Blog Rubric

Your blog will be graded on the following categories:

Ideas & Content
(4) The student has many original ideas and they clearly relate to the subject area.
(3) The great majority of ideas are related to the subject area.
(2) Some of the ideas are related to the subject area.
(1) The ideas are not related to the subject area.

Quality of Information:
(4) Information clearly relates to main topic. Includes several supporting details and/or examples.
(3) Information clearly relates to the main topic. It provides 1-2 supporting details and/or examples.
(2) Information clearly relates to the main topic. No details and/or examples are given.
(1)Information has little or nothing to do with the main topic.

Amount of Information:
(4) All topics are addressed and all questions answered with at least 300 words
(3) All topics are addressed and most questions answered with at least 300 words.
(2) All topics are addressed, and most questions answered with at least 300 words.
(1) One or more topics were not addressed.

Sources
(4) All sources (information and graphics) are credible and accurately documented in MLA format and hyperlinks.
(3) All sources (information and graphics) are credible accurately documented, but a few are not correct format.
(2) All sources (information and graphics) are accurately documented, but many are not in the desired format or are not credible.
(1) Some sources are not accurately documented and most are not credible.

Mechanics
(4) No grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.
(3) Almost no grammatical, spelling or punctuation errors.
(2) A few grammatical spelling, or punctuation errors.
(1) Many grammatical, spelling, or punctuation errors.

Visual illustration
(4) Diagrams and illustrations are neat, accurate, and add to the reader's understanding of the topic.
(3) Diagrams and illustrations are accurate and add to the reader's understanding of the topic. (2) Diagrams and illustrations sometimes add to the reader's understanding of the topic.
(1) Diagrams and illustrations are not accurate OR do not add to the reader's understanding of the topic.

Academic Writing
(4) Posts are well-written, and have strong academic writing style.
(3) Posts are well-written, with academic writing style
(2) Posts have are moderately well-written and have casual writing style.
(1) Posts are poorly written with casual writing style.

Blog Community
(4) The student participated actively in the blogging community via comments on other weblogs. (3) The student participated moderately in the blogging community.
(2) The student rarely participated in the blogging community.
(1) The student did not participate in the blogging community.

Enhancements
(4) The student greatly enhanced their weblog space using video, audio, images or other add-ons, which improved readability.
(3) The student enhanced their weblog to some extent using video, audio, images or other add-ons, some of which reduced readability.
(2) There is very little evidence of multimedia enhancement and the student blog is primarily text-based.
(1) The student did nothing to enhance or personalize the weblog space.