On-Line Activities
| Criterion | A 90-100 Excellent Sophisticated |
B 80-89 Good Competent |
C 70-79 Acceptable Adequate |
D 60-69 Unacceptable Inadequate |
F 0-59 Not Yet Competent |
| Major Postings | Major postings respond exactly to the assignment. MPs are carefully composed, clearly focused, well organized, and well developed. They clearly demonstrate that the student is familiar with the text(s), is making appropriate connections between and among texts, and is making every effort to engage the course material actively. MPs clearly demonstrate "higher order" reasoning: analysis, synthesis, evaluation. | MPs respond fairly well to the assignment. They are fairly well focused, well organized, and well developed. They demonstrate that the student has read the text(s), is making some connections, and is engaging the course materials, though to a lesser degree. MPs demonstrate some signs of higher order thinking. | MPs are fair in every regard. They are less well focused, organized, and developed. MPs show that the student may have read the text(s) but is not sufficiently engaging the ideas of the course or making rich and important connections. | MPs are superficial. They either miss the assignment altogether, or they shift around in focus, without any primary thesis. They demonstrate only a merely casual interest in the course materials and do not demonstrate any effort to think or reflect seriously. MPs are trivial, clichéd. | MPs are superficial and poorly written. They miss the assignment or dodge it, and they demonstrate no serious interest in the course texts or materials. MPs do raise the suspicion that the student is NOT doing the basic required work of the class. They are full of careless errors of all kinds. |
| Major Responses to Others | Student responds regularly to other students in a number of folders on WebCT. Response rate indicates DAILY monitoring of WebCT and active engagement with other students. Responses are friendly, open minded, spirited, intelligent, generous, fair, and cogent. They represent more than the mere acknowledgement of someone else's ideas; the responses are also probing | Student responds occasionally to other students. Response rate indicates not quite daily monitoring of WebCT and occasional engagement of other students. Responses are friendly, open minded, spirited, intelligent. Same overall quality of response postings, just less frequency. | Student seldom responds to others. Responses are short and superficial, indicating a lack of real engagement with others in the class. Response postings are sometimes rude, abrasive, tactless | Student makes little or no effort to respond to others. Superficial engagement. Rude, narrow-minded, abrasive, bigoted, vulgar. | Student is totally unresponsive, totally disconnected. Not even logging on for periods of a week or more. Not really in the course at all, except on the roll |
| Community Building Posts | Shows real connection to the course by occasionally making friendly or social posts | Shows some connection to the course by sometimes making friendly or social posts | Shows only slight connection to the course by making friendly or social posts | Shows very little connection, very little social engagement. | Not really in the course at all or concerned for others. |
| Overall WebCT Class Connectivity | Connects to WebCT daily as part of the routine of the course. Responds to email and front page announcements quickly. Demonstrates rigorous discipline in connection to WebCT | Connects to WebCT almost daily as part of the routine of the course. Responds to email and front page announcements quickly. Demonstrates discipline in connection to WebCT | Connects to WebCT occasionally.. Responds to email and front page announcements, but is usually late. Demonstrates only casual concern for WebCT. | Connects to WebCT occasionally.. Responds to email and front page announcements, but is usually late. Demonstrates only casual concern for WebCT. | Not really in the course at all. Fails to log on for periods of a week or more. Totally disengaged. |
| Timeliness | Completes postings on time, or notifies me by email in advance if unable to connect. | Completes postings on time, or notifies me by email in advance if unable to connect | Sometimes late with required postings | Frequently late with required postings. Some required postings missing | Does not log on, does not post. Not really in the course at all. |