LoudCloud: Marking Substantive Posts

Participation Defined

• Faculty members are expected to clearly communicate the criteria they will be using in assessing participation.

• The participation criteria is part of the standard GCU classroom policies, located in each classroom at Resources > Student Success Center > Classroom Policies - Student Expectations and Faculty Commitment. Please refer to this document for the participation requirements for each course.

“I always knew I could control one thing…my effort”- Ryan Seacrest

• Marking student posts as Substantive throughout the week will work to consolidate your efforts when grading weekly participation.

• The following slides illustrate the action steps to implement this best practice within the LoudCloud Classroom.

Marking Posts as Substantive

• Participation refers to student contributions in the DQ forums above and beyond the mandatory DQ responses.

• As an instructor reads the student participatory contributions, s/he can mark posts as Substantive by clicking on “Yes” and “Submit.”

Step 2Step 1

Participation Feedback• The LoudCloud Gradebook calculates the amount of Substantive Posts

(indicated by number in parenthesis).• Note: the Total number indicates the total responses throughout the week,

which includes DQ responses, participation posts, both substantive and not substantive)

Substantive Posts

• There should be some level of variance in feedback provided, grading for content and overall quality of responses.

• According to GCU policy, faculty are expected to provide substantive, individualized, and comprehensive feedback on student participation within 7 days of the module end date.

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