Indicator
Level 1
1 points

Indicator
Level 2
3 points

Indicator
Level 3
5 points

Indicator
Level 4
7 points

Too few color elements, no variation in layout or typography, color is garish or overused and legibility suffers, background interferes with readability

Some graphic elements, there is a variation in type, color and layout

Elements are appropriate but can be better organized, style and size used consistently

Superior use of layout and space, visual elements contribute to understanding

Overlapping or irregular regions leading to confusion, poor fore ground background usage

Different regions are apparent but not clearly demarcated

Regions are apparent but difficult to scale or read

Vibrant and clear regions of varying activity

Too little or too much information in visualization area

Information is present but hard to find

Information level is not appropriate

Amount of material matches exactly what I need

Can not use this in my classroom

Parts of this can be used

Most of this is useful in my classroom

Material can be immediately ported to a classroom

Can not extract numerical data

Can get some data

With great effort I can extract numerical data

It is clear and straightforward to extract numerical data from the visualization

Introduction has no meaning to me

Introduction has some useful information

Introduction is a reasonable guide

Introduction provides meaningful and useful scientific background

I can not follow any of this material

This material is understandable some of the time

I can follow most of the material

As a teacher the material is understandable and insightful

My students could not use any of this material as it is

My very top students could use some of this material

My typical student could use much of this material

The students I teach could immediately utilize this material for class or an investigative project