GEN 103 week 4 DQ 1

  

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Carefully review the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate this Discussion Thread.<
 

     

Evaluating   Webpage Reliability & Trustworthiness: The CRAAP Test

  

College writing must be more than   opinion and must be supported by credible, reliable sources.  Although   it’s often easy to find webpages on any topic, it is harder to find webpages   that are credible, reliable sources.  Reading module 3 of your textbook   this week, you learned about the CRAAP test, which is a method for evaluating   sources that works particularly well for webpages.  In this   discussion board, we’re going to practice using the CRAAP test, discuss why   it’s important to be careful when using webpages as sources, and use the   CRAAP test elements for determining if a webpage is a suitable source. 

 

Prepare:  Read module 3 of your   textbook and review the CRAAP Test handout.  Watch Web Pages: Determining   Authority   and Web Pages: Determining   Currency.    Then, find a webpage that relates to your research question (you can   use this webpage on your annotated bibliography).  Examine your chosen   web page for currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose.

 

Reflect: Consider why it is important to   evaluate any webpages that you plan to rely on for information.  Reflect   on the elements of the CRAAP test and explain how each one indicates the   credibility and reliability of a source.

 

Write: 

• Evaluate the webpage that         you found, being carefully to fully address each element of the CRAAP         test. 
• Explain whether you think         the webpage that you found passed the CRAAP test and is a credible,         reliable source or not.  Provide details to support your         determination. 
• Explain why it’s important         to evaluate webpages that you plan to use for information.  What         are some reasons that it can be difficult to determine how credible and         reliable a webpage is? 

Be sure to   include the correctly formatted APA reference for the webpage that you found   at the end of your discussion.

Your   initial post should contain a minimum of 350 words written in complete   sentences. It must answer all aspects of the prompt (refer to “Think about it   this way” below).  It must be posted by 11:59 Thursday evening.    Correctly cite the source of any information that you use in your   posts.

 

Guided Response: You must reply to at least two   classmates. As you reply to your classmates, attempt to take the conversation   further by examining their claims or arguments in more depth or responding to   the posts that they make to you. Post your two peer responses during the week   to maximize the opportunity for vigorous discussion. 

Think   about it this way...
  This discussion is asking you to do six things.

• Read Module 3 in your        textbook and review the CRAAP test handout.
• Find a webpage that is        related to your research question.
• Evaluate the webpage that you        found using the CRAAP test.
• Answer the three questions        under the “Write” section as your initial Discussion post. 
• Respond to at least two of        your classmates’ discussion posts. 
• Include the correct APA        reference for the webpage that you found for this discussion and be sure        to correctly cite any sources that you use in your posts.