Posting rubric

POSTING RUBRIC

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Goal

• very informative or deeply reflective; informational post: synthesizes learned content and constructs new meaning; well organized
• written in an interesting style and voice; words used are carefully chosen, memorable, and bring the content to life;
• sentence fluency is smooth and naturally expressive
• all words spelled correctly; no grammar errors; formatting makes the post more interesting and easier to read
• multiple pieces of multimedia; multimedia adds new information or perspective to post; several links to places that add to readers understanding; links are relevant and “flow” within the content; post is fully categorized and tagged
• all information sources are cited accurately; uses proper citations for all images

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Proficient

• some new information on the topic or reflective; informational post: attempts to synthesize information and form new meaning; well organized
• written in a somewhat interesting style and voice; words chosen mostly reflect author’s personality and brings content to life for the most part; sentence fluency is mostly achieved
• few spelling errors; few grammar errors; some formatting to help make the post easier to read
• one piece of multimedia; multimedia adds new information or perspective to post; several links included that add to the reader’s understanding post; may be categorized or tagged
• most information sources are cited accurately; uses proper citations for most images

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Developing

• gives some new information on the topic; informational post: has trouble with integrating read or learned information and mostly repeats without construction of new meaning; poorly organized
• post has little style or voice; words chosen show an attempt at bringing the content to life; sentence fluency is achieved in few places
• several spelling errors; several grammar errors; formatting makes post difficult to follow or read
• one piece of multimedia; multimedia does not add significantly to content or perspective; one or more links to obvious websites (Wikipedia, dictionary on line); post may be categorized or tagged
• a few information sources are cited accurately; uses citations for images improperly

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Unsatisfactory

• gives no new information on the topic; informational post: there is little to no evidence of other readings or information in order to form new meaning; poorly organized
• post has no style or voice; words used are unimpressive;
• sentence fluency is absent; sentences feel unnatural
• many words misspelled; many grammar errors;
• formatting makes post difficult to follow or read
• no multimedia; no links or links do not add any value or are completely unrelated to content presented in post; post is not tagged or categorized
• does not provide any accurate information about sources used; uses copyrighted image