Facilitator's Overview

Students will read 10 quotes related to the government and respond on a discussion board about the quotes that most attract and most repel them with an explanation of their thinking. Students are instructed to respond to two posts made by others.

A rubric is provided to score the discussion posts. A default score has been assigned to the rubric. To update point values in the rubric, view the Rubric tutorial.

For information about facilitating an effective online discussion, refer to the Best practices for facilitating online discussions.

Discussion Post Rubric

Ratings

Criteria

Proficient 3 pt

Novice 2 pt

Undeveloped 1 pt

Pts

Frequency

Initial response and any peer responses are provided by the specified date. 

Initial response and/or peer response is provided late. 

or 

Either an Initial post or a response is provided, but not both.

No initial post or any responses have been provided.

Length

Initial post and any peer responses consist of 1-2 fully formed paragraphs.

Post and any peer response is more than 3 sentences, but not a fully formed paragraph. 

Post and any peer response is 2 full sentences or fewer

3

Substance

Initial post and any responses build upon the prompt/comments to drive the conversation forward.

Initial post and any peer response primarily summarize the discussion prompt or previous posts. 

or 

Initial post and any peer response rephrase what has already been said, without contributing to the conversation.

Post and any peer response is not directly relevant to the discussion. Response is not directly related to the thread.

3

Total Points:  9