Below is a sample rubric for calculating participation points for Discussion Board posts. Shared with permission from Casandra Laskowski,
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Full credit for discussions requires that you participate on two different days throughout the week it goes live and at least one of your posts must be submitted prior to Wednesday at 11:59 pm of that week. Posts can be either original content (starting a thread) or a response to another student's thread, but only one post of the two can start a thread. Both posts can be responses.
Regardless of whether your post is a thread starter or a reply, it must be a substantial contribution to the discussion. A substantial contribution is longer than one sentence and more than agreement. It addresses elements of the discussion prompt, displays thoughtful analysis of the related issues, and reflects a graduate-level of writing, citing sources where necessary. Sources can be hyperlinked and needn't be in Bluebook format.
Sample Rubric
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1 |
2 |
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Timeliness |
First post not postsed by Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. regardless of when second post was posted |
Second post not posted by Sunday. |
First post posted by Weds at 11:59 p.m. and second post posted by Sunday of that week. |
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1-2 |
3-4 |
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Substance |
No posts submitted. |
Two or more posts showing shallow engagement with the topic. |
Two or more posts showing thoughtful analysis of the issues elements of prompt while displaying excellent quality of writing. |
Posts submitted later than Tuesday the following week will not count towards grading.