A Rubric for Evaluating Student Blogs

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Criteria Unsatisfactor Limited – Proficient – Exemplary – Ratin

y – 0% 80% 90% 100% g
Content and Postings show Postings Postings Postings
Creativity no evidence of provide provide provide
insight, minimal moderate comprehensive
Weight for understanding insight, insight, insight,
this criterion: or reflective understanding understanding understanding,
40% of total thought about and reflective and reflective and reflective
score the topic. thought about thought about thought about
the topic. the topic. the topic by
...building a
focused
argument
around a
specific issue or
...asking a new
related question
or
...making an
oppositional
statement
supported by
personal
experience or
related
research.
Postings Postings Postings Postings
present no present a present a present a
specific specific specific focused and
viewpoint and viewpoint but viewpoint that is cohesive
no supporting lack substantiated viewpoint that is
examples or supporting by supporting substantiated
links to examples or examples and by effective
websites or links to links to supporting
documents are websites or websites or examples
provided, or documents, documents, but or links to
the links but not all not all links relevant, up-to-
selected are of links enhance enhance the date websites
poor quality the information or documents
and do not add information presented. that enhance
any value to presented. the information
presented.
 the information
presented.
Postings are Postings are Postings are Postings are
do not brief and generally well creatively and
stimulate unimaginative written with fluently written
dialogue and , and reflect some attempts to stimulate
commentary minimal effort made to dialogue and
and do not to connect stimulate commentary.
connect with with the dialogue and
the audience. audience. commentary.
Voice Postings do Postings are Postings are Postings are
not reflect an written in a written in a written in a
Weight for awareness of style that style that is style that is
this criterion: the audience does not fully generally appealing and
20% of total and it is difficult consider the appropriate for appropriate for
score to identify the audience, and the intended the intended
author’s voice. the author’s audience and audience and a
voice is an attempt is consistent voice
difficult to made to use a is evident
identify. consistent throughout.
voice.
Postings do Postings Postings reflect Postings reflect
not reflect the reflect almost a bit of the the author’s
author’s no personality author’s unique
personality and and little personality personality
word choice attempt is through word through
does not bring made to use choices that expressive and
the topic to life. effective word attempt to bring carefully
choices to the topic to life. selected word
bring the topic choices that
to life. bring the topic
to life.
Text Layout, Does not insert Selects and Selects and Selects and
Use of any graphics, inserts many inserts graphics inserts high
Graphics or uses only low-quality and multimedia quality graphics
and low-quality graphics and that are mostly and multimedia
Multimedia graphics and multimedia high quality and when
multimedia, which do not enhance and appropriate to
Weight for which do not enhance the clarify the enhance the
this criterion: enhance the content. content. content’s visual
20% of total content. appeal and
score increase
readability.
Does not Acknowledge Acknowledges Acknowledges
acknowledge s only a few most image and all image and
 any image or multimedia multimedia multimedia
multimedia and image sources with sources with
sources, either sources and captions or captions or
with a caption uses annotations. annotations.
or an incomplete
annotation. captions or
annotations.
Timeliness Does not Updates blog Updates blog Updates blog
and Tags update blog when when required; as often or
within the reminded; most posts are more often than
Weight for required time posts are date-stamped required; all
this criterion: frame. often missing with the most posts are date-
10% of total a date stamp. current posting stamped and
score listed at the top. the most recent
posts are
placed at the
top of the page.
Does not The post is Post is Post is
categorize and not categorized and categorized and
tag the topic categorized tagged. topics are
appropriately. and tagged tagged
appropriately. appropriately.
Citations No images, Some of the Most images, All images,
media or text images, media or text media and text
Weight for created by media or text created by created by
this criterion: others display created by others display others display
5% of total appropriate others does appropriate appropriate
score copyright not display copyright copyright
permissions appropriate permissions permissions
and do not copyright and accurate, and accurate
include permissions properly citations.
accurate, and does not formatted
properly include citations.
formatted accurate,
citations. properly
formatted
citations.
Quality of Written Written Written Written
Writing and responses responses responses are responses are
Proofreadin contain include some largely free of free of
g numerous grammatical, grammatical, grammatical,
grammatical, spelling or spelling or spelling or
Weight for spelling or punctuation punctuation punctuation
this criterion: punctuation errors that errors. The errors. The
errors. The style of writing style of writing
 5% of total style of writing distract the generally facilitates
score does not reader. facilitates communication.
facilitate communication.
effective
communication
.
TOTAL

Blogging
Used to grade general blog posts

Absolutely
Needs Work!! Pretty Good!! Great Job!!
Amazing!!
1 pts 2 pts 3 pts
4 pts

Blog Organization Needs Work!! Pretty Good!! Great Job!! Absolutely

10 pts Amazing!!
Should be user friendly and easy to Blog is unorganized, Blog is clear to read, Blog is easy
navigate hard to follow or neat, and presentable to Blog is easy to
navigate, non-working All links and titles are understand, understand, easy to
links, visually easy to find. Blog is clear to navigate, clear to
dissendent. fairly easy to navigate. read and read, aesthetically
navigate, appealing and
aesthetically relevant, all links
appealing are working and
and titles are easy to
relevant, all find.
links and
titles are
easy to find.

Intellectual Engagement Needs Work!! Pretty Good!! Great Job!! Absolutely

20 pts Amazing!!
Blog entries make little Blog entries make some Blog entries
or no reference to reference to classroom show strong Blog entries show
classroom discussion, discussion, lesson, or awareness strong awareness of
lesson, or lesson lesson activities. of key key issues discussed
activities OR Blog entry Student posts an issues in class, lesson or
is copied from another opinion but does not discussed, lesson activities.
student. support it with facts. makes full Student's own
use of opinion is also
information present, and
from presents thought
classroom provoking questions
discussion, or statements to
lesson, and further the
lesson discussion.
activities.
Includes a
student
opinion and
adds
 examples
supporting
the entry.

Personal Response. Needs Work!! Pretty Good!! Great Job!! Absolutely

10 pts Amazing!!
There is no personal Opinion is present but is Opinion is
opinion. not supported by facts. supported Opinion is well
through organized. Student
facts from supports opinion
classroom with facts beyond
discussions the classroom
or discussions (as a
web/reading result of research
resources beyond class) and
provides references
to these sources.

Engaged Writing Needs Work!! Pretty Good!! Great Job!! Absolutely

30 pts Amazing!!
Writing mechanics Blog entries use Blog entries show some Blog entries
incorrect grammar and evidence of correct show a Blog entries meet all
spelling, consistently grammar, spelling, good requirements for a 3
making it difficult for punctuation, etc. Others command of AND have no
others to follow ideas in will have little trouble Standard spelling or
entry. following your entry. English and grammatical errors.
have flair
and
originality.
Few spelling
or
grammatical
errors.

Technology Needs Work!! Pretty Good!! Great Job!! Absolutely

30 pts Amazing!!
Lacking variety in the Uses few forms of Uses many
usage of technology. technology repeatedly. different Updates are
Many links are not All links work. forms of appropriate,
working. technology; numerous uses of
may or may technology being
not be used for information
relevant. All communicated. Can
links work. be in the form of
Can be in posts, new
the form of technology,
posts, new animations,
technology, pictures, podcats,
animations, articles, links, or
pictures, responses to others.
podcats, Blog is very
articles, creative!!
links, or
responses
to others.