Discussion Board Rubric

Discussion Board Scoring Rubric

Criteria Superior Average Poor
Score 8-10 5-7 0-4
Post response is
Post response is Post response is not
above average
directly related directly related to
Relevance and related to the
to the discussion the discussion
discussion
prompt. prompt.
prompt.

Post is above
Post is average
average and
and critically Post does not
critically
/creatively critically /creatively
Content /creatively
engages with the engages with the
engages with the
discussion discussion prompt.
discussion
prompt.
prompt.

It is very evident It is evident from

It is not evident from
from the posting the posting that
the posting that the
that the the participant
participant
participant understands the
understands the
understands the question/s and
question/s and the
Comprehension question/s and the general ideas
general ideas
the general ideas referenced in the
referenced in the
referenced in the discussion
discussion prompt
discussion prompt prompt and or
and or the course
and or the course the course
material
material material.

Post has positive

and constructive Post has
Post has
tone, respectful tone,
disrespectful or
disagreements and violates
Tone are made none of the
destructive tone,
violates one or more
respectively and netiquette
netiquette standards
follows netiquette standards
standards

Post is original,
Post is not original,
or has not been
or has been
Originality Post is original. plagiarized, but
plagiarized without
tone reflects
proper credit
others opinions

All words are

spelled correctly, Some words are
Several words are
sentences are spelled
spelled incorrectly,
Spelling and easily incorrectly,
sentences are not
Coherence understandable. sentences are
easily
Keeps to the easily
understandable
discussion writing understandable
guidelines.