Online Discussion Rubric
Criteria | Outstanding (20 points) | Good (15 points) | Average (10 points) | Poor (5 points) | No Credit
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Content | Student’s posts demonstrate clear understanding of the readings and course materials, use excellent examples, and address all questions posed in the instructions. | Student’s posts demonstrate good understanding of the readings and course materials, use good examples, and address all questions posed in the instructions. | Student’s posts demonstrate fair understanding of the readings and course materials, use adequate examples, and address all questions posed in the instructions. | Student’s posts demonstrate little understanding of the readings and course materials, use poor examples, and do not address all questions posed in the instructions. | Student’s posts do not refer to the readings or course materials, do not use any examples, or do not address all questions posed in the instructions.
Quality | All of the student’s posts add value, encourage further scholarly discussion, support academic growth of the other students, and are respectful to other students and the instructor. | Most of the student’s posts add value, encourage further scholarly discussion, support academic growth of the other students, and are respectful to other students and the instructor. | Several of the student’s posts add value, encourage further scholarly discussion, support academic growth of the other students, and are respectful to other students and the instructor. | Some of the student’s posts add value, encourage further scholarly discussion, support academic growth of the other students, and are respectful to other students and the instructor. | Student’s posts do not add value, encourage further scholarly discussion, support academic growth of the other students, or are not respectful to other students or the instructor.
Quantity | Student posted a discussion post of suitable length and more than required minimum number of peer responses. | Student posted a discussion post of suitable length and at least the required minimum number of peer responses. | Student posted a discussion post of sufficient length and most of the required minimum number of peer responses. | Student posted a discussion post of insufficient length or did not post the required minimum number of peer responses. | Student did not post a discussion post or the required minimum number of peer responses.
Grammar and Spelling | All of the student’s posts are grammatically correct with no misspellings or incomplete sentences. | Most of the student’s posts are grammatically correct with no misspellings or incomplete sentences. | Several of the student’s posts are grammatically correct with no misspellings or incomplete sentences. | Some of the student’s posts are grammatically correct with no misspellings or incomplete sentences. | Student’s posts are grammatically incorrect with frequent misspellings, and incomplete sentences.
Citing References and Providing Links | All of the student’s references are cited correctly in proper citation style (APA, MLA, or Chicago) and all the links (if provided) are working. | Most of the student’s references are cited correctly in proper citation style (APA, MLA, or Chicago) and/or most of the links (if provided) are working. | Several of the student’s references are cited correctly in proper citation style (APA, MLA, or Chicago) and/or several of the links (if provided) are working. | Some of the student’s references are cited correctly in proper citation style (APA, MLA, or Chicago) and/or some of the links (if provided) are working. | Student does not cite references correctly in proper citation style (APA, MLA, or Chicago) or provide working links.