| Mastery Level | Standard Level | Unacceptable Level |
| Objective 1
Mastering presentation delivery skills | Able to use confident body language, a strong voice, great eye contact, appropriate intonation and stress, and natural gestures in a presentation | Able to show an awareness of how to use body language, voice projection, eye contact, intonation, stress, and gestures in a presentation | Cannot use body language, voice projection, eye contact, intonation, stress, or gestures appropriately in a presentation |
| Objective 2
Writing stimulating presentation content | Able to write persuasive and interesting presentation content | Able to show an awareness of how to write persuasive and interesting presentation content | Cannot write persuasive or interesting presentation content |
| Objective 3
Peer and self-critiquing | Able to give tactful and constructive criticism and advice in peer critiques and to write well thought out self-reflections | Able to show an awareness of how to give tactful and constructive criticism and advice in peer critiques and to write well thought out self-reflections | Cannot give tactful or constructive criticism or advice in peer critiques and not able to write sincere self-reflections |
| Objective 4
Using visual aids effectively in a presentation | Able to create and use visual aids that are easy for the audience to look at and understand | Able to show an awareness of how to create and use visual aids that are easy for the audience to look at and understand | Cannot create or properly use visual aids that are easy for the audience to look at and understand |
| Objective 5
Handling questions from the audience skillfully | Able to handle difficult questions from a presentation audience tactfully and confidently | Able to show an awareness of how to handle difficult questions from a presentation audience tactfully and confidently | Cannot handle questions from the audience with confidence |
| Objective 6
Writing conference proposals | Able to write research abstracts and summaries as impressive conference presentation proposals | Able to show an awareness of how to write research abstracts and summaries as conference presentation proposals | Cannot write research abstracts or summaries in English |