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Capstone Project Rubrics 2016 Winter/Spring
Name:
Criteria
PROPOSAL
Relevance of Content
For Ministerial
Purposes
PROPOSAL
Elements
PROPOSAL
Goals and Objectives
Mentor:
Exemplary
6 pts
Clear, interesting
theme related to your
ministry of choice.
Comprehensive
content.
Effective use of other
resources.
Your proposal
contains the following
elements:
1. Title
2. Project description
3. Project goals
4. Audience
description
5. Projected timeline
(break-down of the
two month
implementation)
Your proposal
identifies its goals and
objectives clearly. A
digital tool (or tools)
is/are specified.
Objectives are
achievable within the
two-month time frame.
Follow-up plans after
two-month period are
clearly outlined.
You have consulted
with your mentor.
Proposal is completed
by due date and
posted on your wiki
page at that time.
WRITTEN PROPOSAL
DUE DATE
May 19, 2016
Satisfactory
4 pts
Clear theme.
Unoriginal
content.
Limited use of
resources.
Needs
Improvement
2 pts
Unoriginal theme
and content
Unsatisfactory
0 pts
No clear theme
or content
Your proposal
omits any of
these elements.
A digital tool (or
tools) is/are
specified.
Objectives are
stated and are
realistically
achievable.
There is no
follow-up plan.
You have
consulted with
your mentor.
You have
negotiated an
alternate due
date with your
mentor.
A digital tool (or
tools) is/are
specified.
Objectives are
unclear.
Time frame for
completion is
unrealistic.
There is no
follow-up plan.
You have not
consulted with
your mentor.
No digital tool is
specified.
Objectives
unclear.
Time frame is
unrealistic.
No follow-up
plan.
You have not
consulted with
your mentor.
Proposal is not
completed or
posted on your
wiki page by the
due date.
Score
2
Criteria
CAPSTONE DUE DATE
July 15, 2016
ESSAY DUE DATE
July 29, 2016
"Write a 500 word
essay summarizing
your DDBC experience
and how you plan to
apply what you learned
to your ministry.
Demonstrate how you
have applied your
understanding of
ISTE's Standards for
Teachers (NETS/T) and
applied them to a faith
learning environment.
Include reference to
relevant research
about technology and
learning, especially as
applied to faith
settings, if
appropriate."
ARTICLE DUE DATE
July 29, 2016
"Write an article for
publication that would
tell the story of your
project so that others
could replicate what
you did in their own
parish or setting."
CEU Application
Submission Due: TBD
Exemplary
6 pts
Your project is
completed within the
indicated two-month
time frame. If an
extension is needed,
you have negotiated
this with your mentor.
Your essay stays
within the 500 word
limit. It is wellorganized
(Introduction, middle,
ending) and includes:
1. Personal reflection
on your experience in
DDBC
2.How you plan to
apply what you
learned in your
ministry
3. How you have
applied your
understanding of the
ISTE Standards to
your ministry
Satisfactory
4 pts
Needs
Improvement
2 pts
Unsatisfactory
0 pts
Your project is
not completed
and you have not
negotiated a new
due date.
Your essay
exceeds the 500
word limit (or falls
far short).
It is wellorganized
(Introduction,
middle, ending),
but it omits some
of the essential
components
(personal
reflection,
application to
ministry or
understanding of
ISTE Standards)
Your essay lacks
organization and
omits more than
one of the
essential
components.
Your article is
done on time and
approved by your
mentor, but you
did not post your
article on your
personal wiki
page.
Your mentor is
unable to approve
the final draft by
the due date, but
you have
negotiated an
extension.
You did not
complete the
essay.
Your essay is late
and you did not
negotiate an
extension with
your mentor.
Your essay is posted
on your wiki essay
page by the due date.
Your article is
complete by the due
date and is posted on
your personal article
wiki page.
You worked with your
mentor to proof and
edit your article.
Your article is ready to
submit to a blog or
online journal. Your
article is of sufficient
detail that the reader
could replicate your
project.
You did not
complete the
article.
Score
3
Criteria
IMPLEMENTATION of
the Digital Tool(s) You
Are Integrating
SOCIAL/ONLINE
COMMUNITY
DESIGN
For Online Material
Satisfactory
4 pts
Needs
Improvement
2 pts
All aspects of your
stated objectives
regarding
implementation are
achieved.
50% of your
stated objectives
achieved.
Up to 25% of your
objectives
achieved.
Tool is set up, but
not implemented.
Your project includes
extended networked
connections with
others beyond local
community.
Your project
accomplished
connection with a
team, school or
parish.
Limited social
connection - one
or two other
people
No social
connection
Type size and face is
easy to read.
Content layout is easy
follow and consistent.
Background and
foreground colors
have good contrast
and contribute to the
site design.
Color use is
consistent.
Type size and
face is easy to
read.
Content layout is
not easy follow
and
inconsistently
applied.
Color use is not
consistent.
Type size and
face is difficult to
read.
Content layout is
not easy follow
and inconsistently
applied.
Background and
foreground colors
are distracting.
Screens are
either barren and
stark or confusing
and cluttered.
Project honors all
rules of spelling and/or
grammar.
Project
adequately
honors most
rules of spelling
and/or grammar.
(Two or less
errors)
Project minimally
honors rules of
spelling and/or
grammar. (Three
or less errors)
Project has
multiple errors in
spelling and/or
grammar. (Four
or more errors)
Fair use guidelines are
followed well on all
pages.
Fair use
guidelines are
followed
reasonably well
on majority of
pages.
Fair use
guidelines
followed on a few
pages.
Fair use
guidelines not
followed .
Exemplary
6 pts
SPELLING AND
GRAMMER
FAIR USE
Guidelines
Unsatisfactory
0 pts
Score
4
Criteria
DIGITAL IMAGES
PUBLICATION
AUTHORING AND
CONTACT
INFORMATION
Needs
Improvement
2 pts
Exemplary
6 pts
Satisfactory
4 pts
You have submitted a
digital image of
yourself (preferably a
head shot) to your
mentor for future use
by DDBC. You have
submitted one or more
images of your
Capstone Project
showing people using
technology in your
classroom or ministry
setting.
You have
submitted a
digital image of
yourself but not
an image related
to your Capstone
Project.
You have not
submitted any
digital images.
You have successfully
published your
Capstone Article
online and have
provided a link to us.
You have
arranged to have
your Article
published on a
future date.
No publication.
Author's name and
contact information
are included on
proposal page, the
essay page and the
article page of the
wiki.
COMMENTS FROM YOUR MENTOR:
Unsatisfactory
0 pts
Author's name
and contact
information are
not included
Total / 90
Score