1. By Richard Schutt For Colorado Christian University Management of Web Based Classes EDU543 Professor Andrew Roob

2.  Due to the lack of face to face interaction between the student and the instructor, assessments of web based classes can become challenging.  Student’s participation is graded via the student “attendance” during the class schedule.  Student’s must actively participate in weekly tests, quizzes, projects and discussions. As the students participates they are awarded weekly grades.  Student’s may at the end of the course assess the instructor and the actual course content.

3.  Weekly Participation  Approximately 10-25% of the course grade.  To prevent dishonesty as well as to create a learner- centered environment, students are typically awarded grades based on a variety of assignments, quizzes, papers, tests, group projects, and discussion contributions. Grading also occurs throughout a class, rather than at one or two points in a term. This increased emphasis on continual and alternative assessment methods has great potential to increase the transparency of the learning process and improve learning according to Anderson and Eulloui (2004).

4.  Weekly Projects / Assignments  Approximately 20-25% in most classes are assigned for the grade of projects and assignments. The student has a required task to complete and the grade is awarded based on correct answers and grammar / punctuation.  Reduction in grades may be assessed for assignments deposited in the assignment drop box after the due date.

5.  Tests and quizzes  The test and quiz grades range from 15-25%, the student either signs into a test bank and is allowed a one time submission of the test or quiz. The test or quiz is automatically graded and the students grade book shows the test score immediately.  Student’s may even be able to take weekly assessments numerous times before taking an actual test for the week.

6.  Final papers and final tests  The finals usually account for 35-50% of the final grade for the course.  The students may be required to submit a final paper of the learned assignment for the entire course (15-25 pages) or complete a final exam to pass the course.  The student is required in a final paper submission to use the schools required format, ie. APA, MLA ect.

7.  A rubric (A grading rubric is a set of criteria for evaluating your class work and for giving you feedback) Tewkesbury (2002).  The rubric is set up to assist the student in ensuring that all required materials to gain the best possible score for the assignment are predetermined and lower scores are given for lower expectations.  Do all the rubric states for a 100% grade and you will receive the 100% grade.

8.  EDU543 Wiki Rubric (Adapted from ReadWriteThink Wiki Rubric with permission.)  CATEGORY  8 Points  6 Points  4 Points  2 Points  Points Awarded 40  Content  8 Points: Covers topic in-depth with details and examples. Subject knowledge is excellent.  6 Points: Includes essential knowledge about the topic. Subject knowledge appears to be good.  4 Points: Includes essential information about the topic, but there are 1 – 2 factual errors.  2 Points: Content is minimal OR there are several factual errors.  Organization  8 Points: Content is well organized, using headings or bulleted lists to group related material.  6 Points: Content uses headings or bulleted lists to organize, but the overall organization of topics appears flawed.  4 Points: Content is logically organized for the most part.  2 Points: There was no clear or logical organizational structure, just lots of facts.

9.  Attractiveness  8 Points: Makes excellent use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance the presentation.  6 Points: Makes good use of font, color, graphics, effects, etc. to enhance to presentation.  4 Points: Makes use of font, color, graphics, etc. but occasionally these detract from the presentation content.  2 Points: Makes use of font, color, graphics, etc. but these often distract from the presentation content.  Contribution to the Wiki  8 Points: Contributes greatly to the development of the class wiki.  6 Points: Contributes adequately to the development of the class wiki.  4 Points: Contributes moderately to the development of the class wiki.  2 Points: Contributes minimally to the development of the class wiki.  Accuracy  8 Points: No misspelling or grammatical errors. No HTML errors in wiki (e.g., broken links, missing images).  6 Points: Three or fewer misspellings and/or mechanical errors. No more than two HTML errors in the student’s contribution to the wiki.  4 Points: Four misspellings and/or grammatical errors. No more than four HTML errors in the student’s contribution to the wiki.  2 Points: More than four errors in spelling or grammar. Five or more HTML errors in the student’s contribution to the wiki. EDU543 Rubric

10.  Anderson, T. and F. Elloumi. 2004. Theory and Practice of Online Learning. Athabasca, Canada: Athabasca University  Tewksbury, B., 1996. Teaching without exams - the challenges and the benefits. Williamsburg, VA. B. Tewksbury, personal comments.  Colorado Christian University Graduate Course EDU543 Grading Rubric for Week 5 Wiki Assignment. Lakewood, Colorado, 2012.