Create a rubric

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Rubrics can help ensure consistent and impartial grading and help students focus on your expectations.

About rubrics

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Please note that the rubric pages changed from what is available on the video. Please follow the steps under create rubrics.

Rubric types

You can create four types of rubrics in a course:

  • Percentage-based rubrics.
  • Percentage-range rubrics.
  • Points-based rubrics.
  • Points-range rubrics.
  • No-points rubrics. (Feedback only)

Create rubrics

You can create rubrics from an assignment, test, discussion, or from the gradebook. On the assignment, test, or discussion page, select the Settings icon to open the Settings panel. In the Additional Tools section, select Add grading rubric and Create New Rubric. In your gradebook, select the Settings icon. In the Gradebook Settings panel, existing rubrics are listed in the Grade schemas section.

Follow these steps:

  1. Click on Gradebook.
  2. Click on the Settings (gear icon).
  3. Scroll down to Rubrics.
  4. Click on Manage course rubrics. This would display the list of already created rubrics.
  5. Click on Create.
  6. Add the name of the rubric.
  7. Complete the grid with the criteria name and the level descriptions.
  8. Click on Save.

The rubric is now ready to be associated with an assignment.

Large rubrics

For large rubrics

You can add up to 15 performance levels and unlimited Criteria. To add performance levels or criteria, move the mouse over a line to click on the (+) icon.


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