Innovation In Action Judging Rubric
| Innovation Lacking | Emerging Innovation | Developing Innovation | Disruptive Innovation | |
| Significance –
The proposed project/solution addresses a significant problem and a gap in the marketplace. |
● The problem is poorly defined.
● The problem seems insignificant. ● The solution does not address a gap in the marketplace. |
● The problem is partly defined.
● The problem seems to be tolerable. ● The solution addresses a small gap in the marketplace. |
● The problem is mostly defined.
● The problem seems significant. ● The solution addresses a real gap in the marketplace. |
● The problem is well defined.
● The problem is significant to many people. ● The solution addresses a gap in the marketplace in a compelling way. |
| Relevance & Value | ● The innovation is not useful or valuable to the intended audience/user.
● The innovation would not work in the real world. ● The innovation/product is impractical or unfeasible. ● The innovation gives no attention to the target audience/consumer. |
● The innovation is useful and valuable to some extent.
● The innovation may not solve all aspects of the defined problem. ● The innovation does not exactly meet the identified need. ● The innovation’s/product’s value is unclear including its practicality or feasibility. ● The innovation’s target audience is unclear. |
● The innovation is mostly useful and valuable.
● The innovation solves nearly all aspects of the defined problem. ● The innovation mostly meets the identified need. ● The innovation’s/product’s value is mostly clear including its practicality or feasibility. ● The innovation’s target audience is generalized. |
● The innovation is clearly useful and valuable.
● The innovation solves all aspects of the defined problem. ● The innovation meets the identified need. ● The innovation’s/product’s value is clearly practical or feasible. ● The innovation’s target audience is clearly identified. |
| Originality & Creativity | ● The innovation relies on existing models, ideas, or directions.
● The innovation is not new or unique. ● The innovation follows rules and conventions. ● The innovation uses materials and ideas in typical ways. |
● The innovation has some new ideas or improvements, but some ideas are conventional.
● The innovation may show a tentative attempt to step outside rules and conventions. ● The innovation finds new uses for common materials or ideas. ● The innovation’s design needs significant improvements. |
● The innovation is new or unique or surprising.
● The innovation may successfully break rules and conventions. ● The innovation uses common materials or ideas in new and clever ways. ● The innovation’s design needs some improvements. |
● The innovation is new, unique, & surprising.
● The innovation shows a personal & compelling touch. ● The innovation may successfully break rules and conventions. ● The innovation uses common materials or ideas in new, clever and surprising ways. ● The innovation’s design needs little to no improvements. |
| Communication | ● The video does not present information, arguments, ideas, or findings clearly, concisely, and logically; argument lacks supporting evidence; audience cannot follow the line of reasoning.
● The video selects information that develops ideas and uses a style inappropriate to the purpose, task, and audience (may be too much or too little information or the wrong approach). ● The video does not address alternative or opposing perspectives. |
● The video presents information, findings, arguments, and supporting evidence in a way that is not always clear, concise, and logical; line of reasoning is sometimes hard to follow.
● The video attempts to select information, develop ideas and use a style appropriate to the purpose, task, and audience but does not fully succeed. ● The video attempts to address alternative or opposing perspectives, but not clearly or completely. |
● The video presents information, findings, arguments, and supporting evidence in a mostly clear and logical way; audience can mostly follow the line of reasoning.
● The video selects information, develops ideas and uses a style mostly appropriate to the purpose, task, and audience. ● The video in some aspects addresses alternative or opposing perspectives. |
● The video presents information, findings, arguments and supporting evidence clearly, concisely, and logically; audience can easily follow the line of reasoning.
● The video selects information, develops ideas and uses a style appropriate to the purpose, task, and audience. ● The video clearly and completely addresses alternative or |