This guide is for COUC 747 Week 8 Discussion Board Blog 8: My Final Blog, start to submission. A blog thread of at least 400 words on "My Final Blog" drawing on the course readings, then substantive interaction with 2 colleagues.
COUC 747 is Instruction in Counselor Education, 3 credit hours, in Liberty University's PhD in Counselor Education and Supervision. Canvas and the course guide file print the code as COUC747; it is the same course.
| Course | COUC 747 Instruction in Counselor Education |
|---|---|
| Module/Week | 8 |
| Points | 40 points |
| Length | Blog thread at least 400 words |
| Replies | Substantive interaction with 2 colleagues' threads |
| Sources | The course readings |
| Faith integration | Not required by the guide |
| Format | Discussion board blog |
What COUC 747 Week 8 Discussion Board Blog 8: My Final Blog asks for
There are 8 discussion board blogs meant to build collaborative learning and critical thinking. You incorporate the course readings to dialogue with like-minded professionals, posting 1 blog thread of at least 400 words and interacting substantively with 2 colleagues' threads. Blog 8, "My Final Blog", is due in Module/Week 8 with McKeachie and Svinicki part 7 and Vella part 3. Worth 40 points.
Where it fits in COUC 747
In the published schedule, Discussion Board Blog 8: My Final Blog is one of 13 graded written assignments in COUC 747. It follows Week 7 Conference Paper and comes before Week 8 Reflective Essay. The same week also has Reflective Essay, so plan the week's writing together.
How COUC 747 Week 8 Discussion Board Blog 8: My Final Blog is graded
Liberty grades Discussion Board Blog 8: My Final Blog with the rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas, worth 40 points in the published guide. That is about 4% of the course's 1,010 points. Read the rubric first. Each row is a criterion, and the wording of the highest column is the closest thing you have to a model answer.
Course grades in COUC 747 use Liberty's point scale: an A is 940 to 1010 points of the course total. Missing the length or source minimum usually costs points on several rows at once, which is why the checklist below starts with them.
Timing in the published guide: Each course module/week begins on Monday morning at 12:00 a.m. (ET) and ends on Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. (ET). The final module/week ends at 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday. Check the due dates in your Canvas section, which govern.
The COUC 747 Week 8 method, step by step
Read the prompt against the week's material
Copy the Discussion Board Blog 8: My Final Blog prompt into your notes and number each question inside it. Then skim the Module/Week 8 reading for the pages that answer each number, so the thread is built from Instruction in Counselor Education material rather than general opinion.
Take a position in the first two sentences
Graders read dozens of threads. State your answer to the main question at the top, then spend the rest of the thread earning it. A thread that warms up for a paragraph loses the reader before the course concepts arrive.
Build the body from course concepts
Each body paragraph should carry one idea from the Instruction in Counselor Education reading, put to work on the prompt. Define it briefly, apply it, and say what it changes. Repeating the chapter back is the most common reason threads score in the middle of the rubric.
Place the sources where they do work
Meet the source rule (The course readings) inside the argument, not in a closing sentence. Cite the textbook where you define a concept and a peer-reviewed article where you make a claim that needs evidence.
Connect it to practice
Close the argument with application. Name the setting and what someone there would do differently because of your answer.
Write replies that add something
Replies are graded too (Substantive interaction with 2 colleagues' threads). Agree or disagree with a specific point, add a source or example the classmate did not use, and ask one real question. Praise alone does not meet the word count in substance.
Write in a thoughtful first-person scholarly voice, cite the readings, and connect them to your own teaching or counselor education experience. These blogs can later serve as material for the reflective essay.
A structure for COUC 747 Week 8 Discussion Board Blog 8: My Final Blog
Word targets are planning numbers for about 600 words of body text, set by the length in the guide; the rubric decides where to spend more.
| Section | What it must do | Target |
|---|---|---|
| Opening | Answer the main question of the prompt directly and state your position. | ~100 words |
| Concept | Define the course concept from the week's reading that the prompt turns on. | ~160 words |
| Application | Apply the concept to the case, setting or question in the prompt. | ~180 words |
| Evidence | Bring in the required sources where they support a specific claim. | ~120 words |
| Close | Restate the answer and what it means for practice or the field. | ~40 words |
A topic angle that works
Use the final blog to look back over the course and ahead to your teaching.
Model paragraph with notes
An original paragraph written by our desk to show the register that earns full rubric credit. It is study material: learn the moves, then write your own.
Over eight weeks my picture of teaching moved from delivering content to designing learning. Freire challenged my habits, Vella gave me principles and McKeachie gave me tools. As a future counselor educator, I want my classes to look more like good counseling: respectful, dialogical and aimed at growth.
- Change.
- Sources of change.
- A vision.
Mistakes that cost points on COUC 747 Week 8
- Summary without reflection.
- Under 400 words.
- Interaction that only agrees.
Checklist before you submit
- Length: Blog thread at least 400 words
- Sources: The course readings
- Replies: Substantive interaction with 2 colleagues' threads
- Every question in the prompt is answered, in order
- The thread is typed into the text box, not attached
- Each rubric row read against the section that answers it
Questions students ask
How many blogs are in COUC 747?
Eight, one each week; seven are worth 80 points and the last 40.
How many points is COUC 747 Week 8 Discussion Board Blog 8: My Final Blog worth?
40 points in Liberty's published course guide for COUC 747, out of a course total of 1,010 points (about 4% of the grade). The rubric attached to the assignment in Canvas shows how those points are divided.
Is COUC 747 Week 8 the same in every section of COUC 747?
This guide follows Liberty's published course guide for COUC 747. Liberty notes that course content can change from term to term, so if your Canvas section shows different instructions, a different week or different points, follow Canvas and your instructor.
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