Good eye contact is important to create a rapport with your audience and to keep them involved with your speech.
| Note | Symbol Key: | Interpretation |
| ! = |
SUPERIOR |
You clearly knew your speech very well and had great eye contact with them; this showed you to be credible, rehearsed and prepared. You had a friendly rapport with your audience. |
| + = |
EFFECTIVE |
You had good eye contact with your audience and a good rapport with them. |
| + = |
PROBLEMATIC |
You tended to look at your notes too much which distances you from your audience. Establishing a rapport with your audience is important to public speaking. |
| – = |
DETRIMENTAL |
It looked like you were tied to your notes or that you had brought your full manuscript up with you. There was a detrimental lack of real eye contact with your audience. |
| REH |
REHEARSAL NEEDED | It looked as if you had not given yourself enough time to rehearsal your speech out-loud resulting in not enough real eye contact with your audience. |