Approved by LDT Faculty, January 30, 2014, revised 2018 Page 10
2. LITERATURE REVIEW
URRENT LITERATURE
The project is well grounded in
current literature relating to the LDT
Master’s Program. There is evidence
that at least ten academic sources
were incorporated into the literature
The project is somewhat grounded
in current literature relating to the
LDT Master’s Program. There is
evidence that at least five academic
sources were incorporated into the
The project is not well grounded in
current literature relating to the LDT
Master’s Program. Fewer than five
academic sources are incorporated
into the literature review.
FORMATTING
Follows APA style (6
th
edition, 2
nd
printing).
Somewhat follows APA style, with
minor errors.
Does not follow APA style.
LARITY AND MECHANICS
Written in an easy to read style that
is free of grammar, usage, and
Writing is fair in quality and contains
some errors in clarity or mechanics.
Writing contains multiple errors and
is poorly written.
3. MULTIMEDIA PRODUCT
ESIGN
Product is creatively and effectively
designed, following appropriate
design principles for the selected
Product is somewhat creatively and
effectively designed and follows
some design principles, though there
Product is poorly designed and
ineffective in presenting the ideas to
others.
HOICE OF
ONTENT
The content used in creating the
product demonstrates an excellent
connection to the topic (perhaps
symbolically related) and could
easily be used in an instructional
The content used in creating the
product demonstrates a fair
connection to the topic and could
probably be used in an instructional
setting.
The content used in the creating the
product demonstrates a poor
connection to the topic and could
only be used in an instructional
setting with considerable
EDIA
The product’s high quality media
(audio, images, video, etc.), is
appropriate to the topic, and is
either original or follows fair use
The quality of the media is fair, with
some room for improvement, is
somewhat appropriate to the topic,
and for the most part is original and
follows fair use guidelines.
The quality of the media in the
product is poor and/or does not
follow fair use guidelines.
RIGINALITY
The project developer made an
original contribution to the
application of the topic(s).
The project developer made a
somewhat original contribution to
the application of the topic(s).
The product makes little to no
original contribution to the
application of the topic.