19. A method implemented on a computing device having a processor, comprising: using the computing device having the processor to perform the following: selecting a natural interaction forum; attaching a rubric to the selected natural interaction forum, wherein the rubric is a template used for assessing the learner's knowledge of the topic; assigning to the learner a natural interaction assignment in the selected natural interaction forum to assess the learner's knowledge of the topic; assessing the learner's knowledge of the topic with the natural interaction assignment to generate assessment results based at least in part on the attached rubric, wherein assessing the learner's knowledge includes using at least one of a participation metric, or a tagging metric, or a natural language metric to assess the learner and generate the assessment results; and computing a final score of the learner on the natural interaction assignment from the assessment results, wherein computing the final score includes computing a single score from the assessment results and normalizing the single score to obtain the final score of the learner on the natural interaction assignment.
19. A method implemented on a computing device having a processor, comprising: using the computing device having the processor to perform the following: selecting a natural interaction forum; attaching a rubric to the selected natural interaction forum, wherein the rubric is a template used for assessing the learner's knowledge of the topic; assigning to the learner a natural interaction assignment in the selected natural interaction forum to assess the learner's knowledge of the topic; assessing the learner's knowledge of the topic with the natural interaction assignment to generate assessment results based at least in part on the attached rubric, wherein assessing the learner's knowledge includes using at least one of a participation metric, or a tagging metric, or a natural language metric to assess the learner and generate the assessment results; and computing a final score of the learner on the natural interaction assignment from the assessment results, wherein computing the final score includes computing a single score from the assessment results and normalizing the single score to obtain the final score of the learner on the natural interaction assignment. 23. The method of claim 19 , further comprising creating tags for the learner's posts in the natural interaction forum that matches information in the learner's posts to topics in the rubric.