Assignment Instructions

CRITERIA

NON-PERFORMANCE

BASIC

PROFICIENT

DISTINGUISHED

Analyze an ethical decision as it relates to communication. 20%

Does not attempt to analyze an ethical decision as it relates to communication.

Analyzes an ethical decision as it relates to communication but with significant errors or omissions.

Analyzes an ethical decision as it relates to communication.

Analyzes an ethical decision as it relates to communication by referencing specific aspects of appropriate ethical guidelines.

Analyze the outcomes of a communication strategy. 20%

Does not describe the outcomes of a communication strategy.

Describes the outcomes of a communication strategy, or provides a faulty or unsupportable analysis.

Analyzes the outcomes of a communication strategy.

Analyzes the outcomes of a communication strategy by considering possible intent, distribution, and content by relating them to specific actions.

Describe how the scenario might have plausibly played out in the private sector. 20%

Does not describes how the scenario might have plausibly played out in the private sector.

Describes an implausible scenario of how this issue might play out in the private sector.

Describes how the scenario might have plausibly played out in the private sector.

Analyzes how the scenario might have plausibly played out in the private sector by referencing a similar situation.

Write a communication that effectively presents lessons learned. 20%

Does not write a communication that effectively presents lessons learned.

Writes a communication that ineffectively presents lessons learned.

Writes a communication that effectively presents lessons learned.

Writes a communication that effectively presents lessons learned and justifies its medium.

Address assignment purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences. 10%

Does not respond to the assignment prompt and/or does not organize text appropriately, uses inappropriate tone, or does not include structurally sound sentences.

Addresses the assignment purpose with minimal issues related to evidence, tone, and sentence structure.

Addresses assignment purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.

Presents a focused purpose through strong organizational skills. Presents evidence through strong paraphrasing/summarizing and appropriate tone and sentence structure.

Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references. 10%

Does not apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references.

Applies APA formatting to in-text citations and references incorrectly and/or inconsistently, detracting noticeably from good scholarship.

Applies APA formatting to in-text citations and references.

Exhibits strict and nearly flawless adherence to APA formatting of in-text citations and references.