Assessing Visual Rhetoric
Dr. Michael O'Conner, Millikin University

Assessing Multimedia and Visual Rhetoric Assignments:

It always starts with a good "assignment"
Five Principles of Good Writing Assignments

I once used sentences or checklists for offering my grading criteria.
Now, I am turning to more detailed scaled assessment rubrics.

Where the idea came from. 

The Bernie Dodge and Tom March Webquest
Webquest Evaluation Rubric

Beginning Educational Web Page Assessment Rubric, Original Assignment

Educational Powerpoint Assessment Rubric, Original Assignment

Web Publishing Personal Home Page, Original Assignment

General Web Page Qualities Rubric, Original Evaluation Sheet

By utilizing the scaled assessment rubrics, I find students turning in better work, having to ask fewer questions and not having as many excuses available for poor work that is turned in. 

Bibliography:

Blakesley, David.  Visual Rhetoric.  Southern Illinois University-Carbondale. http://www.sla.purdue.edu/people/engl/dblakesley/visual/ (May 17, 2002).

Blakesley, David and Collin Brookes. "Introduction:  Notes on Visual Rhetoric." 
Enculturation. Vol. 3, No. 2, Fall 2001
http://www.uta.edu/huma/enculturation/3_2/introduction.html (May 17, 2002).

"Creating a Rubric for a Given Task." Triton/Patton Summer Symposium 99. http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/staffdev/tpss99/rubrics/rubrics.html (May 17, 2002). 

Dodge, Bernie.  "Some Thoughts About Web Quests." San Diego State University Edweb http://edweb.sdsu.edu/people/bdodge/Professional.html (May 17, 2002). 

March, Tom.  "Web Quests and More." Ozline. http://www.ozline.com/learning/index.htm (May 17, 2002). 

Sullivan, Patricia.  "Practicing Safe Visual Rhetoric on the Web." Purdue University. http://austen.english.purdue.edu/handa.html (May 17, 2002).

Visual Literacy Bibliography.  http://www.ivla.org/news/rdocs/vlbib/ (May 17, 2002). 

"Visual Rhetoric:  Resources." http://www.cms.dmu.ac.uk/~cph/vizrhet.html (May 17, 2002)

"What Makes a Good Writing Assignment." Academic Writing.  Colorado State. http://aw.colostate.edu/reference/wac-faq/pop2i.htm (May 17, 2002). 

 



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