Q Week 8 Online Discussion Assignment: Your Progress So Far / Suggestions and Feedback Online Discussion Assignment Week 8: Your Progress So Far / Suggestions and Feedback In the first paragraph, please discuss your progress in the class. Do you feel that you have improved as a writer? In what areas do you feel you still need improvement? In the second paragraph, please provide feedback regarding the class using the Stop/Start/Continue metric. For both the course and instruction, please list what should be stopped: in other words, what is not working for you? For both the course and instruction, please list what should be started: do you have any ideas for improvement that we could implement? For both the course and instruction, please list what should be continued: what is working for you? As always, please comment substantively on at least two other students' postings. Please complete initial posting by 11:55pm, Sunday, July 12th, 2020; complete all comments by 11:55pm, Monday, July 13th, 2020. Please follow guidelines below. ENGLISH 010 Instructions for Discussion Assignments All responses must consist of at least five Responses must be proofread for grammar and spelling before posting. Post responses by the due date(s). Responses posted after the due date will receive a grade of zero (0). Responses to discussion questions about text readings: Post your answer(s) to the discussion question(s) by the due date. Respond to at least two classmates’ postings by the due date. In at least 5 sentences, include not only agreement or disagreement (as appropriate) but also why you agree, disagree, or both, with your classmate’s response. Be kind and respectful! Discussion Assignments will be graded according to the rubric below. ENGLISH 010 Grading Rubric for Discussion Assignments Points 8 - 10 4 - 7 1 - 3 0 Quality of Posting Appropriate comments: thoughtful, reflective, and respectful of others’ postings. Appropriate comments and responds respectfully to others’ postings. Responds, but with Minimum effort. (e.g. "I agree with Bill") No posting. Relevance of Posting Posts topics related to discussion topic; prompts further discussion of topic. Posts topics that are related to discussion content. Posts topics which do not relate to the discussion content; makes short or irrelevant remarks. No posting. Contribution to the Learning Community Aware of needs of community; attempts to motivate the group discussion; presents creative approaches to topic. Attempts to direct the discussion and to present relevant viewpoints for consideration by group; interacts freely. Does not make effort to participate in learning community as it develops. No feedback provided to fellow student(s). Adapted from https://topr.online.ucf.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/IDL6543_Discussion_Rubric.pdf (University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL