Discussion Rubric

Your active participation in the discussion forums is essential to your overall success. Discussion questions are designed to help you make meaningful

connections between the course content and the larger concepts and goals of the course. These discussions offer you the opportunity to express your own

thoughts, ask questions for clarification, and gain insight from your classmates’ responses and instructor’s guidance.

Requirements for Discussion Board Assignments Students are required to post one (1) initial post due by Day Three (3) (unless otherwise noted by the instructor) and to follow up with at least two (2) response

posts by Day Seven (7) for each discussion board assignment. Please be sure to post on at least two separate days.

For your initial post (1), you must do the following:

● Compose a post of one to two paragraphs

● Take into consideration material such as course content and other discussion boards from the current module and previous modules,

when appropriate (make sure you are using proper citation methods when referencing scholarly or popular resources)

For your response posts (2), you must do the following:

● Reply to at least two different classmates outside of your own initial post thread.

● Demonstrate more depth and thought in your responses.

Rubric for Discussion Board Assignments (100 pts) Instructor Feedback: This activity uses an integrated rubric in Blackboard.

Critical Elements

Satisfactory (100%) Proficient (85%) Needs Improvement (55%) Not Evident (0%) Value

Comprehension

Develops an initial post with

an organized, clear point of

view or idea using rich and

significant detail.

Develops an initial post with

a point of view or idea using

adequate organization and

detail.

Develops an initial post with

a point of view or idea but

with some gaps in

organization and detail.

Does not develop an initial

post with an organized point

of view or idea.

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Timeliness Submits initial post by day

three.

Submits initial post one day

late (day four).

Submits initial post two or

more days late (day five or

later).

Does not submit a post. 10

Engagement Provides relevant and

meaningful response posts

with clarifying explanation

and detail.

Provides relevant response

posts with some explanation

and detail.

Provides somewhat relevant

response posts with some

explanation and detail.

Provides response posts that

are generic with little

explanation or detail.

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Writing

(Mechanics)

Writes posts that are easily

understood, clear, and

concise using proper citation

methods where applicable

with no errors in citations.

Writes posts that are easily

understood using proper

citation methods where

applicable with few errors in

citations.

Writes posts that are

understandable using proper

citation methods where

applicable with a number of

errors in citations.

Writes posts that others are

not able to understand and

does not use proper citation

methods where applicable.

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