Name: ____________________________________________ Date: _________ Period: ___

ONLINE BLOGGING DISCUSSION RUBRIC FOR SCHOOLOGY

Criteria Far Below - Basic
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CON+EN+ (ND
CRE(+I,I+-
,(LUE =
40% of total score

Postings show no
evidence of insight,
understanding or
reflective thought
about the topic.
Postings provide
minimal insight,
understanding and
reflective thought
about the topic.
Postings provide
moderate insight,
understanding and
reflective thought
about the topic.
Postings provide meaningful
insight, understanding, and
reflective thoughts about the topic
by
...building on an already existing
argument around a specific issue or
...asking a new related uestion or
...making an oppositional
statement supported by personal
experience or related research.
Postings present no
specific viewpoint
and no supporting
examples or links to
websites or
documents are
provided, or the links
selected are of poor
uality and do not
add any value to the
information
presented.
Postings present a
specific viewpoint,
but lack supporting
examples or links to
websites or
documents. !ot all
links enhance the
information
presented.
Postings present a
specific viewpoint that
is supported by
examples and links to
websites or documents,
but not all links
enhance the
information presented.
Postings present a focused and
cohesive (connected or easily
flowing) viewpoint that is
supported by effective examples or
links to relevant, up"to"date
websites or documents that
enhance the information presented.
Postings are generally
Postings are do not
stimulate dialogue
and commentary and
do not connect with
the audience.
Postings are brief
and unimaginative,
and reflect minimal
effort to connect
with the audience.
well"written with some
attempts made to
stimulate #start$
dialogue and
commentary.
Postings are creatively and fluently
written to stimulate #start$
dialogue and commentary.
CRE(+ING (
SENSE OF
CO..UNI+-
ONLINE
,(LUE: /!"
%tudent does not
show any evidence of
participating in a
blogging community.
%tudent rarely
participates in
blogging
community and
leaves it up to others
to comment on
his&her peers' posts.
%tudent moderately
participates online and
tries to become part of
the online community,
but could demonstrate
more effort.
(he student participated actively in
the blogging community via
comments on other students'
responses, and citing others.
+I.ELINESS
,(LUE)
*0% of total score

CI+(+IONS
,(LUE)
+0% of total score
,oes not post
responses within the
reuired time frame,
-. is repeatedly late.

Posts responses
when reminded/
posts are often late.
Posts responses when
reuired/ is
occasionally late.
Posts responses as often, or more
often than reuired.
!o images or text
created by others
display appropriate
attribution #credit$ by
the student.
%ome of the images
or text created by
others does not
display appropriate
attribution #credit$
by the student.
0ost images or text
created by others
display attribution
#credit$ by the student.
1ll images or text created by
others are given appropriate
attribution #credit$ by the student.
0U(LI+- OF
1RI+ING (ND
PROOFRE(DING
,(LUE)
+0% of total score

2ritten responses
contain numerous
grammatical, spelling
or punctuation
errors.
3t's obvious the
student did not read
his&her writing over
before he&she posted
the response to the
discussion.
2ritten responses
include some
grammatical,
spelling or
punctuation errors
that distract the
reader.
(he student may not
display a formal
tone in his&her
writing.
2ritten responses are
almost free of
grammatical, spelling
or punctuation errors.
(he student attempts to
follow a formal tone in
his&her writing, but
may have some slip
ups.
2ritten responses are free of
grammatical, spelling or
punctuation errors.
(he student's writing is formal and
does not write how he&she may
speak.
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