TIGER rubric to selfassess quality of pragmatic discussion postings, Alvaro Galvis, 2007
INDICATORS 5 EXCELLENT 4‐3 GOOD 2‐1 FAIR 0 UNACCEPTABLE POINTS
Title. A short sentence The title is suggestive and The title relates to the content There is a title but it is fairly There is no title, or it is just that delivers the intention reflects the intention and of the message but does not related to the content. "My the automatic RE:.. of the message and content of the message. E.G. underscore the intention. E.G. ideas on the topic" produced by the system captures attention "Technology in education: pro "Technology in education" and cons" Illation. It refers to The message builds on prior The message mentions prior The message mentions The message does not take building new ideas based messages threading ideas messages but does not link authors and ideas from other into consideration prior on logical reasoning from between them them messages that were taken messages what others have said, into consideration quoting and reasoning on their postings Generative. It refers to The intervention helps The message includes questions The message includes There are no new generate more discussion, deepening the discussion, or arguments but they do not questions but they are not discussion seeds, or there not for the sake of it but leaves new discussion seeds, help deepening the discussion open ended are only pseudo‐questions getting to the core of provokes debate what is being discussed Enriching underscores the The intervention moves the The message focuses the The message deals with the The intervention does not importance of stirring the discussion forward bringing discussion highlighting key discussion thread but does correspond to the discussion, of adding new elements or perspectives elements of it not add value to it discussion thread value to it. into it Readability highlights the The message is well written The intervention is well written The message is The message is not importance of ensuring and is presented in an easily but it is in a hard to read format understandable but it is not understandable sentence quality for your readable format well written or presented message TIGER postings. Amount Two or more postings are Only one posting is TIGER Only one posting is TGER None of the postings are of postings that either TGER or TIGER TGER of TIGER accomplish TIGER criteria