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CATEGORY

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Creativity

Several of the graphics or objects used in the collage reflect an exceptional degree of student creativity in their creation and/or display

One or two of the graphics or objects used in the collage reflect student creativity in their creation and/or display.

One or two graphics or objects were made or customized by the student, but the ideas were typical rather than creative (.e.g, apply the emboss filter to a drawing in Photoshop).

The student did not make or customize any of the items on the collage.

Design

Graphics are trimmed to an appropriate size and interesting shape and are arranged well, some in front and some behind. Care has been taken to balance the pictures across the canvas.

Graphics are trimmed to an appropriate size and interesting shape and are arranged with some items in front and others behind. The canvas, however does not appear balanced.

Graphics have been trimmed to an appropriate size and shape, but the arrangement of items is not very attractive. It appears there was not a lot of planning of the item placement.

Graphics are untrimmed OR of inappropriate size and/or shape. It appears little attention was given to designing the collage.

Attention to Theme

The student gives a reasonable explanation of how every item in the collage is related to the assigned theme. For most items, the relationship is clear without explanation.

The student gives a reasonable explanation of how most items in the collage are related to the assigned theme. For many of the items, the relationship is clear without explanation.

The student gives a fairly reasonable explanation of how most items in the collage are related to the assigned theme.

The student's explanations are weak and illustrate difficulty understanding how to relate items to the assigned theme.

Number of Items

The collage includes 15 or more items, each different.

The collage includes 10-14 different items.

The collage includes 9 different items.

The collage contains fewer than 9 different items.

Titles and Text

Titles and text were written clearly and were easy to read from a distance. Text varied in color, size and/or style for different text elements.

Titles and text were written clearly and were easy to read close-up. Text varied in color, size and/or style for different text elements.

Titles and text were written clearly and were easy to read close-up. There was little variation in the appearance of text.

Titles and/or text are hard to read, even when the reader is close.