Rubric

** Home Page **  ||  The home page has a large visible title and image, a well-stated summary, the unit's objectives, and a complete glossary of terms.   ||  1 or 2 of the home page requirements are missing or incomplete    ||  3 of the home page requirements are missing and/or incomplete    ||  Home page is missing many requirements and/or page does not reflect the unit accurately    ||
 * ** CATEGORY **  ||  ** 4 **   ||  ** 3 **   ||  ** 2 **   ||  ** 1 **   ||
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** Images **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||  <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">At least 2 images are present on each section. Images are related to the theme/purpose of the site, are thoughtfully cropped, are of high quality and enhance reader interest or understanding. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||  <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">2 images are present on each section. Images are related to the theme/purpose of the site, are of good quality and enhance reader interest or understanding. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||  <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Only one image is present in each section. Images are related to the theme/purpose of the site, and are of good quality. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||  <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Not every section is complete with 2 images. Images seem randomly chosen, are of low quality, OR distract the reader. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||
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** Video  **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> ** and  **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> ** Animation **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||  <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Video and animation are present and thoughtfully placed only where they add to reader understanding of the content. All links point to high quality, up-to-date, credible sites. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||  <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Video and/or animation is present but randomly placed on the site Almost all links point to high quality, up-to-date, credible sites. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||  <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">One of the two required video or animation, is missing and/or 1 of the 2 detracted from the overall site. Most links point to high quality, up-to-date, credible sites. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||  <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The required video and/or animations is missing, or they were seemingly used randomly OR typically detracted from the overall site. less than 3/4 of the links point to high quality, up-to-date, credible sites. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  || ** Spelling and Grammar **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||  <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">There are no errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar in the final draft of the Web site. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||  <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">There are 1-3 errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar in the final draft of the Web site. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||  <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">There are 4-5 errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar in the final draft of the Web site. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||  <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">There are more than 5 errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar in the final draft of the Web site. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||
 * ** Practice Quiz  ** || <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Practice quiz is present with at least 10-20 high quality questions along with an answer key.   || <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Practice quiz is present with at least 10-20 questions along with an answer key.   || <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Practice quiz is present with less than 10-20 questions along with an answer key.   || <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> Practice quiz is present with questions but is missing an answer key.   ||
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** Interest  **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> ** and  **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> ** Layout **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||  <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The author has made an exceptional attempt to make the content of this Web site interesting to the people for whom it is intended. The Web site has an exceptionally attractive and usable layout. It is easy to locate all important elements. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||  <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The author has tried to make the content of this Web site interesting to the people for whom it is intended. The Web pages have an attractive and usable layout. It is easy to locate all important elements. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||  <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The author has put lots of information in the Web site but there is little evidence that the person tried to present the information in an interesting way. The Web pages have a usable layout, but may appear busy or boring. It is easy to locate most of the important elements. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||  <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The author has provided only the minimum amount of information and has not transformed the information to make it more interesting to the audience (e.g., has only provided a list of links to the content of others). The Web pages are cluttered looking or confusing. It is often difficult to locate important elements. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  || ** Cooperative Work **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||  <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Partners show respect for one another's ideas, divide the work fairly, and show a commitment to quality work and support for each other. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||  <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Partners show respect for one another's ideas and divide the work fairly. There is commitment by some members toward quality work and support of one another. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||  <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Partners show respect for one another's ideas and divide the work fairly. There is little evidence of a commitment toward quality work in the group. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||  <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Partners argue or are disrespectful of other's ideas and input. Criticism is not constructive nor is support offered. The work is mostly done by one or two people. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||
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** Copyright **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||  <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Fair use guidelines are followed with clear, easy-to-locate and accurate citations for all borrowed material and are listed at the bottom of the home page. No material is included from Web sites that state that permission is required unless permission has been obtained. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||  <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Fair use guidelines are followed with clear, easy-to-locate and accurate citations for almost all borrowed material. No material is included from Web sites that state that permission is required unless permission has been obtained. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||  <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Fair use guidelines are followed with clear, easy-to-locate and accurate citations for most borrowed material. No material is included from Web sites that state that permission is required unless permission has been obtained. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||  <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Borrowed materials are not properly documented OR material was borrowed without permission from a site that requires permission <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">   || ** Content Accuracy  **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> ** (Double value) **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">  ||  ** 8 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">   ||  ** 6 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">   ||  ** 4 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">   ||  ** 2 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">
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 * ^  ||  <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">All information provided by the student on the Web site is accurate. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">   ||  <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Almost all the information provided by the student on the Web site is accurate. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">   ||  <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Some of the information provided by the student on the Web site is inaccurate or misleading. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">   ||  <span style="font-size: 9pt; color: black; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">There are significant inaccuracies in the content provided by the students. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">   ||
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