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COM 302 Digital Story

Multimedia Story

This rubric is for journalism students using multimedia to tell their stories

Rubric Code: T2W3977

By mbbrad4d

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Subject: Communication

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Multimedia Story
	Poor 4 pts	Fair 6 pts	Good 8 pts	Excellent 10 pts
proofreading and digital writing	Poor Story has 3 or more grammar, spelling, punctuation, or AP style errors	Fair Story has 2 grammar, spelling, punctuation, or AP style errors	Good Story has 1 grammar, spelling, punctuation, or AP style error	Excellent Story is free from grammar, spelling, punctuation, or AP style errors
Journalistic Standards	Poor Story has 3 or more factual errors, has 3 or more assertions that could be construed as bias or opinion, story has no news value	Fair Story has 2 factual errors, has 2 assertions that could be construed as bias or opinion, story has little news value	Good Story has 1 factual error, has 1 assertion that could be construed as bias or opinion, story has some news value	Excellent Story is factual, objective, and has high news value
Required sourcing
	Poor 4 pts	Fair 6 pts	Good 8 pts	Excellent 10 pts
Story sources	Poor Includes one source for the story	Fair Includes two sources for the story, but one might not be credible or valid Includes one good source that provides good context and information.	Good Includes three sources for the story, but one source might not be credible or valid Includes two diverse sources that provide good context and information.	Excellent Includes at least three diverse sources that provide good context and information for the story.
main story links	Poor main story links missing; links are not properly hyperlinked; uses too few or too many linking words; linking words do not accurately point to the source	Fair one main story link provides good information--link is properly hyperlinked using 3-5 words that accurately point to the source	Good two main story links provide good information for the reader; both links are properly hyperlinked using 3-5 words that accurately point to source	Excellent three main story links provide good information for the reader;all links are properly hyperlinked using 3-5 words that accurately point to source
related/sidebar links	Poor no related links given or URL is given	Fair one related story/information links provide good information for the reader; uses headlines or labels to point to source	Good two related story/information links provide good information for the reader; uses headlines or labels to point to source	Excellent three related story/information links provide good information for the reader; uses headlines or labels to point to source
Digital Elements
Category 1--audio/video	Poor audio/video aren't accessible, audible, or visible; video is very similar to broadcast story	Fair audio/video gives little information for digital story; audio/video have some distortions or poor shooting/editing that might distract listener	Good questions missing from interview but audio/video are essentially free from distortion or poor shooting/editing; element provides some information that points to main digital story	Excellent audio and video are free from distortion or poor shooting/editing; element gives good information that is helpful for understanding main story
category 2--data interpretation	Poor data is not properly cited; little to no visualization shown; visualization is not properly embedded; visualization contains too much text	Fair data is difficult to understand in spite of the visualization; many elements need better labeling or explanation	Good elements of visualization are somewhat confusing in places; some elements might need better labeling or explanation	Excellent data is properly visualized so that the reader can easily understand the story in context; visualization is easy to read with no distracting elements; visualization is properly embedded
category 3--interactive	Poor element is not properly embedded; provides no information to further the digital story	Fair includes no interactivity on the part of the reader/user; elements are difficult to understand/see in some places; elements might need better labeling or captioning; provides little information	Good includes little interactivity on the part of the reader/user; elements are understood in some places and give some information about the topic/story	Excellent includes interactivity on the part of the reader/user; elements are easily understood and give good information about the topic/story
Navigation
	poor 10 pts	fair 12 pts	good 16 pts	excellent 20 pts
Digital mindset	poor story is arranged as one paragraph; page elements are arranged in haphazard style; digital elements are missing or improperly embedded; text and digital elements are difficult to read because the colors and/or background distract the story; headline is missing	fair many paragraphs are too long; page elements are arranged in magazine style; digital elements are difficult to find; many distracting elements interrupt flow of reading; headline is confusing or misleading	good one or two paragraphs are too long; page elements are arranged in block style; digital elements are arranged in one place; some distracting elements interrupt flow of reading; headline could employ SEO or could be shortened; headline is somewhat vague	excellent uses short paragraphs of 1-2 sentences; page elements are arranged in layer-cake pattern; digital elements break up long text; no distracting elements to interrupt flow of reading; SEO headline is short and descriptive

Keywords:

multimedia, journalism

Subjects:

Communication

Types:

Assignment

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