Discussion Board: Professionalism Rubric

Discussion Board: Professionalism Rubric

Discussion Board: Professionalism Rubric
Discussion Board: Professionalism Rubric
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Please review the discussion board rubric under “Start Here”.
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Use in-text citations appropriately and provide full citations for your initial post and at least one of your response posts. One of your citations needs to be outside of your text.
Discussion Board Rubric

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Discussion Board: Participation and Professionalism Rubric
Expectations and Points Awarded
Exemplary
Acceptable
Needs Improvement
Unacceptable
Posting Requirements
50 pts
Student always posts to the discussion board on three separate days within the week. Proper APA format is used for in-text citation and referencing in the initial post. The student writes in a scholarly tone demonstrating critical thinking that goes beyond just sharing opinions. Student demonstrates ability to cite sources in proper APA.
50 pts
Student does not post on three separate days of the week, but posts on two separate days of the week.
35 pts
Student posts only one initial response to the discussion board.
20 pts
Student does not post an initial answer to address the topic or answer the question, and/or does not make any responses at all.
0 pts
Level of Engagement and Participation
15 pts
Student posts promote further discussion by offering ideas and asking questions that are relevant to the discussion and course material. The posts offer an expansion on other student’s posts and course material.
15 pts
Student contributes to the class by posting but offers only a few ideas and asks questions that promote discussion on occasion but not all the time.
10 pts
Student rarely contributes to the discussion by offering ideas and asking questions.
3 pts
Student never contributes to the discussion by offering ideas and asking questions.
0 pts
Response Skill
15 pts
Student responses demonstrate they have read their classmates post. Their response indicates they are furthering the discussion by building on the post their classmate made. Proper APA format is used for in-text citation and referencing. The student writes in a scholarly tone demonstrating critical thinking that goes beyond just sharing opinions. Student demonstrates ability to cite sources in proper APA.
15 pts
Student responses often, but not always, indicate they have read their classmate and instructor posts.
10 pts
Student responses rarely demonstrate an understanding of other posts and course material.
5 pts
Student posts do not demonstrate they have read the material or other students’ posts.
0 pts
Posting Behavior
10 pts
Student demonstrates a professional level of respect for learning while participating on the discussion board. This level of respect is shown through behavior and attitude.
10 pts
Student posting is usually respectful. There is no display of disruptive posting.
7 pts
Student posts sometimes display a lack of respect or professional writing behavior, including rules of Netiquette
3 pts
Student is often disruptive by posting posts that are not respectful, do not demonstrate professionalism, or breach Netiquette rules.
0 pts
Preparation
10 pts
Student is always prepared with discussion posts that demonstrate a commitment to reading the course material and posts. The student’s post contains scholarly support for ideas by citing credible references
10 pts
Student is usually prepared with posts that demonstrate some understanding of the topic.
7 pts
Student is only occasionally prepared for class with posts that demonstrate they have read the course material and posts from the Instructor and other students.
2 pts
Student is never prepared for class with assignments and required class materials.
0 pts
DBRubric7.16.2014.pdf
You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.
Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.
Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.
The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.
 
ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CLASS
Discussion Questions (DQ)
Initial responses to the DQ should address all components of the questions asked, include a minimum of one scholarly source, and be at least 250 words.
Successful responses are substantive (i.e., add something new to the discussion, engage others in the discussion, well-developed idea) and include at least one scholarly source.
One or two sentence responses, simple statements of agreement or “good post,” and responses that are off-topic will not count as substantive. Substantive responses should be at least 150 words.
I encourage you to incorporate the readings from the week (as applicable) into your responses.
Weekly Participation
Your initial responses to the mandatory DQ do not count toward participation and are graded separately.
In addition to the DQ responses, you must post at least one reply to peers (or me) on three separate days, for a total of three replies.
Participation posts do not require a scholarly source/citation (unless you cite someone else’s work).
Part of your weekly participation includes viewing the weekly announcement and attesting to watching it in the comments. These announcements are made to ensure you understand everything that is due during the week.
APA Format and Writing Quality
Familiarize yourself with APA format and practice using it correctly. It is used for most writing assignments for your degree. Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for APA paper templates, citation examples, tips, etc. Points will be deducted for poor use of APA format or absence of APA format (if required).
Cite all sources of information! When in doubt, cite the source. Paraphrasing also requires a citation.
I highly recommend using the APA Publication Manual, 6th edition.
Use of Direct Quotes
I discourage overutilization of direct quotes in DQs and assignments at the Masters’ level and deduct points accordingly.
As Masters’ level students, it is important that you be able to critically analyze and interpret information from journal articles and other resources. Simply restating someone else’s words does not demonstrate an understanding of the content or critical analysis of the content.
It is best to paraphrase content and cite your source.
LopesWrite Policy
For assignments that need to be submitted to LopesWrite, please be sure you have received your report and Similarity Index (SI) percentage BEFORE you do a “final submit” to me.
Once you have received your report, please review it. This report will show you grammatical, punctuation, and spelling errors that can easily be fixed. Take the extra few minutes to review instead of getting counted off for these mistakes.
Review your similarities. Did you forget to cite something? Did you not paraphrase well enough? Is your paper made up of someone else’s thoughts more than your own?
Visit the Writing Center in the Student Success Center, under the Resources tab in LoudCloud for tips on improving your paper and SI score.
Late Policy
The university’s policy on late assignments is 10% penalty PER DAY LATE. This also applies to late DQ replies.
Please communicate with me if you anticipate having to submit an assignment late. I am happy to be flexible, with advance notice. We may be able to work out an extension based on extenuating circumstances.
If you do not communicate with me before submitting an assignment late, the GCU late policy will be in effect.
I do not accept assignments that are two or more weeks late unless we have worked out an extension.
As per policy, no assignments are accepted after the last day of class. Any assignment submitted after midnight on the last day of class will not be accepted for grading.
Communication
Communication is so very important. There are multiple ways to communicate with me:
Questions to Instructor Forum: This is a great place to ask course content or assignment questions. If you have a question, there is a good chance one of your peers does as well. This is a public forum for the class.
Individual Forum: This is a private forum to ask me questions or send me messages. This will be checked at least once every 24 hours.
 

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