Blogging Rubric

Blogging is an act of reflecting and posting one's thoughts on a given subject or topic. It should be reflective in nature, and make a personal connection
to your learning and/or your classroom. Blogging also includes taking part in the community by leaving comments on others blog posts. Thirdly, blogs
can be used as digital portfolios that showcase your skills and improvements in different aspects of learning. We will use blogs throughout the course to
achieve both goals. The following rubric will be used for blogging activities.

Criteria
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4

Postings show little or no Postings provide Postings provide Postings provide

evidence of insight,
Content and understanding or reflective
Creativity thought about the topic.
minimal insight,
understanding and
reflective thought about
the topic.
moderate insight,
understanding and
reflective thought
about the topic.
comprehensive insight,
understanding, and
reflective thought about the
topic by
...building a focused
argument around a specific
issue or
...asking a new related
question or
...making an oppositional
statement supported by
personal experience or
related research.

Postings present little or
no specific viewpoint and
no supporting examples or
personal experiences.
Postings are do not
stimulate dialogue and
commentary and do not
connect with the audience.
Postings present a
specific viewpoint but
lack supporting
examples or personal
experiences.
Postings are brief and
unimaginative, and
reflect minimal effort to
connect with the
audience.
Postings present a Postings present a focused
specific viewpoint that and cohesive viewpoint
is substantiated by that is substantiated by
supporting examples effective supporting
and/or personal examples and personal
experiences. experiences.
Postings are generally Postings are creatively and
well written with some fluently written to stimulate
attempts made to dialogue and commentary.
stimulate dialogue and
commentary.

Postings do not reflect an
awareness of the
Voice audience and it is difficult
to identify the authors
voice.
Postings are written in
a style that does not
fully consider the
audience, and the
authors voice is
difficult to identify.
Postings are written in
a style that is generally
appropriate for the
intended audience and
an attempt is made to
use a consistent voice.
Postings are written in a
style that is appealing and
appropriate for the
intended audience and a
consistent voice is evident
throughout.

Postings do not reflect the Postings reflect almost Postings reflect a bit of Postings reflect the
authors personality and no personality and little the authors authors unique personality
word choice does not attempt is made to use personality through through expressive and
bring the topic to life. effective word choices word choices that carefully selected word
to bring the topic to life. attempt to bring the choices that bring the topic
topic to life. to life.
Written responses are full Written responses have Written responses are
of grammatical, spelling or several grammatical, mostly free of Written responses are free
punctuation errors. spelling or punctuation grammatical, spelling of grammatical, spelling or
 Communication of ideas is errors. or punctuation errors.
Quality of impeded by poor writing punctuation errors. The
Writing and conventions. style of writing facilitates
Proofreading communication.