Blogging

Rubric

Student: _____________________________ Week:____________

Score 1 2 3 4 Mark

The student has

The ideas expressed The ideas expressed The student
many original ideas
are not original, are not necessarily expresses some
and expresses them
often confused and original, and are not original ideas. The
Ideas & Content clearly. The great
are not connected to usually connected to majority of ideas are
majority of ideas are
discussions around discussions around related to the
related to the
the subject matter. the subject matter. subject matter.
subject matter.

The post frequency is The post frequency is The post frequency is The post frequency
Post Frequency well below course slightly below slightly above greatly exceeds
expectations. average. average. course expectations.

Posts are well

Posts show a below Posts show above written, and are
Posts are of very average, overly average writing style. characterized by
poor quality. There is casual writing style The content elements of a strong
little to no evidence with a lack of demonstrates that writing style. The
of reading other attention to style. the student reads content
Writing Quality
information in order Students pay little moderately, and demonstrates that
to form new attention to other attempts to the student is well
meaning of the reading and mostly synthesize read, synthesizes
topics at-hand. regurgitate previous information and learned content and
personal views. form new meaning. constructs new
meaning.

Students rarely The student

Students do no show The student
participated in the participated actively
evidence in any participated
blogging community. in the blogging
participation in the moderately in the
Most, if not all, community via
Community blogging community, blogging community.
participation was comments on other
or the course There was some
limited to the weblogs, and citing
community, through evidence of out-of-
weblogs of other others in their
the use of weblogs. class participation.
classmates. research and writing.

There is very little The student

The student greatly
The student did evidence of enhanced their
enhanced their
Use of nothing to enhance multimedia weblog to some
weblog space using
Enhancements or personalize the enhancement and extent using video,
video, audio, images
weblog space. the student blog is audio, images or
or other add-ons.
primarily text based. other add-ons.