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Discussion Board

Students are instructed to post to discussion board each week and respond to a classmate's post.

Rubric Code: D2X9295

By julieellenprice

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Subject: Communication

Type: Assignment

Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Scoring Guide For Initial Postings & Responses to Peers' Initial Postings
	Excellent (N/A)	Good (N/A)	Acceptable (N/A)	Unsatisfactory/Incomplete (N/A)
Application of Concepts	Excellent Uses relevant personal and/or professional examples that demonstrate application of relevant theories, principles, and research.	Good Refers to personal and/or examples that relate to the relevant theories and/or research.	Acceptable Refers to personal and/or professional examples, data, but is not well integrated in the response.	Unsatisfactory/Incomplete Contains no reference to personal and/or professional examples, or data.
Critical Thinking	Excellent Demonstrates strong critical thinking skills as evidenced by analyzing relevant topics, research and data.	Good Demonstrates good critical thinking skills through analysis of relevant topics and research.	Acceptable Makes reference to and demonstrates some understanding of some key principles.	Unsatisfactory/Incomplete Contains no reference to key principles
Composition	Excellent Language is clear, concise, easy to understand, and is logically organized.	Good Language is comprehensible but there is some lack of clarity which could have been more clearly defined. Organization is good.	Acceptable Is adequately written, but may need to be read again to be understood.	Unsatisfactory/Incomplete Is poorly written; cannot comprehend learners' ideas after repeated readings.
Timeliness	Excellent Discussion board post delivered before due date. Thoughtful response to discussion topic and thoughtful reaction to a classmate's post	Good Discussion board post delivered before due date. Postings consist of adequate effort .	Acceptable Discussion board post delivered on due date. Postings consist of minimal effort .	Unsatisfactory/Incomplete Discussion board post delivered after due date. Postings consist of simple agreement or disagreement without full explanation.
Response Postings
Follow-Up	Excellent Extends meaningful discussion which builds on previous post.	Good Elaborates on existing post with further explanation, comment and observation.	Acceptable Response is a shallow contribution (agree or disagree) and doesn't really add value to discussion.	Unsatisfactory/Incomplete Discussion response doesn't really show a clear connection.