Oral Assignments
Commonly, oral assignments focus students' attention on three types of learning tasks:
analyzing and organizing information for ones' self,
communicating information to an audience orally, including visual aids,
perhaps, coordinating the oral presentation with a report or proposal.
The list below includes variations on these traditional themes: tasks designed to focus students' attention on orally communicating technical concepts in formal presentations and engaging in interactive discussion about technical concepts.
Ideas for Oral Assignments
Oral presentation
As an individual or as a team
With or without visual aids
With or without an accompanying written assignment
Oral examination or interview
Interactive oral assignments
Class participation
Meeting with an instructor to discuss progress on a project
Group discussion
Debate
Dialogue
Poster session or exhibition
Making Scoring/Grading Useful for Assessment
General principles for making scoring/grading useful for assessment (rubrics)
Attributes of oral presentations that could be used to construct a rubric (p. 38-39 of the pdf)
Example rubrics
For an oral presentation #1
For an oral presentation #2
For an oral presentation #3
For an oral presentation #4
For an oral presentation #5 (pages 6-9 of the pdf)
For an oral presentation #6