| Criteria | Excellent | Good | Below Standards | Failure |
| Defining Situational Awareness | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Is clearly able to define and communicate the complexities of the topic, appropriately synthesizing information from lectures, other sources, or postings in discussion forums. Provides multiple examples | Is able to define and communicate the complexities of the topic, synthesizing information from lectures, other sources, or postings in discussion forums. Provides some examples | Is able to define and communicate the topic, using information from lectures, other sources, or postings in discussion forums. Provides an example | Is not able to define and communicate the topic, using information from lectures, other sources, or postings in discussion forums. Does not provide an example | | | | |
| Identification of Equipment, Tools and Data the Co will need to become situationally aware | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Is clearly able to identify the equipment, tools and data the organization will need to become situationally aware. Provides multiple examples, detailed estimated costs and a time line | Is able to identify the equipment, tools and data the organization will need to become situationally aware. Provides some examples, estimated costs and a time line | Is able to identify some of the equipment, tools and data the organization will need to become situationally aware. Provides a few examples, with limited estimated costs and time lines | Is not able to identify some of the equipment, tools and data the organization will need to become situationally aware. Does not provide any examples, costs or time lines |
| Length | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Paper is 20 pages or more and well structured. | Paper is 18-19 pages and is adequately structured. | Paper is 16-17 pages. | Paper is 16-17 pages. |
| Adherence to citation rules | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Uses references and citations to support arguments and assertions, and citation practices conform well to APA guidelines. | Uses some references to support arguments and assertions, and citation practices generally conform to APA guidelines. | Only one reference or citation is used, or citations do not follow APA guidelines correctly. | No references or citations are used, or citations do not follow APA guidelines correctly. |
| Writing quality | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Expression of ideas is extremely clear, coherent, well organized. Writing is always clear, concise and grammatically correct. | Expression of ideas is generally clear, coherent, well organized. Writing is generally grammatically correct. | Expression of ideas could be much clearer, much more coherent, much better organized. Many errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation or sentence structure. | Expression of ideas could be much cleaner, much more coherent, much better organized, Grammar, spelling, punctuation and sentence structure require significant editing and improvement. |
| Column Total | 25 | 20 | 15 | 5 |
| Overall Score | Excellent | Good | Below standards | Failure |
| 21 or more | 16 or more | 6 or more | 5 or less |
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