
flow in the general general outline, general outline,
content making outline, body body of text body of text
the content very of text and and concluding and concluding
impressive. concluding paragraph paragraph
paragraph related to the related to the
resulting in a topic asked. topic asked.
legit flow in Important Some
the writing. points were important
Important covered. points were
points were missed.
covered.
Timeliness The assignment The The The
was on the day assignment assignment assignment
and time was submitted was submitted was submitted
mentioned as on the after 1- 2 days days after the
the deadline. deadline but of the deadline. deadline
 not at the time
mentioned.
Neatness Excellent Good neatness Neatness is not The writing is
neatness making the maintained not at all neat
making the writing quite throughout the making it
assignment a legible. assignment. illegible.
masterpiece.

SEMINAR PRESENTATION

This method of evaluation is to determine the presentation skills of the students and clarity of the
topic. The evaluation is done by assessing students based on different criteria such as content of
the presentation, oratory skills of the presenter etc. Faculty can refer following rubric for
assessment. However, they may choose the relevant criteria as per the discipline and the weightage.

Criteria Exemplary Above Average Adequate Inadequate Comments

(A grade) (B grade) (C grade) (D grade) (if any)

Content of Excellent Content is good Content meets Does not

presentation content with an and has been expectations demonstrate an
elaborate picked up from with fair elaborate
incorporation of diverse sources. citation of content. The
the application It also has good examples, content is very
of the topic in citation of case studies superficial with
diverse arenas. examples, case and relevant no proper
The presentation studies, figures, data. citation of
shows correct and data. appropriate
representation of examples, case
data, examples, studies and data.
case studies etc. Contains serious
errors.
Clarity of the Excellent Good concept Fair clarity of The concept
concept concept clarity clarity evident some concepts clarity is not
and was able to from speech and but not all. there since the
answer to questions asked presenter made
application- by the audience. some wrong
based questions comments on
or tricky basic concepts.
questions based
on the topic of
presentation.
Style of Excellent Good The The
presentation formatting with formatting of presentation presentation
(format) short sentences, the contained contained too
bullets, presentations, shorter much of written
numberings, shorter sentences. matter, long
table, graph sentences. Good Usage of sentences,
 designs making usage of headings, Minimum usage
the presentation headings, bullets and of headings,
appealing to the bullets and numbering bullets, and
audience. numbering. was fair. numbering.
Good usage of Adequate Poor use of
PowerPoint usage of PowerPoint
design and PowerPoint design and
animations. design and animations.
animations Tables and
figures were not
labelled
properly.
Communicati Outstanding Good Fair Poor
on skills communication communication communicatio communication
skills with some skills with some n skills with skills with no
voice voice some voice voice
modulation and modulation and modulation modulation and
gestures. gestures. and gestures. proper gestures.
Use of visual Excellent usage Good usage of Some usage of No usage of
aids of visual aids visual aids like visual aids visual aids like
like animations animations and like animations and
and videos videos. animations videos.
making the and videos.
presentation up
to the mark.
Audience The audience Could hold Could hold Could not hold
awareness attention was good attention fair attention the attention of
retained from of the audience. of the the audience.
start to end of the Good variation audience. No voice
presentation. in voice volume Some voice modulation and
The presenter and inflection. modulation emphasis on key
had excellent Good and emphasis points. The
voice interactive on key points session was not
modulation, presentation were present. interactive
inflection, and drawing Some making it a
emphasis on attention of the questions monologue.
important points. audience. were offered
There was to the
excellent audience
interaction making it
between the interactive.
presenter and the
audience.
Eye contact There was good Good eye Eye contact Poor eye contact
eye contact with contact which was there but which resulted
the audience kept the not in diversion of
making the audience throughout the audience
audience alert engaged. presentation. attention.
and attentive
 throughout the
presentation.

Length of The presentation Good length of Fair length of Poor length of

presentation was completed presentation and presentation presentation
on time. was completed with less which made the
on time. repetition in presenter to
the points complete in a
discussed. short time.
QnA session All questions All questions Not all No or very few
were answered were answered questions questions were
correctly or with but not up to the were answered which
good logical mark. answered were asked by
reasoning. especially the audience.
application
based or tricky
questions.

OPEN BOOK TEST

This evaluation method is to evaluate the student’s deep understanding of the topic by giving them
the liberty to refer to the resources and asking them application, problem-based questions.

Criteria Exemplary Above Adequate Inadequate Comments

(A grade) Average (C grade) (D grade) (if any)
(B grade)
Organization of The answers The answers The answers The answers to
answer to indirect/ to indirect/ to indirect/ indirect/
problem problem problem problem based
based were based were based were were not
appropriate. correct but fairly correct.
had some correct.
flaws.
Resources All resources Good use of
Some Authentic
referred used were authenticauthentic resources
authentic. resources.
resources (books,
(books, articles,
articles, research
research papers) were
papers), but not used.
not all.
Completion All questions 75% 50% Hardly few
were questions questions questions (less
answered were were than 50 %)
within the answered answered were
stipulated within the within the completed in
time. stipulated stipulated the stipulated
time. time. time.
WRITTEN TEST

This type of assessment pattern is to evaluate the student’s ability to understand the concepts taught
in class related to the curriculum. It will also help teachers to understand whether students are able
to comprehend the basic and the advanced content in the syllabi; also extend their knowledge to
critical thinking, application and logical reasoning. The questions asked for evaluation can be
subjective or partly objective based including direct, indirect questions, problem-based questions
and questions which will help us to understand their clarity of concepts.

Criteria Exemplary Above Adequate Inadequate Comments

(A grade) Average (C grade) (D grade) (if any)
(B grade)
Memory The answers The content is The answers The answers
are excellent up to the mark contain the lack important
with with decent proper content concepts, facts,
incorporation citation of partially with figures,
of correct data facts, figures citation of formulae or
also contains formulae or some facts, diagrams. The
extended diagrams which figures writing is not
information are correct. formulae or organized or
from the There is good diagrams but lacks coherence
content covered coherence with are not with the
or taught in the the questions completely question asked.
classes. asked. correct. There
is slight
consistency
with the
questions
asked. Some
points are not
related to the
context.
Perception The answers The The conceptual The answers to
written show understanding understanding conceptual
excellent of the concepts is fair but lacks questions show
clarity and is good which precision. The that the
understanding have been answers to the understanding
of the topic. represented concept-based of the concepts
The answers quite well in the questions are is not there and
are sound with answers. There appropriate. is inadequate.
respect to is good There is poor
concept clarity. correlation of correlation of
Shows highly the concept the concept
developed with the logical with the
questions
 understanding questions asked. Shows
of the topic. asked. underdeveloped
clarity.

Application Outstanding The application The application The answers to

application of of the subject of the concept the application-
the concept to studied was or topic is fair based questions
the question applied well to but has some are not proper
asked which the situation or lacunas. Can be and require
reflects example put improved in a improvement.
excellent forth which better way in
clarity and was well subsequent
understanding. reflected in the assessments.
examination.
Analysis The writing The content The approach Analytical
shows excellent represents good to logical ability is poor
analysis of the logical questions is as reflected in
problem or case reasoning to equitable but the answers to
study or logic analytical not accurate. logic and
based questions questions with The answers to reasoning based
and is appropriate problem, questions.
exceptional. answers. The situation based There are no
answers or case studies proper answers
represent good are not very to problem
aptitude with correct. based questions
respect to the with very little
subject and critical
critical thinking.
thinking.
Writing Excellent Good writing Possesses fair Lacks good
skills writing skills. skills. writing skills as writing skills.
Spellings, Spellings, represented in Evident
punctuations punctuations the answers. spelling,
and grammar and grammar Spellings, punctuation and
are correct are correct punctuations grammatical
which gives the which makes and grammar errors. The text
evaluator an an easy reading are mostly has not been
ease of reading. with less correct which categorized into
The text has hindrance. The makes the headings, sub-
been very well text has been evaluator to go headings.
categorized categorized through the Tables and
into headings, into headings, text. But still figures have not
sub- headings. sub- headings. has some been labeled.
Tables and Tables and mistakes. The The graphical,
figures have figures have text has been diagrammatic
been labeled been labeled categorized representations,
correctly and in correctly and in into headings, derivations or
a scientifically a scientifically sub- headings. problem
acceptable acceptable Tables and solving steps
manner. The manner. The figures have have not been
graphical, graphical, not been represented
diagrammatic diagrammatic labeled; but not appropriately.
representations, representations, up to the mark.
derivations or derivations or The graphical,
problem problem diagrammatic
solving steps solving steps representations,
have been have been derivations or
represented represented problem
absolutely well. well. solving steps
have been
represented
quite
appropriately.