{"id":203,"date":"2018-05-16T13:17:58","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T13:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-hccc-marriageandfamily\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=203"},"modified":"2018-06-27T17:51:10","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T17:51:10","slug":"a-brief-overview-of-discussion-forum-grading","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-marriageandfamily\/chapter\/a-brief-overview-of-discussion-forum-grading\/","title":{"raw":"A Brief Overview of Discussion Forum Grading","rendered":"A Brief Overview of Discussion Forum Grading"},"content":{"raw":"<span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;font-size: 13px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;float: none\">This brief overview is provided as a reminder of how you can<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;font-size: 13px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;float: none\">earn good grades on the forums. \u00a0Refer to the remaining documents in this folder for<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;font-size: 13px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;float: none\">detailed instructions.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 13px\">The following guidelines apply to each textbook and Internet Resource discussion forum in the course. (The Reflective <\/span>Blog<span style=\"font-size: 13px\">\u00a0forums <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">have<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">\u00a0different <\/span>guidelines<span style=\"font-size: 13px\">.)<\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Your initial post should be submitted within 3 days of the module start date.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Use the \"Create Thread\" link for your initial post. \u00a0This starts the conversation you will facilitate.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Just submit one of these \"Create Thread\" posts for each forum.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>In the textbook chapter discussion forums, your\u00a0initial post is is a discussion question that you will lead the conversation on.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>In the Internet Resource discussion forum, your initial post is a review you have written and which you will lead the conversation on.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>After you submit your initial post, you must return to the discussion forum often and:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>respond to at least 2 other students' initial posts<\/li>\r\n \t<li>reply to students who have responded to your initial post.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The more acceptable replies you submit - up to 10 - the better your forum grade will be.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>You are to continue your participation in the discussion forum until you have attained the grades you want. \u00a0If your goal is to earn an \"A+\" on a forum, here are the requirements:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Submit your initial post within 3 days of the module start date.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>submit at least 10 reply posts<\/li>\r\n \t<li>post on at least 10 different days.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The more days you participate on - up to 10 - the better your forum grade will be.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>posts submitted after a forum has ended are not evaluated - no exceptions!<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>The maximum number of posts to a forum that you will receive credit for in any 24 hour period is 3.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>This means that if you submit 4 or more posts to the same forum during any 24 hour period \u00a0you will only get credit for 3 of them.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Waiting until the last day or 2 to submit a lot of posts will not help you succeed.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n \t<li>A discussion post that violates either of the 2 Cardinal Rules is not acceptable and will not earn any credit towards your forum grade.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Cardinal Rule #1: Your post must teach us something relevant and accurate about the topic under discussion.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Cardinal Rule #2: Your post title must be a complete sentence which summarizes the main point of your post message.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;font-size: 13px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;float: none\">Discussion forums are the main learning activity in this course.\u00a0 If you don't do well on the discussion forums,\u00a0you will not do well in the course.\u00a0 And, just like in a face-to-face discussion, it is the back-and-forth interaction that makes the discussion worthwhile. \u00a0An<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span>online<span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;font-size: 13px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;float: none\">\u00a0discussion can be just as meaningful as a face-to-face discussion if you engage in this back-and-forth exchange. \u00a0The intent of the discussion forum guidelines above is to facilitate meaningful, interactive,discussions.<\/span>","rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;font-size: 13px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;float: none\">This brief overview is provided as a reminder of how you can<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;font-size: 13px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;float: none\">earn good grades on the forums. \u00a0Refer to the remaining documents in this folder for<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif;font-size: 13px;font-style: normal;font-weight: normal;letter-spacing: normal;text-align: start;text-indent: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;float: none\">detailed instructions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px\">The following guidelines apply to each textbook and Internet Resource discussion forum in the course. 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