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Editing an Assignment

Locate the assignment that you wish to edit, and hover over the link for the assignment. Click the chevron button that appears next to the assignment and select Edit from the menu.

Selecting a Rubric

After choosing Select Rubric, you will now see a list of rubrics available to add to the assignment. Check the box next to the name of the rubric you wish to add and click the Submit button at the bottom of the page.

Assigning Points Possible

If the point value of the rubric is different than that of the assignment, a dialog box will appear with the following text: Click OK to assign the rubric's Maximum Points as the Points Possible. Click the OK button.

Modifying Rubric Options

After selecting a rubric, information similar to the screen above will appear in the grading section.

Why do students use rubrics?

Students can use a rubric to organize their efforts to meet the requirements of the graded work. When you allow students access to rubrics before they complete their work, you provide transparency into your grading methods.

What is a rubric?

A rubric is a scoring tool you can use to evaluate graded work. When you create a rubric, you divide the assigned work into parts. You can provide clear descriptions of the characteristics of the work associated with each part, at varying levels of skill. Students can use a rubric to organize their efforts to meet the requirements ...

How many columns are there in a rubric?

The rows correspond to the criteria. The columns correspond to the level of achievement that describes each criterion. New rubrics have three rows and three columns. After you create rubrics, you can associate them with content. Control Panel > Course Tools > Rubrics.

Can you copy a rubric?

You can copy a rubric if you have a similar gradable item for your students that will use the same criteria. You can keep the settings and rename the rubric. You can also copy a rubric when you want to edit a rubric that's in use. A copy is created with the same title and the number 1 added: "Introductory Speech (1).".

What is a rubric?

Introduction. A rubric is a list of criteria by which students will be assessed. Rubrics include details describing each of the different performance levels for each criterion, as determined by the developer (teacher, instructor, etc.). Rubrics are developed using three main parts: Criteria. Criteria are the graded categories ...

What is rubric design?

Rubric Design. Rubrics can be utilized for subjective assignments but may also be used for assessing a product student creates such as projects and physical creations, written submissions, and other subjective tasks that demonstrate students’ level of understanding.

What are some examples of criteria?

Examples of criteria could be formatting, grammar, specific parts of a paper such as the bibliography or table of contents, and specific lesson objectives.

How do rubrics help students?

Rubrics, when carefully planned and executed, can increase student achievement as well as increase grading efficiency and consistency when grading highly subjective assignments. Rubrics include three main parts, which all play a significant role in gaining clarity of the instructor’s expectations for the multiple criteria the assignment is assessing. The performance levels mark the multiple levels of learning the student may demonstrate their skill level of the criteria on an assignment, and the descriptors for each criterion explains the requirements the student is expected to demonstrate for each performance level.