MID TERM EXAM

Hi Everyone,

A few have already submitted the Midterm - which is due on Tuesday night.

Here is what you need to know for the Discussion Board Questions. Some general policies you need to follow are:

• #1 Get your initial post up by Thursday night – and it should have at least one reference or citation backing up your thoughts.
• #2 Complete two or more response posts to either me or classmates by Sunday night. 1-2 paragraphs for each post is appropriate for these response posts, no citation needed on these (unless necessary).

I would like only 5 Main Threads each week.

• If you want to answer the Discussion question for the week - then you should post early in the week and create 1 of the 5 main threads. Before you post – check to see how many threads have been created.
• When you title your thread, please label it #1, #2, #3, #4, #5. So, if there are already 3 threads created, when you post label it “#4 ……….”.
• After the 5 main threads are created/posted, everyone else needs to post within 1 of the 5 threads. That means if there are already 5 threads answering the discussion question - then you need to post your original (1st) post as a response to 1 of the 5 main threads. That post does not have to be to the author of the thread – it could be to someone else’s comment in that thread or one of my comments – that’s fine.
• When posting your first post – please do not re-answer the question of the week. Please try to contribute to the conversation – if you are not one of the 5 main thread authors.
• Regardless if you lead/create/post 1 of the 5 main threads – you need to have your 1st post up by Thursday and at least 2 more by Sunday night. The key here is that only 5 students will start off discussions which answer the DB question. Everyone else will be responding with comments and helpful thoughts within a thread to the Author, someone else’s comments or one of my comments.
• I won’t take off any points if you accidentally post the 6th or 7th thread – but please try to keep all posting in 5 threads.

 I've been teaching on-campus and online for 13 years, it's hard to come up with many original responses to 1 question. By only having 5 main threads - it creates a much deeper discussion for each thread. This structure makes the DB's much more interesting and less repetitive. I hope you like this structure!

If you have any questions about the posting requirements, e-mail me directly ([email protected]) or post a question in the general questions DB. Have fun with the discussion this week! I look forward to reading the 5 threads!

The attached Grading Rubric is for "Undergraduate" however this applies equally for "Graduate" discussions.

See you in the Module Discussion this week! (-:

Dr. Tasto

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