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Class participation via the discussion board makes up a significant percentage of your overall grade (20%).
How to receive full credit (100%) for each weekly discussion board.
- Submit your first post by Friday of each week at the latest. This is worth 80% of the weekly grade.
- Respond to the post of one other student by Sunday. This is worth 20% of the weekly grade.
- Make sure your first post is at least 150 words in length.
- Make sure your response to another student is at least 75 words. Comments such as “Nice post” or “I agree” are friendly but will not receive credit.
- Make sure you post in the week in which the discussion was assigned. For example, post your Week 3 response during Week 3.
A few other notes about discussion board grading
- The highest grade an original post can receive if it is submitted on the weekend is 75%
- Posts submitted as attachments will not be opened.
- Discussion boards cannot be “made up.” This is because once a discussion has closed, there is no one in the forum with whom to discuss anything.
- Understand that if everyone posted on the weekend, there would be no ongoing discussion during the week.
