Art Appreciation Journal
Guidelines and Rubric
Description and Guidelines:
Each student will keep a journal of course activities including lecture notes, documentation of
time spent outside of class, art activities and personal reflections on course content. Additionally,
students will post Internet assignments in an online forum. At the conclusion of the course,
students will write a one-two page summary of their learning and experiences related to course
content.
The journal activities online assignments and summary are worth 30% of the final grade.
Student:
Course:
Narrative:
Please write a one-two page essay describing your learning in this course. What were the most
important things you will take from the course? How do these ideas relate to other things in your life,
or to each other? What projects helped you learn the best? What is still confusing? Were there any
lectures, movies, readings, or discussions that stand out, either as especially helpful or not? What
would you like to have done differently? How can the course be improved? What could you have done
differently? What are you most proud of?
Add any other thoughts about the course, and its impact on you as a person, an artist, or a scholar. You
will be graded only on the completeness and quality of your answers, not on whether or not I LIKE
what you have to say!
When you are done with this essay, delete all the red text and do a word count. You should have a
minimum of 1,000 words. Don’t ramble on if you’re short--think of something else to say! You might
just start by listing everything you’ve learned. You might also recount each project and talk about what
you learned in each one.
Top Three Things You Learned in This Class
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After you complete this form, delete all the green text and include it on your AQIP disk. Save it as
“Journal_astudent.doc”
Grading Rubric for online assignments and journal:
Lev el s
Crit er ia
Online
Assignments
Journal
1
2
3
Responses were thoughtful,
grammatically correct, included
pictures and links, and fully
addressed the prompts. Each
response was several paragraphs long
and used complete sentences.
Responses were largely factual,
rather than lengthy statements of
personal likes/dislikes, and did not
repeat the ideas in previous posts
excessively.
Student responded to other posts and
instructor feedback as appropriate.
(20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15)
The journal is complete, with each
day’s assignments included. The
student has documented time spent
outside of class accurately. The
written summary is grammatically
correct, includes both factual
information and personal reflection,
and reaches at least 1000 words.
(10, 9, 8, 7)
Most of the previous criteria
were met, but there were some
mistakes in grammar, spelling,
etc, a lack of images or links,
incomplete sentences, or the
responses were more personal
than informative, were
somewhat repetitive, or did not
respond to prompts completely.
(14, 13, 12, 12, 10, 9, 8)
Numerous errors of grammar,
spelling, etc, few links or
images, many incomplete
sentences or a lack of
substantive responses.
(7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0)
Some elements are missing
from the journal, the summary
contains errors of spelling or
grammar, fails to answer the
questions included, or is too
short.
(6,5,4)
Numerous elements are
missing from the journal, the
summary has many errors or
was not completed.
(3, 2, 1, 0)