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HyperStudio Animated Stories
Assessment Rubric for a 4th Grade Project
The Object: Create an original character and an original background with the Tools. Using a multi-slide sequence, tell a story about your character using only animation and sound. There should be only 1 visible button - a START button on the title page.
HyperStudio Skills:
- sequential storytelling
- use of consistent background
- incremental change of a graphic - use of graphics over background
- invisible buttons
- recorded sound attached to invisible buttons
- NBA: button runner, timing
Computer Skills:
- copy-paste
- transform using lasso tool and handles
- multi-tasking (paint program is needed to manipulate character)
- sound recording
- saving / save as (create backup copy)
| Topic | 1 point | 2 points | 3 points | Bonus |
| Animation | Doesn't work | Too fast or too slow or choppy | Just right - story moves along so that we can understand it | Animation of two or more characters or objects! |
| Title Page and Author | Missing | Sloppy or part missing We can't read it No START button |
Just right - looks good and we can read it START button works or is not needed |
It is animated! |
| Background | Missing - just a solid color |
Not always the same or confusing We can't tell what it is |
Just right - looks good and helps us to understand the story | More than one background! |
| Buttons | None or only one to start the story. Buttons don't work. |
The buttons show! We need to click on buttons to make something happen. Some invisible buttons don't seem to work. |
The buttons are all invisible - everything happens in order. | NBA's are used in an interesting way. |
| Media - Sounds | There are none. | Sound is attached to a button that we click. Uses HyperStudio sound effects. Sounds are silly or don't make sense. |
Sound is attached to an invisible button. Sound effects are original.
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More than one original sound. The sounds make the show more fun to watch. |
| Storyline | It doesn't make sense. What is happening? | It makes some sense but is confusing sometimes. | It has a beginning, a middle, an end. | It is really interesting! |
| Creativity | OK | Good - some surprises or fun | Very Good - keeps us interested, fun or shock | Outstanding, Amazing - we want to see it again! |
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