Due Date: Initial post and responses are due no later than March 1, 2020
Assignment: Write a prompt with full directions for a discussion forum for the first or second week of class. Be sure to include a deadline, word count if any, responses required, and whether students should have citations.
Respond to at least one of your peers. Submit your prompt as text entry and respond to a colleague's by answering one of the following questions:
Tip! All responses should be CRISP: Considerate, Reflective, Interactive, Succinct, and Pertinent.
Grading Rubric:
Original Posting (5 points)
Replies to Others’ Postings (5 points)
Due Date (for both posts): Tues, June 16, 11:59 pm
Assignment:
1. View the flipgrid for "Muddiest Point" on the Epidemiology Lesson to see concepts that were confusing for your classmates. These short videos from your classmates will be the basis for your Forum posts. You will be required to post at least twice and up to 5 times in the Forum.
2. Create an original post. You must identify one of the "muddiest points" in the flipgrid and create a topic thread in the forum to help clarify one of them. Your forum post must meet the following requirements:
· Clearly restate a "muddiest point" identified by a student from the flipgrid exercise.
· Include appropriate context for the issue (e.g., "This issue is related to how to interpret transmission rates in the 'How Diseases Spread' Simutext.")
· Include a CLEARLY WRITTEN explanation of the concept, in a way that should be able to clear up the issue for your classmate(s).
· Identify what resource(s) you used to get your information.
· Your post should be 50-1oo words.
3. Reply to at least one more post, you must view a separate topic thread in the Forum and contribute to that discussion. In this case, you should provide additional helpful feedback. Some options are:
· Agree with the student who posted the thread if you think they appropriately addressed and clarified the muddy point and explain why; add helpful feedback that supports your stance, if possible. Identify what resource(s) you used to get your information.
· If you think the a post is off the mark, explain why. Offer additional clarification. Identify what resource(s) you used to get your information.
· Further the discussion by asking follow up question, providing a real-world example, make a connection to something else in class or to other student comments, etc. Identify what resource(s) you used to get your information.
Grading rubric:
Original Post (5 points)
a. muddiest point clearly identified (1 point)
b. appropriate context included (1 point)
c. clearly written clarification (1 point)
d. resources identified (0.5 points)
e. 50-100 words (1 point)
f. Spelling/grammar (0.5 points)
Reply to other Post (3 points)
a. At least one response is given (1 point)
b. Response helps to clarify point/adds additional support/or otherwise furthers the discussion (1 point)
c. Resource identified (0.5 points)
d. Spelling/grammar (0.5 points)