Rubric Online Discussion

Rubric
Online Discussions: Tips for Students 

	Online Discussion Rubric 2013
Scoring Criteria	Scoring Levels
	Advanced (93-100%)	Proficient (92-85%)	Emerging (84-77%)	Novice (76- 0%)
Frequency of Postings	Responds to and posts three or more substantive replies to questions and replies to two or more other students’ posts.	Responds to one or two of the questions and posts one or two replies to other students’ posts.	Responds to one of the questions and to one or two of the other students’ posts.	No postings
Timeliness of Postings	Response to teacher’s initial posting and all multiple replies to other members' postings are done within specified time period and are usually done well in advance of the due date.	None of the posts are late.	Some of the posts are late.	Most or all of the posts are late or are not posted at all.
Content of Postings	Responds in a scholarly fashion to the teacher’s initial posting and posts two or more substantive replies that further the discussion to other group members' postings.  Responses are insightful and demonstrate a strong understanding of the reading.  Analysis and support are balanced.	Responses demonstrate a clear understanding of the reading.  Provides much more quoted/paraphrased material than analysis.	Responses relate to reading, but offer little analytic elaboration. Evidence of possible misunderstandings or lacks depth of reading.	Responses are not related to reading or there are no postings.
Conventions	Rules of grammar, spelling, and sentence structure are followed with very few errors.  MLA in-text citations are used correctly.	Rules of grammar, spelling, and sentence structure are followed with a noticeable amount of errors.  Some in-text citations are used but may have errors.	Rules of grammar, spelling, and sentence structure are issues of concern for this writer. No in-text citations are made.	There are many errors in grammar, spelling, and sentence structure in this writing. No in-text citations are made.
Note: This will be used as a holistic rubric. Therefore, I will look for the score column which seems to be a best match to the learner's performance.