For full credit your thoughtful response must:

• Provide a thorough, logical, and original response to the questions;
• Reference the learning materials for this week as well as anything relevant you’ve read, heard, watched, etc;
• Distinguish content you share from content you create. For example, for content that you share, quote it, indent it, set it all in italics; and
• Proof read your work before turning it in.

Note: You must post before you can see other students’ posts. 

Here is an example of a thoughtful response written by a student.

For full credit your substantive peer review comments for classmates must do at least one of these

• Ask a question that will help your classmate rethink their answer or give them a chance to better explain it;
• Complete a compare/contrast analysis of the work by two or more students (one could be you);
• Offer a counter argument. Feel free to politely disagree with classmates but no personal attacks;
• Provide links to other reliable sources to help us understand the question in a new way;
• Kindly point out any shortcomings in the work by your classmate – for example, if your classmate failed to reference the reading, tell them! This gives them a chance to make a correction and get a better grade, so you are doing them them a favor. Just be sure to do so politely. 

Here are examples of substantive comments written by students.

Note: late assignment can still receive partial credit.