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Ideas & Content

The student has many original ideas and expresses them clearly. The great majority of ideas are related to the assignment. Covers topic in-depth with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent.

The student expresses some original ideas. The majority of ideas are related to the assignment. Includes essential knowledge about the topic. Subject knowledge appears to be good.

The ideas expressed are not necessarily original, and are not usually connected to the assignment. Includes essential information about the topic but there are 1-2 factual errors.

The ideas expressed are not original, often confused and are not connected to discussions around the assignment. Content is minimal, OR there are several factual errors.

Post Frequency

The entry frequency greatly exceeds course expectations.

The entry frequency is slightly above average.

The entry frequency is slightly below average.

The entry frequency is well below course expectations.

Writing Quality

No misspellings or grammatical errors. No HTML errors in wiki/blog (e.g., broken links, missing images).

Entries show above average writing style. The content demonstrates that the student reads moderately, and attempts to synthesize information and form new meaning.

Entries show a below average, overly casual writing style with a lack of attention to style. Students pay little attention to other reading and mostly regurgitate previous personal views.

Entries are of very poor quality. There is little to no evidence of reading other information in order to form new meaning of the topics at-hand.

Community

Contributes greatly to the development of the class wiki/blog.

Contributes adequately to the development of the class wiki/blog.

Contributes moderately to the development of the class wiki/blog.

Contributes minimally to the development of the class wiki/blog.