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Criterion

15-20 pts

10-14 pts

5-9 pts

0-4 pts

Collaboration & Teamwork

Listens to team, contributes ideas and suggestions, asks questions, tries to resolve disagreements, engages team members

Mostly listens to team members and contributes some ideas and suggestions; occasionally asks questions; neither adds to nor resolves disagreements,usually engages team members.

May fuel disagreements. Occasionally engaged. Minimal contributions to team and over communication tools.

Does not listen or contribute to team. Remains silent. Fuels disagreements. Unengaged in project.

Aggressive.

Individual role

Meets deadlines without prompts from editorial board.

Finished all tasks.

Meets deadlines with some prompts from editorial board. Finished most tasks.

Meets deadlines with lots of prompts from editorial board. Finished some tasks.

Misses deadlines. Does not finish key tasks.

Critical thinking & problem solving

Identifies real problems and research questions.

Plans and completes a project.

Researches and applies info to tasks. Makes thoughtful decisions.

Identifies problems and basic research questions. Follows plans by others but may not have own plans.. Basic research and coherent results. Makes decisions, some thoughtful.

Misses some problems with the task. Misses some key research questions. May follow most plans. Weak research from questionable sources. Decisions may not come from careful thought.

Misses problems and questions with tasks.

Research is weak with minimal effort. Little attempt at understanding problems and making thoughtful decisions.

Technology use

Finds, organizes, evaluates, integrates, and ethically uses information from a variety of sources and media.

Cites sources and shows digital citizenship.

Most technology use is appropriate for the task. Most research comes from credible sources. Cites sources and shows basic understanding of digital citizenship.

Research is weak and sources are questionable. Does not display understanding of digital citizenship. Technology tools may not be appropriate for the task.

Plagiarism or unethical technology use.

Little to no effort in using tools for communication and collaboration; minimal engagement on Google docs with team. Inappropriate sites for research.

Where applicable:

Writing/editing/

audio/video

/illustration/

design

Clear, concise communication. Follows standards of English. Few grammatical or syntactical errors. Appropriate tone and style.

Most ideas are clear and concise. Some grammatical and syntactical errors. Changing tone and style.

Confusing ideas. Many grammatical and syntactical errors. Inappropriate and changing tone and style.

Incoherent communication. Heavy grammatical and syntactical errors. Inappropriate tone and style.