Blogging Rubric

Rubric categories

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Understanding
(of the subject area)

• Low level of comprehension

• many errors of understanding

• Basic level of comprehension

• Some errors of understanding

• Good comprehension

• No significant errors of understanding

• Excellent comprehension

Community involvement (Involvement in the learning community - referring to and commenting on others posts)

• No evidence of community involvement

• Evidence of reading others posts

• Evidence of reading & commenting on others blogs

• Evidence of strong community involvement,

• Evidence of learning from other students, and/or of contributing to others learning

Writing quality

(structure, clarity)

• No introduction & conclusion

• Meaning is unclear

• Introduction does not introduce all main ideas

• Conclusion does not synthesize all main points

• Meaning is unclear at times

• Introduction introduces all main ideas

• Conclusion synthesizes all main points

• Meaning is clear

• Writing exhibits excellent structure, flow and readability.

Reflection

(relates personal experience to conceptual models, reflects on personal performance - what worked well, what could be improved?)

• No reflection

• Considers only what worked well

• Relationship between model and experience is discussed

• Considers what could be improved on

• Relationship between model and experience is discussed at a moderate depth

• Considers what could be improved on and ways in which this improvement could occur

• Relationship between model and experience is discussed comprehensively

Scholarship

(Referencing sources in addition to class-provided references, Using APA style referencing)

• No additional sources

• Referencing is not in APA style

• 1 additional source,

• Many APA referencing errors

• Few additional sources of variable quality

• Fairly consistent APA style referencing

• 2 or more high quality sources

• Close to perfect APA referencing