Blog Rubric

Blog Rubric

Criteria	Unsatisfactory 1	Partially Proficient 2	Proficient 3	Very Proficient 4	POINTS
Content and Creativity	Postings show no evidence of insight, understanding and reflective thought about the topic.	Postings provide minimal insight, understanding and reflective thought about the topic.	Postings provide moderate insight, understanding and reflective thought about the topic.	Postings provide comprehensive insight, understanding and reflective thought about the topic.
	Postings present no specific viewpoint and no supporting examples are provide.	Postings present specific viewpoint but lack of supporting examples.	Postings present  specific viewpoint that is substantiated by supporting examples.	Postings present a focused, and cohesive viewpoint that is substantiated by effective supporting examples.
	Postings are written in a half-hearted, disjointed manner that reflects no awareness of affective communications.	Postings are brief and unimaginative, and reflect minimal effort to connect with the audience.	Postings are generally well written with some attempts made to stimulate dialog and commentary.	Postings are creatively and fluently written to stimulate dialog and
Voice	Postings are carelessly written with no attempt to consider the audience and no awareness of author voice.	Postings are written in a style that does not fully consider the audience, and the author’s voice is difficult to identify.	Postings are written in a style that is generally appropriate for the intended audience and an attempt is made to use a consistent voice.	Postings are written in a style that is appealing and appropriate for the intended audience and a consistent voice is evident throughout.
	Postings are devoid of any personality; words used are trite and unexpressive	Postings reflect almost no personality and little attempt is made to use effective word choices to bring the topic to life.	Postings reflect a bit of the author’s personality through word choices that attempt to bring the topic to life.	Postings reflect the author’s unique personality through expressive and carefully selected word choices that bring the topic to life
Organization	Fails to provide a consistent organizational structure and shows no awareness of the need for consistency	Uses a loosely defined organizational structure that shows minimal awareness of the need for consistency	Uses a generally consistent organizational structure, with the most current posting listed at the top	Uses a consistent organizational structure that is easy to follow and places the most recent posts at the top of the page
Timeliness	Fails to update blog within the required time frame.	Updates blog when reminded; posts are often missing a date stamp.	Updates blog when required; most posts are date-stamped.	Updates blog as often or more often than required; all posts are date-stamped
Mechanics	Writes with numerous major errors in grammar, capitalization, punctuation and spelling. (More than 5 errors)	Writes with major errors in grammar, capitalization, punctuation and spelling. (3 or more errors)	Writes with minor editing errors in grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.	Writes with no errors in grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
Text Layout	Uses none of the blog software’s text formatting capabilities.	Uses very few of the blog software’s text formatting capabilities.	Uses some of the blog software’s text formatting capabilities to enhance the content’s visual appeal and increase readability.	Effectively uses the blog software’s text formatting capabilities to enhance the content’s visual appeal and increase readability.
hyperlink	Does not include any links, or the links selected are of poor quality and do not add any value to the information presented in the blog postings.	Includes links to websites or documents that add little value to the information presented in the blog postings.	Includes links to websites or documents, but not all links enhance the information presented in the blog postings.	Includes links to relevant, up to-date websites or documents that enhance the information presented in the blog postings
Graphics and Multimedia	Does not insert any graphics, or uses only low quality graphics and multimedia, which do not enhance the content.	Selects and inserts many low-quality graphics and multimedia which do not enhance the content.	Selects and inserts graphics and multimedia that are mostly high quality and enhance and clarify the content.	Selects and inserts high quality graphics and multimedia when appropriate to enhance and extend the content.
	Fails to acknowledge any image or multimedia sources, either with a caption.	Acknowledges only a few multimedia and image sources and uses incomplete captions.	Acknowledges most image and multimedia sources with captions.	Acknowledges all image and multimedia sources with captions.
Comments and Contributions	Writes openly disrespectful and negative comments on other students’ blog postings.	Writes comments on other students’ blog postings which often fail to show re.spect for other opinions	Writes comments on other students’ blog postings that are generally positive, respectful and add value to the discussion.	Writes comments on other students’ blog postings that are consistently positive, respectful, and succinct while providing a meaningful addition to the discussion.
	Does not meet goals and deadlines for posting comments on other students’ blogs.	Occasionally meets goals and deadlines for posting comments on other students’ blogs.	Meets most goals and deadlines for posting comments on other students’ blogs.	Meets all goals and deadlines for posting comments on other students’ blogs.
Total points					/56