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Grading Rubric

Grading Rubric Criteria Meets All Criteria Meets Most Criteria Meets Few Criteria Meets No Criteria

100%

Adequately answers all 3 initial prompts.

75%

Adequately answers 2 initial prompts.

50%

Adequately answers 1 initial prompt.

0%

Does not adequately answer any initial prompts.

100%

Generates further conversation by introducing new ideas using 2 of the reply prompts.

75%

Generates further conversation by introducing a new idea using 1 of the reply prompts.

50%

Generates further conversation by agreeing or disagreeing with ideas in existing posts without explaining why.

0%

Does not generate further conversation using any reply prompts.

100%

Writing is free of grammatical, spelling, punctuation, and/or citation errors.

75%

Writing includes minor grammatical, spelling, punctuation and/or citation errors.

50%

Writing includes major grammatical, spelling, punctuation and/or citation errors.

0%

Grammatical, spelling, punctuation and/or citation errors interfere with understanding.

100%

Initial post plus at least 2 replies to different people for a total of 3 or more posts.

75%

Initial post plus at least 1 reply to another person for a total of 2 posts.

50%

Initial post only or replies only.

0%

No posts.

100%

Participates at least 3 days during the live week, initial post by Wednesday at 11:59pm EST.

75%

Participates at least 2 days during the live week.

50%

Participates 1 day during the live week.

0%

Participates 0 days during the live week.

Quality of Responsiveness to Initial Prompts

Weight: 40%

Generates Further Conversation

Weight: 35%

Evidence of Appropriate Language Use, Proofreading and Citations

Weight: 10%

Quantity of Contributions Weight: 10%

Timeliness of Participation

Weight: 5%