Manage rubrics

Based on where you access a rubric, you have different options. You can edit, delete, copy, export, archive rubrics or align a rubric with goals. You can access a rubric from an item's Settings panel and the Gradebook Settings panel.

##Edit rubrics
If you haven't used a rubric in grading, you can select the rubric title to make changes to the title, rows, columns, and percentages. You can also add or delete rows and columns.

After you use a rubric for grading, you can't edit it, but you can make a copy that you can edit and rename.

Copy rubrics

From the Gradebook Settings panel, open a rubric's menu and select Duplicate to create a copy of an existing rubric. The copied rubric opens with the date and "copy" added to the title. You can make edits as needed. Select Save to save the duplicate rubric.

Be careful

If you copy an existing percentage-based rubric and change it to a percentage-range rubric, all >the descriptions are cleared.

If you've already used a rubric to grade an item, you can also copy the rubric and edit the duplicate version. From an item's Settings panel, open the rubric. Select Create a Copy at the bottom of the screen. When you create a copy of a rubric you used to grade a test or assignment, the new rubric is associated with the item. Any grades calculated with the original rubric are preserved, but these grades are converted to overrides. You can regrade these submissions with the new rubric.

This is a Create a copy button at the bottom of a rubric page.

Small devices

You can't copy rubrics on small devices.

Delete rubrics

You can permanently delete a rubric from your course even if you used it in grading and the grades will remain. The grades are no longer associated with the rubric, but now appear as grades you added manually.

To permanently delete a rubric, open the Gradebook Settings panel in the Gradebook.

Copy rubrics between courses

You can copy rubrics between your courses. On the Course Content page, select the plus sign to open the menu and select Copy Content. Or, open the menu on the right side above the content list. Select Copy Items. The Copy Items panel opens.

From the Copy Items panel, you can browse all the courses that you teach. Select the Rubrics folder from the desired course and use the check boxes to select the rubrics you’d like to copy. When you’re done, select Start copy.