Please become familiar with these criteria that I will use to evaluate your participation in the discussion forums.

Evaluation Criteria for Digital Storytelling Discussions
Category | Outstanding | Very Good | Good | Fair | No Credit
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Content | Student's posts demonstrate clear understanding of the readings and course materials, use excellent examples, and include all required elements. | Student's posts demonstrate very good understanding of the readings and course materials, use very good examples, and include all required elements. | Student's posts demonstrate good understanding of the readings and course materials, use adequate examples, and include all required elements. | Student's posts demonstrate little understanding of the readings and course materials, use poor examples, and do not include all required elements. | Student's posts do not refer to the readings or course materials, use any examples, or include required elements.
Quality | Student's posts always add value, encourage further scholarly discussion, and support academic growth of the other students. | Student's posts mostly add value, encourage further scholarly discussion, and support academic growth of the other students. | Student's posts usually add value, encourage further scholarly discussion, and support academic growth of the other students. | Student's posts sometimes add value, encourage further scholarly discussion, and support academic growth of the other students. | Student's posts do not add value, encourage further scholarly discussion, or support academic growth of the other students.
Assignment Submission | Student posted an excellent discussion post of suitable length and replied to 2 or more other students with extremely well written posts by due date. | Student posted a very good discussion post of suitable length and replied to 2 other students with well written posts by due date. | Student posted a good discussion post of sufficient length and replied to 2 other students with fairly written posts by due date. | Student posted a fair discussion post of insufficient length and replied to 2 other students with poorly written posts or did not reply to 2 other students by due date. | Student did not post a discussion post or reply to 2 other students with posts by due date.
Collegiality | Student's posts are always written using an academic voice and replies to other students are always thoughtful, insightful, and respectful. | Student's posts are mostly written using an academic voice and replies to other students are mostly thoughtful, insightful, and respectful. | Student's posts are usually written using an academic voice and replies to other students are usually thoughtful, insightful, and respectful. | Student's posts are sometimes written in an academic voice and replies to other students are not entirely thoughtful, insightful, or respectful. | Student's posts are not written in an academic voice and replies to other students are not thoughtful, insightful, or respectful or assignment was not submitted.
Grammar and Spelling | Student's posts are always grammatically correct with no misspellings or technical errors. | Student's posts are mostly grammatically correct with few if any misspellings or technical errors. | Student's posts are usually grammatically correct with some misspellings or technical errors. | Student's posts are sometimes grammatically correct with many misspellings or technical errors. | Student's posts are grammatically incorrect with frequent misspellings, and technical errors or assignment was not submitted.
Citing References and Providing Links | Student always cites references correctly in proper citation style (APA, MLA, or Chicago) and provides excellent working links. | Student mostly cites references correctly in proper citation style (APA, MLA, or Chicago) and provides very good working links. | Student usually cites references correctly in proper citation style (APA, MLA, or Chicago) and provides adequate working links. | Student sometimes cites references correctly in proper citation style (APA, MLA, or Chicago) and provides fair working links. | Student does not cite references correctly in proper citation style (APA, MLA, or Chicago) or provide working links.

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