For Expert_Researcher
Discussion Board UG (2)
| Students are expected to: ● Participate with the required number of relevant postings of required length ● Post initial response by Saturday; all additional comments posted by Tuesday • Support ideas with information from course materials and/or outside sources when appropriate, using APA format for in-text citation and references. | |||||||
| Instructors: Enter correct total available points in H2 and scores into yellow cells in column F. Total available points = | |||||||
| Introductory | Emergent | Practiced | Proficient/Mastered | Score | Weight | Final Score | |
| 0-1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Initial post timeliness | No initial post (0). Provides initial post after Sunday (1). | Provides initial post by Sunday | N/A | Provides an initial post by Saturday. | 15% | 0.00 | |
| Additional comments and engagement | No additional comments (0). Posts comments unrelated to the Discussion topic (1). | Posts one comment related to the discussion topic. | Posts 2 comments related to the discussion topic. | Posts 2 or more comments in response to others that provide thoughtful insight to the topic and frequently attempts to motivate the group discussion. | 30% | 0.00 | |
| Initial Response Content Quality | Submission does not relate to the topic and/or incomplete responses to most topics. | Answers some question/topics with some clearly stated opinions. | Answers all questions with opinions and ideas that are stated clearly. | Answers all questions with opinions/ideas creatively and clearly. Supports post using outside sources when appropriate. | 40% | 0.00 | |
| Spelling/ Grammar/ Formatting/ Mechanics | Significant errors in spelling and/or grammar. Major flaws in writing mechanics and formatting. | Poor spelling and grammar are apparent. Does not use APA in-text style formatting when needed. | Uses Standard American English with rare errors and misspellings. Minor errors in APA in-text style formatting when needed. Includes list of references when citations are used. | Consistently uses Standard American English with rare misspellings. Appropriate mechanics and APA in-text style formatting when needed. Includes a properly formatted list of references when citations are used. | 10% | 0.00 | |
| Length* (applies to Discussion Boards with posted length requirements) | Submission does not meet length requirements. | Only one post meets length requirements and/or inital post does not meet length requirements | Initial post and one reply post meet length requirements | All submissions meet posted length requirements. | 5% | 0.00 | |
| 100% | 0.00 | ||||||
| Final Score | 0 | ||||||
| Percentage | ERROR:#DIV/0! | ||||||
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| Mary, you did a a great job! | |||||||
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