Cost of Owership
The following grading criteria will be used to assess your work on the extra credit assignment.
These criteria will not apply to the remaining weekly discussion forums. Please review the posted forum grading rubric for expectations for the remaining forums. It is very detailed and can be found as an attachment on the second listed forum in this class [Forum Guidelines, Expectations, and Grading Rubric].
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Content:Chooses and provides a thorough cost analysis of two similar pieces of equipment. |
Equipment is identified, purpose of equipment is identified and discussed, uses at least 5 points of cost comparison to assess lifetime costs, clearly decides which purchase is most beneficial, summarizes why beneficial. |
Equipment and purpose identified, uses at least 3 points of cost comparison to assess lifetime costs, clearly decides which purchase is most beneficial, summarizes why beneficial. |
Equipment identified, uses 3 or less points of cost comparison to assess lifetime costs, clearly notes which equipment is better purchase. |
Equipment identified and cost comparison provided using less than 3 unique points of comparison. |
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Interaction:Individual progress is described and suitable for the stage of the project and is not challenged by fellow group members. |
Initial post made and interacted with classmates, enabling discussion and further analysis of selected equipment OR No other classmates posted. |
Initial post made and interacted with classmates, providing commentary or perspective without enabling further discussion. |
Initial post made, but no interaction with classmates |
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Mechanics |
Posts and responses are well-organized, clear, professionally written (no text-speak), and free of spelling and grammatical errors. |
Posts and responses are written clearly with minor errors in organization, spelling or grammar. They are clear, concise and professionally communicated. |
Posts and responses contain several errors in spelling, grammar or organization that make the main points unclear. Professionalism in communication could be improved. |
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