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discussion board Rubric Code: U224W3 By gdlance Draft Public Rubric Subject: English Type: (Other) Grade Levels: Undergraduate

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	Excellent 0.5 pts	Good 0.4 pts	Fair 0.3 pts	Poor 0.2 pts
Contributes to Classroom 15 pts Contributes to the Classroom	Excellent Posting is insightful, thorough and interesting.	Good Posting is thorough and interesting.	Fair Posting is interesting but lacks insight and depth.	Poor Posting is uninteresting and/or too brief for the assignments.
Demonstrates Understanding of t 15 pts	Excellent Posting demonstrates thorough understanding of the reading assignment and is substantiated by two (2) or more examples from the textbook and/or appropriate website.	Good Posting demonstrates an understanding of the reading assignment and is substantiated by at least one (1) example from the textbook and/or appropriate website.	Fair Posting demonstrates understanding of the reading assignment but is not substantiated by examples from the textbook and/or appropriate website.	Poor Posting demonstrates very little understanding of the reading assignment.
Provides Substantive Responses 15 pts	Excellent Actively engaged in the discussion forums with at least two (2) postings of other students in a manner that demonstrates substantive analysis and/or evaluation.	Good Actively engaged in the discussion forum with at least two (2) postings of other students where one (1) of the postings demonstrates substantive analysis and/or evaluation while second demonstrates constructive analysis but is not of the same quality as required for an excellent rating	Fair Makes at least two (2) responses but responses fail to demostrate constructive analysis or are inadequate.	Poor Less than acceptable responses (.2) Does not respond or responses are not related to the topic (0)
Utilizes Correct Grammar, Mechanic 15 pts	Excellent Posting is polished generally free of errors in mechanics, spelling, usage and sentence structure.	Good Posting is polished but may contain minor errors in mechanics, spelling, usage and sentence structure.	Fair Posting is adequate but may contain some errors in mechanics, spelling, usage and sentence structure but errors do not interfere with understanding.	Poor Posting has numerous errors in mechanics, usage, spelling and sentence structure. Errors interfere with the readability.