10/23/2014 print rubric: RCampus Open Tools for Open Minds

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Class: ______________________Student: _____________________

Grade: _________

Rubric: Magazine Cover ProjectCreate a magazine cover that looks like a real magazine. Choose the title of the publication. Then, be sure you include a

title, photos, headline articles, dateline and follow the theme of Spirit Week 2014. Be creative and make the finishedproduct look as professional as possible. Be aware of the marketability and audience appeal of your magazine. Follow all

your desktop publishing guidelines using Photoshop. The final project must be in a .pdf format.

Magazine Cover

Great5 pts

Good4 pts

Fair-Poor0 pts

Total Points(N/A)

MASTHEAD/MagazineTitle

Great

Masthead isprominent, and has a

strong presence(EMPHASIS) on the

cover.Masthead is clearlyreadable. Title is

creative -catchy, and is schoolappropriate to the

theme of themagazine.

Good

Masthead is somewhatnoticeable, and has agood/fair presence(EMPHASIS) on the

magazine cover. Titleis ok/good and is

school appropriate tothe theme of the

magazine.

Fair-Poor

Masthead is barelynoticeable (no

EMPHASIS) or there isno title/masthead onthe cover, or cover is

N/A.

TotalPoints

COVERLINES/ArticleHeadlines

Great

COVERLINES/Articleheadlines are

interesting briningthe audience into thecover. COVERLINES

arenoticeable/prominent

on the cover.COVERLINES pertainto the theme of themagazine project.

Good

COVERLINES/Headlinesare somewhatinteresting.

COVERLINES aresomewhat noticeable

on the cover.Most/Some

COVERLINES pertain tothe theme of themagazine project

Fair-Poor

COVERLINES/Headlinesare not interesting, or

are not evident.COVERLINES are

barely noticeable onthe cover. Few/None of

the COVERLINESpertain to the theme ofthe magazine project

TotalPoints

MAIN COVER IMAGE/ Great

Photo is in focus, hasa strong appeal/look,

is very prominent(EMPHASIS), anddraws readers into

the magazine.MAIN IMAGE has

been photoshoppedvery well (edges,

lighting) and imagepertains to the

theme of the projectand is schoolappropriate.

Good

Photo is somewhat infocus, and/or it has

somewhat of anappeal/look.

MAIN IMAGE has beenphotoshopped very ok-(edges, lighting) and

image somewhatpertains to the themeof the project and isschool appropriate.

Fair-Poor

Main Cover Image ispoor, or non-existent.

Photoshop work on thisphoto is just ok, poor,

or N/A.

TotalPoints

Overall Use OfGraphics/Color

Great

Colors/graphics areused to add interest

Good

Colors/graphics usedsomewhat brings in the

Fair-Poor

Colors or graphics areused ineffectively or

TotalPoints

Arts & Communications-Graphics DesignName_______________ Period________Magazine Cover Rubric

10/23/2014 print rubric: RCampus Open Tools for Open Minds

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to the cover. color isused to effectivelybring in reader.

viewer. The use ofcolors/graphics are

good/ok.

are non-existent.

TYPOGRAPHY Great

USE of TYPOGRAPHYshows extensivethought, trial anderror, and decisionmaking skills. Fontfamilies used workwell together, are

readable, and drawthe viewer into the

cover.

Good

USE of TYPOGRAPHYshows some researchand decision making

skill. Font families usedwork pretty good/ok

together, are readable,and somewhat drawthe viewer into the

cover.

Fair-Poor

USE of TYPOGRAPHY ispoor or is non-existant.

TotalPoints

MAGAZINE COVERESSENTIALS

MASTHEAD, MAINIMAGE, COVERLINES,

date, price and barcode

Great

MASTHEAD, MAINIMAGE,

COVERLINES, date,price and barcodeare all present onmagazine cover

Good

One or more of thefollowing items are not

presenrt on themagazine cover:MASTHEAD, MAIN

IMAGE, COVERLINES,date, price and

barcode

Fair-Poor

More than half/ ormore of the followingitems are NOT Present

on the magazinecover:

MASTHEAD, MAINIMAGE, COVERLINES,

date, price andbarcode

TotalPoints

Grammar/ Spelling/Capitalization

Great

0 errors

Good

1 error

Fair-Poor

more than two errors

TotalPoints

Overall professionalappearance

Great

The magazine coverhas a professional

appearance and thecover lines follow thetheme of Spirit Week2014 that is easily

grasped by thereader. The cover

has great appeal andcreative WOW factor.

Good

The magazine coverhas a semi-professional

appearance. It hassome audience appeal

and limited WOWfactor.

Fair-Poor

The magazine coverhas an unprofessional

appearance or thecover is non-existent.

TotalPoints

Personal Work Ethic- On-time performance...

DeliveryCan we COUNT on you

to DO THE JOB?

Great

ROUGH DRAFT ofMagazine cover

project wascompleted on/or

before due date of10/24/14. FinalMagazine Cover

reviewed, edited andturned in for credit

on 10/28/14.Student displayed

very good/excellentwork ethic by using

lab time wisely

Good

One of the followingwas late:ROUGH

DRAFT of Magazinecover project was

completed on/or beforedue date of 10/24/14.Final Magazine Coverreviewed, edited andturned in for credit on

10/28/14. Studentdisplayed ok/fair workethic by sometimes

using lab time wisely

Fair-Poor

Magazine cover projectwas not completed

before due date. Roughdraft was not receivedon time or was non-

existent. Studentdisplayed poor workethic and did little/nowork during vclass

time on this magazinecover

TotalPoints

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