Your grade on the discussion board posts will be based upon submitting work following the Writing Guidelines.

Participation in the discussion board writing assignments on a weekly basis is a requirement for this course. You will receive a grade for your participation. In order to receive points, here are the guidelines to follow:

1. This represents a significant part of your grade so please spend some time on writing assignments each week. Even if you are offering an opinion, you must support your opinion or comment with facts/research.

2. Be respectful of your other classmates. Do not post personal comments or remarks not related to the discussion topic. Do not engage in personal attacks as you may lose your access to this forum and therefore, lose points. Please only reveal information regarding yourself that you are completely comfortable sharing with the entire class. Please do not reveal information about others as they may not want this information revealed or shared.

3. Use proper grammar and punctuation.

4. In order to receive credit, you must post a comment that relates to the topic. Simply agreeing or disagreeing will not count. You must post why you agree or disagree and support your view.

5. Plagiarism or use someone else's words as your own will not be accepted. You will not receive any points and this will be counted as a violation of the honesty policy.