Wiki Rubric—High School

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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 components 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.

Sources

We gather information for our wiki from a wide variety of primary and reliable secondary sources, such as print sources, Web sites, interviews, observation, databases, and surveys.

We gather information for our wiki from several reliable sources.

We gather information from several sources, but a few of them may be unreliable.

We gather our information from one or two sources, or we do not use any sources.

Citations

We correctly cite all sources for our information, including direct quotes and paraphrasing, when appropriate.

We cite all sources for our information, including direct quotes and paraphrasing, when appropriate. We make a few minor errors in our citations.

We cite some of our sources, but we make some errors in our citations.

We do not cite our sources, or we make numerous errors in our citations.

Multimedia

We use high-quality multimedia components, such as graphics, sound, animation, and video, to enhance the message of our wiki. Multimedia 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.

Collaboration

We use effective decision-making and persuasive strategies to reach consensus on major components of our site. We encourage each other to express individuality in meaningful ways related to the purpose of the site. We respect each other’s work by offering support and constructive criticism, and by agreeing on what changes should be made to the site before we make any changes.

We work together to reach consensus on the major components of our site. We agree on any changes that should be made to the site before we make any changes.

We try to work together to reach consensus about our wiki’s content, but some people have more input than others.

Our site is mostly the work of a few people, and other group members have very little input.

Site Organization

Our wiki’s information is divided logically into pages concerning different subjects, with appropriate amounts of content that expand and enhance our ideas. Sections of information are broken down into an appropriate number of subpages. Links guide users through the wiki in an intuitive way, and a link to the home page is always available.

Our wiki’s information is divided logically into pages concerning different subjects, with appropriate amounts of content. Links guide users through our site, and each page has a link to the home page.

Our wiki’s information is divided into pages that are generally about different subjects. Links guide users through our site, but sometimes the links are hard to find, and returning to the home page is sometimes difficult.

The pages in our wiki seem to be about random subjects. Some of our pages have links, but readers can easily get lost or stuck in one place in our site.

Page Organization

Each page in our wiki thoroughly addresses an important topic related to our purpose. The most important information appears first on the page. We effectively use headings, subheadings, fonts, and Web features, such as anchors, lines, and boxes, to help readers find what they are looking for.

Each page in our wiki addresses a topic related to our purpose. We effectively use headings, subheadings, fonts, and Web features to help readers find what they are looking for.

Each page in our wiki is usually about one topic. We use some headings and Web features, but readers sometimes have difficulty finding what they are looking for.

Our pages are confusing and poorly organized.

Links to Outside Sources

All links on our wiki work and add important information related to our site’s message. All linked sites are appropriate for our audience, and we provide a description of what is available on each site.

All links on our site work and relate to the topic of our site. All linked sites are appropriate for our audience.

The links on our site all relate to the topic of our site, but a few of them do not work.

We have no links on our wiki, or our links are inappropriate, do not work, or are unrelated to the topic.

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 check our writing for accuracy in spelling, capitalization, grammar, and punctuation, and we do not have any errors that would confuse readers.

We check our writing for accuracy in spelling, capitalization, grammar, and punctuation, but we have some errors that may confuse readers.

We do not check our writing for accuracy in spelling, capitalization, grammar, and punctuation, and we have many errors that will confuse readers.