Distinguished - Thoroughly describes the characteristics of the selected audience for the instructional website.

Proficient - Describes the characteristics of the selected audience for the instructional website. Minor details are missing. 

Basic - Minimally describes the characteristics of the selected audience for the instructional website. Relevant details are missing. 

Below Expectations - Attempts to describe the characteristics of the selected audience for the instructional website; however, significant details are missing. 

Non-Performance - The description of the characteristics of the selected audience for the instructional website is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Clearly states the selected topics and objectives to achieve the instructional goal of teaching the principles of instructional design. Topics are representative of the five principles of ID (i.e., ADDIE).

Proficient - States the selected topics and objectives to achieve the instructional goal of teaching the principles of instructional design. Topics are representative of the five principles of ID (i.e., ADDIE). Minor details are missing. 

Basic - Minimally states the selected topics and objectives to achieve the instructional goal of teaching the principles of instructional design. Topics are somewhat representative of the five principles of ID (i.e., ADDIE). Relevant details are missing. 

Below Expectations - Attempts to state the selected topics and objectives to achieve the instructional goal of teaching the principles of instructional design; however, topics are vaguely representative of the five principles of ID (i.e., ADDIE), and significant details are missing.

Non-Performance - The statement of the selected topics and objectives to achieve the instructional goal of teaching the principles of instructional design is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Thoroughly describes, with full justification from scholarly and credible sources, the choice of self-assessments for all five topics including the required quiz/test assessment for the Gagné tutorial. 

Proficient - Describes, with justification from scholarly and credible sources, the choice of self-assessments for three of the topics in addition to the required quiz/test assessment for the Gagné tutorial. The description is slightly underdeveloped.

Basic - Describes, with partial justification from scholarly and credible sources, the choice of self-assessments for two of the topics in addition to the required quiz/test assessment for the Gagné tutorial. The description is underdeveloped.

Below Expectations - Attempts to describe the five topics including the required quiz/test assessment for the Gagné tutorial; however, does not justify the description with scholarly and credible sources, and/or the description is significantly underdeveloped. 

Non-Performance - The description of the five topics including the required quiz/test assessment for the Gagné tutorial is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment instructions.

Distinguished - Clearly and accurately identifies the alignment between the objectives and assessments with no errors.

Proficient - Identifies the alignment between the objectives and assessments. No more than one misalignment issue is evident.

Basic - Identifies the alignment between the objectives and assessments. No more than two misalignment issues are evident.

Below Expectations - Attempts to identify the alignment between the objectives and assessments with no errors; however, several assessments or objectives are not accounted for, missing, or inaccurate. 

Non-Performance - The identification of the alignment between the objectives and assessments with no errors is either nonexistent or lacks the components described in the assignment 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 page, and reference page.

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

Basic - Exhibits limited 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 length of the paper is equivalent to the required number of correctly formatted pages. 

Proficient - The length of the paper is nearly equivalent to the required number of correctly formatted pages. 

Basic - The length of the paper is equivalent to at least three quarters of the required number of correctly formatted pages.

Below Expectations - The length of the paper is equivalent to at least one half of the required number of correctly formatted pages.   

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

Distinguished - Uses more than the required number of scholarly sources, providing compelling evidence to support ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.

Proficient - Uses the required number of scholarly sources to support ideas. All sources on the reference page are used and cited correctly within the body of the assignment.

Basic - Uses less than the required number of sources to support ideas. Some sources may not be scholarly. Most sources on the reference page are used within the body of the assignment. Citations may not be formatted correctly.

Below Expectations - Uses an inadequate number of sources that provide little or no support for ideas. Sources used may not be scholarly. Most sources on the reference page are not used within the body of the assignment. Citations are not formatted correctly.

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