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Rubric for Written Student ID ________________________ Communication Skills
BCom Learning Goal 2 Communication Skills: Graduates can communicate complex ideas effectively and accurately in a range of contexts.
BCom Learning Objective 2a Research, plan and produce written assignments to acceptable academic standards.
Trait Exemplary Satisfactory Unsatisfactory E/S/U
Structure and style: Document, paragraph and sentence structure, flow and layout, appropriate to audience.
Variety of sentence construction; logical flow; style and structure appropriate for task, audience and genre. Uses engaging delivery that enhances understanding.
Thoughtful presentation.
Not overly repetitive; some variety in sentence construction; generally flows well; some awareness of audience and genre.
Overly repetitive or simplistic sentence structure; consistently disjointed, lack of flow; style/structure inappropriate for audience.
Clarity and conciseness: Answers the question, succinct, appropriate complexity.
Argument effectively and efficiently conveyed; highly focused on the question; easily understood.
Argument reasonably clear; occasionally misses the point but answers the question; not over‐ elaborate or over‐ complicated.
Main point and/or argument confused/unclear. Irrelevant information, no transition between ideas. Unclear conclusion.
Technical writing skills: Spelling, capitalisation, punctuation, grammar, general proofreading.
Very few spelling errors, correct punctuation, grammatically correct, complete sentences.
Occasional lapses in spelling, punctuation, grammar, but not enough to seriously distract the reader.
Numerous spelling errors, non‐existent or incorrect punctuation, and/or severe errors in grammar that interfere with understanding.
Vocabulary: Originality, breadth, appropriateness, variety.
Highly appropriate, well chosen, precise and varied vocabulary. Consistently uses correct word choice and discipline‐specific terminology.
Generally appropriate vocabulary; not overly repetitive. Generally uses correct word choice and discipline‐specific terminology.
Excessively limited or inappropriate or repetitive vocabulary. Misuses discipline‐specific terminology.
Appropriate use of referencing system
Uses APA (or accepted alternative1) referencing system consistently and correctly.
Generally uses APA (or accepted alternative1) referencing system.
Does not attempt to use APA (or accepted alternative1) referencing system.
Academic Integrity
Appropriate use of others’ work, acknowledged via in‐ text citations.
Other sources appear to be acknowledged.
Work appears to be not adequately referenced or attributed.
Holistic judgement Exemplary written communication.
Satisfactory written communication.
Unsatisfactory written communication.
1 APA is the VBS standard, but lecturers may either require alternative when APA is not appropriate or accept an alternative – in both cases guidance must be provided.