Criteria	Unacceptable 0 Points	Acceptable 1 Point	Good 2 Points	Excellent 3 Points
Tolerance & Respect	Posts rude content	Communicates in friendly and helpful manner but there is a lack of tolerance and respect	Contributes to discussion with some courteous attitude and tolerance formatted in an easy to read style	Contributes to discussion with clear, tolerant and respectful attitude formatted in an easy to read style
Clarity & Mechanics	Posts  long and unorganized content that may contain multiple errors or may be inappropriate.	Posts with some errors in clarity or mechanics.	Contributes valuable information to discussion with minor clarity or mechanics errors.	Writing clear and free from mechanical errors (complete sentences, well organized, grammatically correct, and free of spelling errors)
Responsibility and Commitment	Participates not at all.	Participates 1-2 times on the same day.	Participates 3-4 times but postings not distributed throughout week	Participates 4-5 times throughout the week
Level of interaction	Posts no follow-up responses to others.	Posts shallow contribution to discussion (e.g., agrees or disagrees). There´s a lack of interaction	Interacts with some participants (Contributing and posting follow-responses)	Interacts with the online community (Contributing, posting follow-responses and elaborating in existing postings)
Content Contribution	Posts information that is off-topic, incorrect, or irrelevant to discussion.	Repeats but does not add substantive information to the discussion or	Posts information that is factually correct; lacks full development of concept or thought.	Posts factually correct, reflective and substantive contribution; advances discussion