Due Date: Weekly.
| Criteria | Non-performance | Basic | Proficient | Distinguished |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apply relevant course concepts, theories, or materials correctly. | Does not explain relevant course concepts, theories, or materials. | Explains relevant course concepts, theories, or materials. | Applies relevant course concepts, theories, or materials correctly. | Analyzes relevant course concepts, theories, or materials correctly. |
| Collaborate with fellow learners, relating the discussion to the relevant course concepts. | Does not collaborate with fellow learners. | Collaborates with fellow learners without relating discussion to the relevant course concepts. | Collaborates with fellow learners, relating the discussion to the relevant course concepts. | Collaborates with fellow learners, relating the discussion to the relevant course concepts and extending the dialogue. |
| Apply relevant professional, personal, or other real-world experiences. | Does not contribute professional, personal, or other real-world experiences. | Contributes professional, personal, or other real-world experiences, but contribution lacks relevance. | Applies relevant professional, personal, or other real-world experiences. | Applies relevant professional, personal, or other real-world experiences to extend the dialogue. |
| Support position with applicable knowledge. | Does not establish relevant position. | Establishes relevant position. | Supports position with applicable knowledge. | Validates position with applicable knowledge. |
| Demonstrate competent skills in writing, including organization, clarity, grammar, usage, and mechanics and APA format. | Does not demonstrate skills in writing, including organization, clarity, grammar, usage, and mechanics and APA format. | Inconsistently demonstrates skills in writing, including organization, clarity, grammar, usage, and mechanics and APA format. | Demonstrates competent skills in writing, including organization, clarity, grammar, usage, and mechanics and APA format. | Demonstrates excellent skills in writing, including organization, clarity, grammar, usage, and mechanics and APA format. |
| Attribute sources used in discussions. | Does not attribute sources used in discussions. | Partially cites sources used in discussions. | Attributes sources used in discussions. | Attributes sources used in discussions clearly, both in text and in references. |
You are encouraged to actively participate in discussions. To do this, you will create a substantive post for each discussion topic. Your posts should demonstrate your achievement of the discussion criteria (using the discussion rubric). In addition, at a minimum, you will need to respond to the posts of at least two of your fellow learners for each question, unless the discussion instructions state otherwise. Your responses to your peers need to be substantive and contribute to the conversation by asking questions, respectfully debating positions, and presenting supporting information relevant to the topic. You also need to give full attribution to the source of the information in your posts.
To allow time for your peers to respond, you will typically be responsible for making your original post in the discussion area by Thursday of each unit. Your responses to your peers will be due by Sunday of the unit at 11:59 p.m. (Central Standard Time).