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discussion board discussion board for online communication class Rubric Code: V28B54 By rfranke Ready to use Public Rubric Subject: Social Sciences Type: (Other) Grade Levels: Undergraduate

Online Discussion Board Every week 5 points are avaibable to students that particiopate in the online discussion board
	Excellent 5 pts	Good 4 pts	Fair 3 pts	Poor 2 pts
Contributes to Class 1 pts Contributes to the online discussion, using the weeks readings, outside observations, and personal experince.	Excellent Posting is insightful, thorough and interesting.	Good Posting is thorough and interesting.	Fair Posting is interesting but lacks insight and depth.	Poor Posting is uninteresting and/or too brief for the assignments.
Demonstrates Understanding 2 pts	Excellent Posting demonstrates understanding of selected topic through exploration of the literature and evidences critical evaluation of the selected topic that is substantiated by evidence based literature from a current professional journal and accurate information from a professional website.	Good Posting demonstrates a basic understanding of the selected topic that is supported by information from a current professional journal and accurate information from a professional website	Fair Posting demonstrates understanding of the reading assignment but is not substantiated by examples from the textbook and/or appropriate website.	Poor Posting demonstrates very little understanding of the reading assignment.
Provides Substantive Responses 1 pts	Excellent Actively engaged in the discussion forums with at least two (2) postings of other students in a manner that demonstrates substantive analysis and/or evaluation.	Good Actively engaged in the discussion forum with at least two (2) postings of other students where one (1) of the postings demonstrates substantive analysis and/or evaluation while second demonstrates constructive analysis but is not of the same quality as required for an excellent rating.	Fair Makes at least two (2) responses but responses fail to constructively demonstrate analysis or are inadequate.	Poor Less than acceptable responses (.2) Does not respond or responses are not related to the topic (0)
Utilizes Correct Grammar, Mechanics 1 pts	Excellent Posting is polished generally free of errors in mechanics, spelling, usage and sentence structure.	Good Posting is polished but may contain minor errors in mechanics, spelling, usage and sentence structure.	Fair Posting is adequate but may contain some errors in mechanics, spelling, usage and sentence structure but errors do not interfere with understanding.	Poor Posting has numerous errors in mechanics, usage, spelling and sentence structure. Errors interfere with the readability.