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Citing & Annotating Your News Sources

Due No Due Date
Points 10
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Create an APA Citation & Annotation for each of your news sources.

Citation

Database: Use the citation tools to copy your citations.
Websites: See the APA Citation Guide for examples of how to create citations for websites.

Annotation

Write a one-paragraph description or annotation for each source explaining why it is the best source for your topic.

Who is the publisher? What is their reputation online?
Who is the author? What makes them an expert?
What kind of evidence do they cite?

Help

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How to Submit

Click the Submit Assignment button and then upload your APA Annotated Bibliography document
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Rubric

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Annotated Bibliography

Annotated Bibliography
Criteria	Ratings	Pts
Relevance 998_3560 threshold: pts Edit criterion description	2 to >1.5 pts All 5 sources are relevant to the research topic blank 1.5 to >1.0 pts Sources could be more relevant to the topic 1681_4346 1 to >0 pts Topic is unclear, and/or sources are not clearly relevant blank_2 This area will be used by the assessor to leave comments related to this criterion.	pts / 2 pts --
Quality & Credibility 998_3735 threshold: pts Edit criterion description	2 to >1.5 pts All 5 sources are credible, high-quality sources 998_633 1.5 to >0.5 pts Most of your sources are credible and high-quality 1681_5486 0.5 to >0.0 pts Some of your sources are questionable, OR, you are lacking library resources 998_2222 0 to >0 pts Overall lack of source quality, and/or no library resources were used 1681_8689 This area will be used by the assessor to leave comments related to this criterion.	pts / 2 pts --
APA Citations 998_5749 threshold: pts Edit criterion description	2 to >1.5 pts Fewer than 4 errors 998_4873 1.5 to >1.0 pts 5-10 errors 998_7101 1 to >0 pts Over 10 errors 1681_1937 This area will be used by the assessor to leave comments related to this criterion.	pts / 2 pts --
Annotations 16623_5858 threshold: pts Edit criterion description	4 to >3.0 pts All 5 required annotations are included. 16623_6734 3 to >2.0 pts Only 3 of the required annotations are included. 16623_3923 2 to >1.0 pts Only 2 of the required annotations are included. 16623_2622 1 to >0.0 pts Only 1 of the requited annotations is included. 16623_7370 0 to >0 pts Annotations are not included. 16623_6869 This area will be used by the assessor to leave comments related to this criterion.	pts / 4 pts --
Description of criterion threshold: 5 pts Edit criterion description Delete criterion row	5 to >0 pts Full Marks blank 0 to >0 pts No Marks blank_2 This area will be used by the assessor to leave comments related to this criterion.	pts / 5 pts --

Rubric

Title:

Title

Title
Criteria	Ratings	Pts
Description of criterion threshold: 5 pts Edit criterion description Delete criterion row	5 to >0 pts Full Marks blank 0 to >0 pts No Marks blank_2 This area will be used by the assessor to leave comments related to this criterion.	pts / 5 pts --
Description of criterion threshold: 5 pts Edit criterion description Delete criterion row	5 to >0 pts Full Marks blank 0 to >0 pts No Marks blank_2 This area will be used by the assessor to leave comments related to this criterion.	pts / 5 pts --