The Exemplary Course Program Rubric uses numerical point values for each standard. These point values (from 1 to 5) have been assigned to indicate the relative importance of that standard, with values of 5 representing compulsory standards. Compulsory standards must be met in order to receive an Exemplary course award.
The Exemplary Course Program recognizes instructors and course designers whose courses demonstrate best practices in four major areas: Course Design, Interaction & Collaboration, Assessment, and Learner Support.
What is a rubric? A rubric is a grading guide that makes explicit the criteria for judging students' work on discussion, a paper, performance, product, show-the-work problem, portfolio, presentation, essay question—any student work you seek to evaluate. Rubrics inform students of expectations while they are learning.
Benefits of using rubricsHelp clarify vague, fuzzy goals.Help students understand your expectations.Help students self-improve.Inspire better student performance.Make scoring easier and faster.Make scoring more accurate, unbiased, and consistent.Improve feedback to students.Reduce arguments with students.More items...
The main purpose of a rubric is it's ability to assess student's performance or work. Rubrics can be tailored to each assignment or to the course to better assess the learning objectives.Aug 8, 2016
Rubrics can enhance student learning by having consistency in the way teachers score individual assignments as well as keeping consistency between the ways different teachers score the same assignments. Rubrics can also improve student learning by allowing students to peer-assess and self-assess assignments.