Provides a fresh and balanced perspective on the topic
Provides original ideas with a minimum of personal bias
Provides one or two original ideas which include some personal bias.
Does not provide any original ideas and personal bias is obvious
Provides comprehensive insight, understanding, and reflective thought about the topic.
Provides a moderate amount of insight, understanding, and reflective thought about the topic.
Provides only minimal understanding, or reflective thought about the topic.
Provides no understanding or reflective thought about the topic
Explains all ideas clearly and concisely in a logical progression with effective supporting evidence.
Explains most ideas clearly and concisely with supporting evidence.
Incompletely explains ideas and does not effectively use supporting evidence.
Fails to explain ideas clearly, and does not use any supporting evidence.
Presents all information in a style that is appealing and appropriate for the intended audience.
Presents information in a style that is generally appropriate for the intended audience.
Presents information in a style that is often inappropriate for the intended audience.
Presents information in a disjointed unpolished style which is inappropriate for the intended audience.
Organization (10 points possible)
Uses a consistent organizational structure that includes grouping related information defines specialized vocabulary and/or provides a table of contents
Uses an organizational structure which groups some but not all related information, defines specialized vocabulary and/or table of contents
Uses a loosely defined organizational structure which attempts to group similar items
Fails to provide a consistent organizational structure, and information is difficult to locate.
Text Layout (10 points possible)
Makes frequent and effective use of headings, fonts, bullet points and white space to enhance the content’s visual appeal and increase readability.
Makes occasional use of headings, fonts, bullet points and white space to enhance the content’s visual appeal and increase readability.
Makes minimal use of headings, fonts, bullet points and white space to enhance visual appeal and readability.
Makes no use of headings, fonts, bullet points or white space to enhance visual appeal and readability.
Hyperlinks (10 points possible)
Includes links to websites or documents that enhance the information presented
Includes links to websites or documents, but not all links enhance the information presented.
Includes links to websites or documents which add little value to the information presented.
Does not include any links, or the links selected are of poor quality and do not add any value to the information presented.
Group/Partner Collaboration (30 points possible)
Contributes equally other group members in researching, writing, editing, and presenting.
Assists group members with most of the researching, writing, editing, and presenting.
Provides minimal assistance to group members in researching, writing editing, and presenting, and does not follow through with all tasks.
Provides no assistance to group members in any of the researching, writing, editing, or presenting and does not follow through with any of the tasks.
Meets all goals and deadlines.
Usually meets goals and deadlines.
Occasionally meets goals and deadlines.
Does not meet goals and deadlines.
Exhibits appropriate wiki etiquette when editing and respects the work of others.
Exhibits appropriate wiki etiquette most of the time and generally respects the work of others.
Exhibits a minimal knowledge of wiki etiquette and often fails to respect the work of others.
Exhibits no knowledge of wiki etiquette and fails to respect the work of others.
Writing Mechanics (10 points possible)
Edits the text with no errors in grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.
Edits the text with minor additional editing required for grammar, capitalization, punctuation and spelling.
Edits the text, but errors in grammar, capitalization, punctuation and spelling distract or impair readability. (3 or more errors)
Edits the text but numerous errors in grammar, capitalization, punctuation and spelling repeatedly distract the reader and major revision is required. (more than 5 errors)
Focus Questions Addressed (20 points possible)
6 questions are addressed appropriately. (20 points)
5 questions are addressed appropriately (14 points)
4 questions are addressed appropriately (10 points)
3 questions are addressed appropriately (6 points)
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