repare:

• Read Module 3 of your course textbook and review the Evaluating Information—Applying the CRAAP Test (Links to an external site.)
• Watch the GEN103 Determining Authority  (Links to an external site.)and GEN103 Determining Currency (Links to an external site.)
• Find a non-scholarly web page that relates to your research question (you can use this web page for your annotated bibliography). Keep in mind you are to find a web page and not a website. Review the Websites versus Web Pages handout to be sure you understand the difference between the two.
• Examine your chosen non-scholarly web page for currency, relevance, authority, accuracy, and purpose.

Reflect:

• Reflect on the elements of the CRAAP test and how each one indicates the credibility and reliability of a source.
• Consider how your evaluation of each of these elements affects your understanding of the strength of the source.
• Think about why it is important to evaluate any web page that you plan to rely on for information.

Write:

• Apply the CRAAP test to your source.
  • For each of the CRAAP criteria, start a new paragraph.
  • In each paragraph, state which criterion you are addressing and evaluate the source based on that criterion.
  • Provide specific examples to support your evaluation.
• Evaluate your source’s overall strength based on the elements of the CRAAP test. Is this source appropriate to use in answering to your research question, why or why not?
• Explain one thing you have learned from the process of doing this CRAAP test.
• Provide a properly formatted APA reference to the web page at the end of your initial post.Your initial post must be at least 350 words and address all of the prompt’s elements.
  You must cite and reference any sources that you use in your posts, including your textbook or any other sources of information that you use. Please refer to the Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) and Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) for help with citing and referencing your sources

The student will prepare a five to seven (5-7) page analyses of a critical incident response issue(s) in the context of historical event or events. The paper will be prepared in accordance with APA (6th) format.

The paper must reference a minimum of three scholarly articles.  (For a definition and instructions on locating scholarly articles, see the UMUC library website http://www.umgc.edu/library/libhow/articles.cfm)  Three is a minimum; therefore, three is minimally meeting the standard (C – grade).  More than three is required for maximum credit in th

The student will prepare a five to seven (5-7) page analyses of a critical incident response issue(s) in the context of historical event or events. The paper will be prepared in accordance with APA (6th) format.

The paper must reference a minimum of three scholarly articles.  (For a definition and instructions on locating scholarly articles, see the UMUC library website http://www.umgc.edu/library/libhow/articles.cfm)  Three is a minimum; therefore, three is minimally meeting the standard (C – grade).  More than three is required for maximum credit in the resources category of the grading rubric.   Other sources should be evaluated for their credibility (just because it is on the web does not mean it is an accurate trusted source). I have given you a start with at least one scholarly article listed for each topic.

The issue must also be linked to experience in at least one critical incident as part of the discussion.  Previous incidents will be discussed in the scholarly articles; more information can be developed directly from AAR reports.  See the list of AARs that I have developed and please let me know of any others that can be added to the list.

The paper should also reference any relevant government policy.

For each topic I have given you a start with links to scholarly articles and one or more other important resources.  This is a start, if you write the paper from just the sources I provide it will be severely lacking.  Not all resources are directly available from the link.  You may have to look it up in the UMGC library to access the article.  I have not formatted these as APA resources; they are simply titles and links.  I am giving you a head start here, not running the whole race for you!  You will also want to closely examine the syllabus for other articles that apply to your selected topic.

e resources category of the grading rubric.   Other sources should be evaluated for their credibility (just because it is on the web does not mean it is an accurate trusted source). I have given you a start with at least one scholarly article listed for each topic.

The issue must also be linked to experience in at least one critical incident as part of the discussion.  Previous incidents will be discussed in the scholarly articles; more information can be developed directly from AAR reports.  See the list of AARs that I have developed and please let me know of any others that can be added to the list.

The paper should also reference any relevant government policy.

For each topic I have given you a start with links to scholarly articles and one or more other important resources.  This is a start, if you write the paper from just the sources I provide it will be severely lacking.  Not all resources are directly available from the link.  You may have to look it up in the UMGC library to access the article.  I have not formatted these as APA resources; they are simply titles and links.  I am giving you a head start here, not running the whole race for you!  You will also want to closely examine the syllabus for other articles that apply to your selected topic.