Introduction and Conclusion
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25 points
Provided an excellent introduction / overview which thoroughly introduced the topic of this case study. The introduction fully addressed all Legislation/Policy/Standards/etc. used in the case study.
Provided a separate section of the paper which contained an excellent and thorough summary of the information presented in the case study. Presented at least 3 appropriate conclusions regarding your recommendations.
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20 points
Provided an outstanding introduction / overview which introduced the topic of this paper. Introduction provided adequate mention some or all of the Legislation/Policy/Standards/etc. used in the case study.
Provided a separate section of the paper which contained an outstanding summary of the information presented in the paper. Presented 2 or more appropriate conclusions regarding your recommendations.
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10 points
Provided an introduction/overview but this section was lacking in content and/or did
not tell the reader what to expect (topic of the case study).
Summary and conclusions were weak. OR, the summary was poorly organized and/or
contained inappropriate information or opinion.
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0 points
Introduction was missing and/or not relevant to the required topic for this case study.
Did not provide summary/conclusions for the paper and/or the summary/conclusion was not relevant to the required topic for the case study.
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Research, Addressing the Case Study Elements
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50 points
Answered all of the case study questions.
Provided an excellent discussion of the case study issues that need investigating to answer each question.
Included all the information associated with the corresponding legislation/policies/standards/etc. related to the case study topic.
The discussion appropriately used information from the legislation/policies/standards/etc associated with the case study in addition to information from other sources (i.e., news article, industry or govenment white papers, or authoritative web sources).
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35 points
Answered two or more, but not all of the case study questions.
Provided an acceptable (meet minimum requirements) discussion of the case study issues that need investigating to answer each question.
Included some, but not all, of the information associated with the corresponding legislation/policies/standards/etc. related to the case study.
The discussion appropriately used information from the legislation/policies/standards/etc associated with the case study in addition to information from other sources (i.e., news article, industry or govenment white papers, or authoritative web sources).
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20 points
Answered one, but not all of the case study questions.
Discussion lacked detail of the case study issues that need investigating and/or was not well supported.
The discussion did not appropriately use information from the legislation/policies/standards/etc. associated with the case study.
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0 points
The response to the case study was based on personal opinion (no citations/sources) and/or this content element was missing.
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Professionalism Part I: APA Formatting for Citations and Reference List
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5 points
Work contains a reference list containing entries for all cited resources. Reference
list entries and in-text citations are correctly formatted using the appropriate APA style for each type of resource.
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3 points
Work contains a reference list containing entries for all cited resources. One or two minor errors in APA format for in-text citations and/or reference list
entries.
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1 point
Work attempts to credit sources but demonstrates a fundamental failure to understand and apply the APA formatting standard as defined in the Publication Manual
of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.).
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0 points
Reference list is missing. Work demonstrates an overall failure to incorporate and/or credit authoritative sources for information used in the paper.
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Professionalism Part II - Organization, Appearance, and Execution
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15 points
No formatting, grammar, spelling, or punctuation errors.
Submitted work shows outstanding organization and the use of color, fonts, titles,
headings and sub-headings, etc. is appropriate to the assignment type.
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10 points
Work contains minor errors in formatting, grammar, spelling or punctuation which do
not significantly impact professional appearance.
Submitted work has minor style or formatting flaws but still presents a professional appearance. Submitted work is well organized and appropriately uses color, fonts, and section headings (per the assignment’s directions).
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5 points
Submitted work is difficult to read / understand and has significant errors in formatting, spelling, grammar, punctuation, or word usage.
Submitted work meets minimum requirements but has major style and formatting errors. Work is disorganized and needs to be rewritten for readability and professional appearance.
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0 points
Submitted work is poorly executed OR does not reflect college level work.
Submitted work is poorly organized and formatted. Writing and presentation are lacking in professional style and appearance. Work does not reflect college level writing
skills.
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