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Online Discussion Assignment Rubric

Online discussion assignments are worth 250 points of final grade

Rubric Code: A2CX3X

By mrodscott

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Subject: (General)

Type: (Other)

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Online Discussion Rubric
	Poor 10 pts	Fair 20 pts	Good 30 pts	Excellent 40 pts	Superior 50 pts
Assignment Responsiveness 50 pts Responsiveness to discussion assignment prompt.	Poor 50% or less of the prompt addressed in one or more postings	Fair Up to 75% of the prompt components addressed in one or more postings	Good Up to 90% of the prompt components addressed in one or more postings	Excellent All components of discussion prompt addressed in multiple postings	Superior All components of discussion prompt addressed in initial posting
Substance 50 pts Explores, explains, expands upon the issue being discussed. Uses text and experience to discuss subject matter. Demonstrate analysis on various levels other than the personal.	Poor Postings reflect no evidence of assigned readings, no experience and no analysis.	Fair Very unclear that readings were understood by incorporation into postings, little experience or analysis,	Good Somewhat unclear that readings were understood by incorporation into postings, some experience and analysis explored.	Excellent Somewhat clear that readings were understood by incorporation into postings	Superior Very clear that readings were understood by incorporation into postings
Provocative 50 pts Promotes interaction and asks provocative questions.	Poor No evidence that any other postings have been read/Unwitting repetition of questions or points made by others	Fair One or more points from one or more participants only vaguely built upon/refuted in postings	Good At least one point from one other participant clearly built upon/refuted in postings	Excellent At least one point from multiple participants clearly built upon/refuted in postings	Superior Multiple points from multiple participants clearly built upon/refuted in postings
Posting Timeliness 50 pts Timeliness of discussion contributions	Poor Postings very concentrated during the week (i.e., all posted within a very brief period of time)	Fair Postings somewhat concentrated during the week (i.e., all posted within a somewhat brief period of time)	Good Postings neither distributed nor concentrated throughout the week	Excellent Postings distributed throughout the week	Superior Postings consistently and logically distributed throughout the week
Writing Mechanics 50 pts Adherence to academic spelling and grammar conventions.	Poor 7 or more spelling or grammar errors	Fair Less than 7 spelling or grammar errors	Good Less than 5 spelling or grammar errors	Excellent Less than two spelling or grammar errors	Superior No spelling or grammar errors