Podcast Rubric

Name:
Brief Description of Podcast

Theme/Title

0-5 Misses Expectations
Your theme is somewhat freewheeling and unified.
The relationship between your title and theme is unclear

6-10 Meets Expectations
The relationship between your audio clips is somewhat evident. Your title refers in some way to your theme

11-15 Exceeds Expectations
Your episode makes clear the relationship between your audio clips and the title conveys this.

Sound Clips

0-5 Misses Expectations
Sound Clips not prepared correctly – Lengths, fades, conflict with voice

6-10 Meets Expectations
Sound clips mostly prepared correctly  Volume levels mostly appropriate but not as clear and clean as possible

11-15 Exceeds Expectations
All Sound Clips are prepared correctly. Volume levels work well and everything is clear and cleanly heard.

Narration

0-5 Misses Expectations
Little care devoted to preparing and recording voice-overs. Hard to follow narration. Poor research

6-10 Meets Expectations
Voice-overs are adequate, with good research, but there are some distractions due to poor script-writing, improvisation, or enunciation

11-15 Exceeds Expectations
Voice-overs are well conceived (written and researched script and/or appropriate improvisation); spoken clearly

Production Quality

0-5 Misses Expectations
Sloppy recording; poor signal for voice-overs. Levels uneven

6-10 Meets Expectations
Some unevenness in sound levels (clips, voice-overs). Perhaps some distortion, noise in signal, or levels too low.

11-15 Exceeds Expectations
Audio levels of clips and voice-overs matches. Signal is clean.

Timing
0-5 Misses Expectations
Podcast is less than 0:45

6-10 Meets Expectations
Podcast is 0:46-1:00

11-15 Exceeds Expectations
Podcast is 1:01-1:30 or more.