Rubric


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 * **Purpose** || Our wiki has a purpose and a message that addresses an important issue. Every component of our wiki supports the purpose. || Our wiki has a purpose. Every component of our wiki supports the purpose. || Our wiki is generally about a topic. Every component of our wiki relates to the topic, but some have a superficial relationship to the topic. || Our wiki seems to be about more than one topic. ||
 * **Information** || Our wiki provides extensive, thorough information about all sides of the issue. || Our wiki provides adequate information about at least two sides of the issue. || The information in our wiki has a few significant gaps and seems a bit one-sided. || The information in our wiki has many gaps and presents only one side of the issue. ||
 * **Interpretation** || We connect the information in our wiki to different subjects and to the real world. We use the information from our research to make inferences and draw original conclusions about our site’s topics. || We connect the information in our wiki to other topics and ideas. We draw our conclusions from our research. || We try to connect the information in our wiki to other topics, but some of our connections are superficial. We try to draw conclusions, but our conclusions are not always based on our research. || We rarely connect the information in our wiki to other topics. The information in our wiki is repeated or paraphrased from other sources. We do not try to draw original conclusions. ||
 * **Multimedia** || We use high-quality multi-media components, such as graphics, sound, animation, and video, to enhance the message of our wiki. Multi-media components work correctly and are integrated effectively throughout our wiki. || We use multimedia throughout our wiki to support our message. || We use multimedia throughout our wiki, but sometimes it detracts from our message. || We do not use multimedia in our wiki. ||
 * **Copyright** || We follow copyright laws for all content in our wiki. || We follow copyright laws for all content in our wiki, but we make some minor errors. || We do not follow copyright laws for some content on our wiki. || We do not follow copyright laws with most of the content on our wiki. ||
 * **Creativity** || We present information in our wiki in fresh, original ways that enhance our message. We effectively use language, organization, and Web features in unique and surprising ways to communicate and persuade our audience to take our message seriously. || We effectively use language, organization, and Web features in original ways to communicate our message. || We try to use language, organization, and Web features in unique and surprising ways to communicate our message, but some of our attempts detract from our message. || We make no effort to communicate our message in original ways. ||
 * **Audience** || We design our wiki to appeal to a specific audience, and we use language and rhetorical devices to appeal to that audience. We anticipate our audience’s questions and concerns, and give them information they need to understand and accept our message. || We think about our audience while we design our wiki, and we address any questions or concerns they might have. || We try to think about our audience while we design our wiki, and we answer some of the questions they might have. || We do not think about our audience while we design our wiki. We only include information that is easy to find or interesting to us. ||
 * **Language** || We use powerful, concrete, and accurate words on our wiki. We use a minimum of technical terms and include definitions, when appropriate. || We use accurate words on our wiki and define technical terms, when necessary. || Some of our word choices are inaccurate, or we use too many technical words. || Our word choices are predictable and often inaccurate. ||
 * **Conventions** || We have no errors in sentences, spelling, capitalization, grammar, or punctuation. || We checked our writing for accuracy in spelling, capitalization, grammar, and punctuation, and we do not have any errors that would confuse readers. || We checked our writing for accuracy in spelling, capitalization, grammar, and punctuation, but we have some errors that may confuse readers. || We did not check our writing for accuracy in spelling, capitalization, grammar, and punctuation, and we have many errors that will confuse readers. ||