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Video Project Rubric (Grades 6-12)
Student video is where content standards go to hide behind editing apps. This rubric keeps the weight on what is said and how it is structured, scores production quality on watchability rather than effects, and reserves points for the credits, because uncredited music and images are a teachable moment waiting to happen.
- Grades 6-12
- Subject Cross-curricular
- 100 points
- 5 criteria
- Free to copy, print and adapt
| Criterion | Exceeds | Meets | Approaching | Beginning |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Content and Accuracy30 points | 27-30 ptsThe video teaches or argues its topic accurately and completely for the assigned scope, with specifics that show research beyond the obvious. | 21-26 ptsAccurate coverage of the required content, appropriately deep for the assignment. | 15-20 ptsGaps or errors in the content, or long stretches that entertain without informing. | 0-14 ptsContent is minimal, wrong, or beside the assigned topic. |
| Script and Structure25 points | 23-25 ptsOpens with a hook and a clear statement of the topic, moves through planned segments in a purposeful order, and closes with a takeaway rather than just stopping. | 18-22 ptsClear beginning, middle, and end, with a planned script or outline audible throughout. | 13-17 ptsImprovised rambling with a structure the viewer has to assemble, or an ending that cuts off mid-thought. | 0-12 ptsNo discernible plan: footage assembled without order or narration. |
| Production Quality25 points | 23-25 ptsSpeech is clearly audible throughout, shots are steady and framed on the subject, cuts are clean, and any text on screen is readable at normal speed. | 18-22 ptsWatchable throughout: audible narration and steady enough footage, with minor rough cuts. | 13-17 ptsSections where audio is hard to hear, footage is sideways or shaking, or effects and music bury the narration. | 0-12 ptsLargely inaudible or unwatchable, or effects replace content entirely. |
| Sources and Credits10 points | 9-10 ptsFacts are attributed in narration or on screen, and a credits screen lists sources, music, and images in the assigned format. | 7-8 ptsA credits screen lists sources and media used, with minor format issues. | 5-6 ptsCredits name only a search engine, or cover some borrowed material but not the rest. | 0-4 ptsNo credits, with borrowed music, footage, or images throughout. |
| Requirements and Length10 points | 9-10 ptsMeets every listed requirement including length, format, and submission specs, delivered on time in a file that plays. | 7-8 ptsMeets the requirements with one small miss such as running slightly over length. | 5-6 ptsMisses multiple requirements, or the length is half or double the assignment. | 0-4 ptsSubmitted in a form that cannot be played or graded, or misses most requirements. |
Total: 100 points across 5 criteria.
How to use it
- Require the script or storyboard as a graded checkpoint before filming; criterion two is decided at the planning table, not in the editor.
- Publish a technical floor: audible voice, steady camera, readable text. It reframes production as competence rather than special effects.
- Watch with captions off and volume at normal level, the way an audience would; do not lean into the laptop to rescue bad audio.
What students most often get wrong
- Spending nine of ten hours on editing effects and one on what gets said.
- Recording narration in a noisy room and hoping music will cover it; it doubles the problem instead.
- Using a popular song as a soundtrack with no credit, which costs points here and teaches the wrong lesson about borrowed work.
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