Performance Rubric

Use of Language: Grammer, Word Choice, and Voice-

• Distinguished 100%-94% : Poised; Clear Articulation; Proper Volume; Steady Rate; Enthusiasm; Confidence; Speaker is comfortable in front of group.

• Proficient 93%-85% : Clear Articulation, but not as polished; Slightly uncomfortable; Student pronounces most words correctly.

• Basic 84%-75% : Audience occasionally has trouble hearing presentation; Seems uncomfortable; Student incorrectly pronounces terms.

• Unacceptable 74% and Below : Presenter is obviously anxious and cannot be heard; Monotone with little or no expression; Student mumbles; Incorrectly pronounces terms.

Eye Contact- 

• Distinguished 100%-94% : Maintains eye contact with the  audience throughout the entire presentation; Presentation is like a planned conversation

• Proficient 93%-85% : Student maintains eye contact most of the time.

• Basic 84%-75% : Some eye contact but maintained half of the time .

• Unacceptable 74% and Below : No eye contact

Personal Appearance-

• Distinguished 100%-94% : Full Uniform; Personal Appearance is appropriate for he occasion and audience.

• Proficient 93%-85% : For the most part, personal appearance is appropriate for occasion and audience.

• Basic 84%-75% : Personal appearance is somewhat inappropriate for occasion and audience.

• Unacceptable 74% and Below : Personal appearance is so inappropriate for occasion and audience.

Audience Response-

• Distinguished 100%-94% : Involved the audience in the presentation; old the audience's attention throughout

• Proficient 93%-85% : Presented facts with some interesting "twists"; Hold the audience's attention most of the time.
  

• Basic 84%-75% : Some related facts, but went off topic; Lost the audience.

• Unacceptable 74% and Below : Incoherent; Audience lost interest.

Length of Presentation-

• Distinguished 100%-75% : Within minutes allotted time.

• Unacceptable 74% and Below : Too long or too short or more minutes above the allotted time.

Gold Chrome Tutorial

Step 1: Type your text. Put a selection around your text by holding the Apple+ Click on your type layer .

Step 2: Go under the Select menu and choose Save Selection. Click Ok.

Step 3: Deselect. 

Step 4: Go under the Channels Palette and click on Alpha 1 . Go under the Filter menu, under Blur, and choose Gaussian Blur. Enter 1 pixels. Click OK. 

Step 5:  Return to the layers palette and click once on the background layer . Go under the Filter Menu, under Render, and choose Lightening Effects. When the dialog box appears, change Texture Channel to Alpha 1 . Then click OK.

Step 6: Go under the Image Menu . under adjustments, and choose Curves. Change the Input to 186 and the Output to 64. Click OK.

Step 7: Go under the select Menu and choose Load Selection . Choose Alpha 1 from the Channel Pop Up Menu . Click OK.

Step 8: Go under the Select Menu , under Modify and choose Expand. Enter 3 pixels. Click OK. 

Step 9: Press Shift+Apple+J.

Step 10: In the Layers Palette, click  once on the background layer. Press Apple+ A. Press Delete

Step 11: Deselect Click on the text layer in your layers palette. Add a Drop Shadow . Click OK.

Step 12: Add a Color Overlay. Change the Blend Mode to Overlay. Click the Color Swatch.       R= 208, G=165, B=16 . Click OK.

Wave Tutorial