Distinguished - Clearly and meticulously identifies the expected users/audience for instructional tool, providing the reader with a full understanding.

Proficient - Clearly identifies the expected users/audience for instructional tool, providing the reader with a sufficient understanding.

Basic - Identifies the expected users/audience for instructional tool, but may lack clarity and detail. Provides the reader with a rudimentary understanding.

Below Expectations - Attempts to identify the expected users/audience for instructional tool, but is significantly unclear and/or limited.  

Non-Performance - The paper is either nonexistent or fails to identify the users/audience for instructional tool.

Distinguished - Provides a link to instructional tool, and thoroughly explains its purpose, clearly delivering all necessary and relevant information for the reader to gain a comprehensive understanding of the tool.

Proficient - Provides a link to instructional tool, and explains its purpose, clearly delivering relevant information for the reader to gain a sufficient understanding of the tool.  Explanation may lack very few minor details.

Basic - Provides a link to instructional tool, and explains its purpose, delivering some relevant information for the reader to gain a rudimentary understanding of the tool.  Explanation may lack minor details and/or clarity.

Below Expectations - Provides a link to instructional tool, and attempts to explain its purpose.  Does not delivery enough  information for the reader to gain any understanding of the tool.   

Non-Performance - The paper is either nonexistent or fails to provide a link or address the purpose of the tool.

Distinguished - Provides an entirely accurate and clear description of how at least three design guidelines  have been incorporated into the instructional tool, demonstrating meticulous planning and attention to detail in the design of the instructional tool.

Proficient - Provides a mostly accurate and clear description of how at least three design guidelines  have been incorporated into the instructional tool, demonstrating sufficient planning in the design of the instructional tool.

Basic - Provides a somewhat clear and accurate description of how at least three design guidelines  have been incorporated into the instructional tool, demonstrating rudimentary planning in the design of the instructional tool.  

Below Expectations - Attempts to provide a description of how at least three design guidelines  have been incorporated into the instructional tool, but description contains inaccuracies and lacks significant clarity.  Demonstrates a severe lack of planning in the design of the instructional tool.

Non-Performance - The paper is either nonexistent or fails to address any design guidelines.

Distinguished - Provides a thorough and expert evaluation of the process of creating an instructional tool, demonstrating critical reflection on the entire process.

Proficient - Provides a sufficient evaluation of the process of creating an instructional tool, demonstrating a sufficient level of reflection on the process.

Basic - Provides a rudimentary evaluation of the process of creating an instructional tool.  Evaluation is somewhat limited.

Below Expectations - Attempts to provide an evaluation of the process of creating an instructional tool.  Evaluation is severely limited, demonstrating a significant lack of reflection on the process.

Non-Performance - The paper is either nonexistent or fails to provide any evaluation on the process of creating an instructional tool.

Distinguished - Offers an entirely clear and logical explanation of the likelihood of utilizing selected tool in the classroom, delivering all necessary and relevant information for the reader to gain a comprehensive understanding of the benefits and challenges associated with the tool.

Proficient - Offers a sufficient explanation of the likelihood of utilizing selected tool in the classroom, delivering enough necessary and relevant information for the reader to gain a sufficient understanding of the benefits and challenges associated with the tool.

Basic - Offers a brief explanation of the likelihood of utilizing selected tool in the classroom, delivering basic information for the reader to gain a rudimentary understanding of the benefits and challenges associated with the tool.  Explanation may lack clarity and detail.

Below Expectations - Attempts to offer an explanation of the likelihood of utilizing selected tool in the classroom, but does not deliver enough information for the reader to gain even a rudimentary understanding of the benefits and challenges associated with the tool.

Non-Performance - The paper is either nonexistent or fails to address the likelihood of utilizing selected tool in the classroom.

Distinguished - Clearly and comprehensively explains in detail the issue to be considered, delivering all relevant information necessary for full understanding.

Proficient - Clearly explains in detail the issue to be considered, delivering enough relevant information for an adequate understanding.

Basic - Briefly recognizes the issue to be considered, delivering minimal information for a basic understanding. 

Below Expectations - Briefly recognizes the issue to be considered, but may not deliver additional information necessary for a basic understanding.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions. 

Distinguished - Uses appropriate, pertinent, and persuasive content to discover and develop sophisticated ideas within the context of the discipline, shaping the work as a whole.

Proficient - Uses appropriate and pertinent content to discover ideas within the context of the discipline, shaping the work as a whole.

Basic - Uses appropriate and pertinent content, but does not apply it toward discovering or developing ideas. Overall, content assists in shaping the written work.

Below Expectations - Uses content, though it may be unrelated or inappropriate to the topic. Content does not contribute toward the development of the written work, and may distract the reader from its purpose.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Displays meticulous comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains no errors, and is very easy to understand.

Proficient - Displays comprehension and organization of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains only a few minor errors, and is mostly easy to understand.

Basic - Displays basic comprehension of syntax and mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains a few errors, which may slightly distract the reader.

Below Expectations - Fails to display basic comprehension of syntax or mechanics, such as spelling and grammar. Written work contains major errors, which distract the reader.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Accurately uses APA formatting consistently throughout the paper, title and reference page.

Proficient - Exhibits APA formatting throughout the paper. However, layout contains a few minor errors.

Basic - Exhibits basic knowledge of APA formatting throughout the paper. However, layout does not meet all APA requirements.

Below Expectations - Fails to exhibit basic knowledge of APA formatting. There are frequent errors, making the layout difficult to distinguish as APA.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - The paper meets the specific page requirement stipulated in the assignment description.

Proficient - The paper closely meets the page requirement stipulated in the assignment description.

Basic - The paper meets over half of the page requirement.

Below Expectations - A fraction of the page requirement is completed.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.

Distinguished - Provides ample resources and uses the correct number of sources from the specified search agents.

Proficient - Provides the approximate number of sources, while using some of the correct search agents specified in the assignment instructions.

Basic - Provides over half of the sources required in the assignment instructions.

Below Expectations - Provides inadequate number of resources and does not include sources from specified search agents.

Non-Performance - The assignment is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the instructions.