| Points: 20 | Week 7 Discussion: Hit Your Mark With Matched Messaging |
| Criteria | No Attempt | Below Expectations 1 | Below Developing2 | Developing 3 | Below Exemplary 4 | Exemplary 5 |
| | 0 |
| Describe your company or product. | Does not attempt to provide a unique selling proposition or distinguish product/company from competitors. | Describes competitors’ product/ company but does not provide a unique selling proposition for own product/company. OR Just the opposite: provides USP, but does not discuss competitors. | Provides USP for product/company, and describes competitors’ product/ company but does not provide why the USP will help the company standout from the competition. | Provides USP for product/company, and describes competitors’ product/ company. | The post content is fine, but the formatting contains grammar, spelling, or other formatting mistakes. | The discussion points were identified and described with high accuracy, and all appropriate information was identified and discussed clearly. |
| | | | Total post is too short and not fully developed (below 5 sentences). |
| | | | | Provides why the USP will help the company standout from the competition. | | All of the other guidelines are followed. |
| | | | | However, more description was needed for clarification. Providing a real life example in the comparison would be helpful. |
| | | | | Total Post is too short to be fully developed. (below 10 sentences more than 5 sentences). |
| Describe your ad. | Does not describe ad. | Describes ad, but the description of the ad does not use the AIDA principle. | The description of the ad does use the AIDA principle. | The description of the ad uses the AIDA principle. | The post content is fine, but the formatting contains grammar, spelling, or other formatting mistakes. | The discussion points were identified and described with high accuracy, and all appropriate information was identified and discussed clearly. |
| | | | The ad description provides ways to change ad for different mediums. | However the information does not provide any indication of why this information is relevant to the target market | | All of the other guidelines are followed. |
| | | | Total post is too short and not fully developed (below 5 sentences). | Total Post is too short to be fully developed. (below 10 sentences more than 5 sentences). |
| Describe your promotion. | Does not describe promotion. | Does not use different media in describing the promotion. | Does use different media in describing the promotion, but | Does describes how to vary the airing schedule, | The post content is fine, but the formatting contains grammar, spelling, or other formatting mistakes. | The discussion points were identified and described with high accuracy, and all appropriate information was identified and discussed clearly. |
| | | | does not describes how to vary the airing schedule. | But does not provide information for why it is significant to the target market. |
| | | | | | | All of the other guidelines are followed. |
| | | | Total post is too short and not fully developed (below 5 sentences). | Total Post is too short to be fully developed (below 10 sentences more than 5 sentences). |
| Response to Peer | Does not respond to peer. | The student merely restates/summarizes another student’s response. | Responded to at least one other student, but response was not substantive. Follow-up question might or might not be included | The answer is too short and not fully developed (below 10 sentences more than 5 sentences) | One follow-up question was not included. Or the post was not labeled with the peer’s name. | Responded to at least one other student; response was substantive and all of the other guidelines are followed. |
| | | | To improve the student could provide a description of issue and how these facts are related to the discussion thread topic, or provide a different point of view. |
| | | The student merely states an opinion or offers a superficial reaction. | | The response does not demonstrate an understanding of important concepts by furthering the discussion conversation using at least 1 topic mentioned by peer. | | Post is labeled with peer’s name. |
| | | The answer is too short and not fully developed (below 5 sentences). | | The post could have been better by furthering the discussion by introducing a new point of view. Or a real life example could be used to illustrate a new point of view. |