Rubric for Blog Posts

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Blog Post Rubric

Narrative ComponentsExcellent (2 points)Adequate (1 point)Poor (0 points)
PurposeReason for post creation is evident and has significant educational valuePost has some educational value, but viewer may not know the purpose of the narrative (must be inferred)Post has no specific purpose or educational value
Organization• Organized/logical post with clear beginning, middle, and end
• Topic and intended audience are evident
• Viewer can follow along easily and understand content
• Topic unclear until entire post is explored
• Viewer may have a hard time following along and understanding content
• Intended audience unclear (must be inferred)
• Post not organized in logical manner and viewer cannot follow along
• Topic not evident even after entire post is explored
• Intended audience cannot be determined
MechanicsPost contains no/minimal misspellings and/or grammatical errorsPost contains multiple misspellings and/or grammatical errorsPost contains significant number of misspellings and/or grammatical errors
Multimedia ElementPost successfully incorporates the assigned multimedia element:
• Element works properly
• Element significantly improves the post’s content
• Element appears in an appropriate location within the post
Post incorporates the assigned multimedia element, but:
• Element is not working properly/is broken
• Element(s) interferes with post content and should be edited/cut
• Element appears in a confusing location within the post
Multimedia element is missing
SourcesPost incorporates ideas from class readings and/or class discussions with proper attributionPost incorporates ideas from class readings and/or class discussions, but without proper attributionPost does not incorporates ideas from class readings and/or class discussions at all

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