Grading Rubric: Forums
200 points
Grade
EXCEEDS
Learning
Expectations
190-200 points
(95-100%)
MEETS
Learning
Expectations
160-189 points
(80-94%)
Grading criteria for forum posts
 Initial posts consistently made by Wednesday night. Two reply posts to other initial
posts consistently made during the remainder of the unit with at least one by Friday
night.
 Initial posts are consistently substantive and contribute to the learning community
 Reply posts to other initial posts are consistently substantive and contribute to the
learning community
 Posts are clearly written and contain no spelling/grammatical errors.
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BELOW
Learning
Expectations
100-159 points
(50-79%)
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FAR BELOW
Learning
Expectations
50-99 points
(25-49%)
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Initial posts generally not made by Wednesday night. Two reply posts to other initial
posts generally not made during the remainder of the unit with at least one by Friday
night.
Initial posts are not very substantive and do not contribute well to the learning
community.
Reply posts to other initial posts are not very substantive and do not contribute well to
the learning community.
Posts are not clearly written and contain several spelling/grammatical errors.
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Initial posts consistently not made by Wednesday night. Two reply posts to other initial
posts consistently not made during the remainder of the unit with at least one by Friday
night.
Initial posts are not substantive at all and do not contribute at all to the learning
community.
Reply posts to other initial posts are not substantive at all and do not contribute at all to
the learning community.
Posts are not clearly written and contain many spelling/grammatical errors.
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Initial posts and/or reply forum posts to other initial posts not made
A post is identified as not being original and/or not written by the student
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MISSED
Learning
Expectations
FAIL course
Initial posts generally made by Wednesday night. Two reply posts to other initial posts
generally made during the remainder of the unit with at least one by Friday night.
Initial posts are substantive and contribute to the learning community.
Reply posts to other initial posts are substantive and contribute to the learning
community.
Posts are clearly written and contain few spelling/grammatical errors.
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