PASS Rubric for Discussion (forum)
Participation as a component of grading is based on several important ideas: 
•	to practice reflective thinking you must take the risk of sharing your perceptions and interpretations and receive feedback from others on their soundness; 
•	a manager (or anyone else in a work setting for that matter) must develop and refine communication skills; 
•	we construct knowledge and learn from each other, and if you don't speak, others don't learn from you--and vice versa; 
•	the evaluation of your performance is based on what can be demonstrated and observed-- you need to show what you know; 
•	the more noticeable you make yourself (in good ways of course), the more memorable you are to others when they are trying to recall things about you.
Presentation Component	Unacceptable 
0 Points	Acceptable 
1 Point	Good
2 Points	Excellent 
3 Points	 	
Frequency of participation	does not contribute or alternately dominates discussion	irregularly participates	participates and initiates questions and comments	regularly participates and initiates questions and comments		
Relevance & value	tangential or pedantic	contributes on portions or segments, but misses the big picture	comments are pertinent to topic and adds facts and perspectives	comments are pertinent to topic and add important facts and perspectives		
Rhetoric	argues opinion or emotion without evidence	provides weak or inconsistent evidence or reasoning	gives some evidence supporting assertions, uses logic and gives some examples	gives evidence supporting assertions, argues logically, gives examples		
Inclusion	does not mention others or further develop ideas previously discussed	implies contributions of others and bases argument on previous contributions	relates to points made by other contributors, summarizes, contrasts, harmonizes, etc.	builds on and relates to points made by other contributors, summarizes, contrasts, harmonizes, etc.		
Articulation	mispronunciation, poor use of words, poorly organized ideas	uses jargon, common expressions rather than appropriate technical terms	organized use of language, expresses ideas	clear and organized use of language, expresses ideas fluently, visual supplements		
Presentation	speaks too softly for all to hear, addresses only the instructor, monotone, upspeak, mannerisms	inconsistent in presentation, needs reminding, variable style	for the most part: maintains eye contact, addresses all of class, audible volume, interest & inflection in voice	eye contact, addresses all of class, audible volume, interest & inflection in voice		
Vocabulary	uses cliche's, mundane vocabulary, uses terms incorrectly	inconsistent in use of proper terms	shows some knowledge with accurate use of terms	demonstrates knowledge and accurate use of terms		
Receptive	defensive, demeans others' comments, talks over them, or disregards feedback	is respectful and listens, but does not apply feedback	listens to and considers feedback from others	accurately listens to and considers feedback from others		
Preparation	makes spontaneous but uninformed comments	comments are informed but lack completeness of comprehensive preparation	has read assigned material and relates some comments to it	has read assigned material and relates comments to it		
Originality/creativity	restatement of readings or comments already offered	unconventional ideas but may not be well thought out or practical	presents a different perspective, has an original approach	presents novel view, different perspective, original approaches