Rubrics

rubrics is the central library for creating and managing reusable rubrics used in courses, assignments, discussions, and course templates build a rubric once and reuse it anywhere you grade from here you can create, edit, copy, tag, and export rubrics rubrics can either calculate grades or be used for feedback only, and they support criteria weights and optional level ranges for more precise scoring when a rubric is attached to a grade, assignment, or discussion, students will see the rubric in the student portal once the grade is published rubrics added to course templates automatically copy forward to new courses adding a new rubric to the bank to add a new rubric to the bank, open home / rubrics and click new rubric a setup modal opens—use the options below to define the rubric’s structure before you design the grid name, description, and tags give the rubric a clear name add a short description if you want internal context tags are optional and help with searching and organizing later level scale choose the performance labels that will appear across the top of the rubric (2–6 levels) the dropdown includes many ready made options (e g , excellent / good / fair / poor or exemplary / proficient / developing / beginning ) pick whichever is closest to your needs—you can rename levels and edit their descriptions later on the design tab, and you can adjust the number of levels from details if required scale type choose how each level gets its point value the options change the fields shown in the modal sequential fixed descending values (e g , 4, 3, 2, 1) equal division divides a maximum value evenly across the number of levels a scale points field appears where you enter the top score example with 4 levels and scale points = 100, the levels become 100, 75, 50, 25; with 5 levels, 100, 80, 60, 40, 20 custom you set the exact value for each level a custom scale values field appears; enter numbers separated by commas, highest to lowest (e g , for five levels 10, 9, 7, 4, 1) none / feedback only no numeric score is calculated; use the rubric purely for comments/feedback when attached to a grade, the grade field remains editable after you click add rubric , you can continue customizing on edit rubric —including enabling levels with range , setting criteria weights , and renaming levels or criteria on the design grid rubric criteria choose how many criteria (rows) the rubric will score 1 to 10 from the dropdown this sets the initial number of rows on the design grid access settings control who can see and edit the rubric, and where it’s available read access determines who can view the rubric in the rubrics list and use it when attaching to grades, assignments, or discussions (subject to their general permissions) update access determines who can edit the rubric’s settings and design location access limits the rubric to specific campuses/locations so it’s only available where you intend to use it access settings affect staff visibility and editing student visibility is separate students see rubrics only when a rubric is attached to their work once these fields are set, click add rubric to create it you’ll land on edit rubric to fine tune details and design customizing and editing rubrics after you click add rubric , you’re taken to the rubric edit page it’s the same page you’ll see when editing an existing rubric the right side has two sections details (structure and settings) and design (the grid you’ll use for scoring) rubric details section use the details section to adjust the rubric’s structure and settings changes take effect on the design grid after you click save rubric key system id (read only) rubric name title shown in the list and on pdfs description optional staff notes tags optional labels for search/filtering levels number of performance levels (columns) scale type how levels get points sequential fixed descending values (e g , 4, 3, 2, 1) equal division evenly splits a top score across levels; scale points appears to set the top score custom define the exact numeric value for each level on the design grid (click a level’s value to edit, e g , 100, 85, 70, 50) if levels with range is enabled, each level shows min/max you can adjust, and bands can be fine tuned per criterion none / feedback only no numeric score; for comments/feedback only levels with range convert each level to a min–max band (e g , 81–100) criteria number of rows to score criteria weights enable row weighting right column (print / access / scope) print page size paper size for pdf page orientation portrait or landscape print pdf templates docid 3aw2wrbz qzwggegdssr optional layout template owner display only (read only) read access who can view/use the rubric update access who can edit it location access limit availability to selected campuses/locations when the structure looks right, click save and switch to design to fill in level names, points or ranges, criteria, and the cell descriptions students will see you can return to details anytime to tweak levels, scale type, ranges, or weights rubric design section the design grid is where you write the rubric itself—level names and descriptions, the points (or ranges) for each level, your criteria rows, and the per cell descriptions students will see what you can edit here depends on the options you enabled in details (scale type, levels with range, criteria weights) edit a level (name, description, and score) click a level header to open edit rubric level here, you can rename the level, update its description, and set its score sequential points are fixed by the number of levels (e g , 4,3,2,1); not editable on design equal division points are evenly split; not editable on design to change them, adjust scale points in details custom without ranges enter the exact points for the level with levels with range on the field represents the maximum for that level start at the top level with the highest score, then work downward (set each level’s max below the one above) the system fills the lower bounds automatically based on the next level down and closes the bottom band for you rename a criterion (and set weight) to edit the details of a criterion, start by clicking on the criterion name in edit rubric criteria you can rename the row if criteria weights is enabled, a criteria weight field appears; save to update and the percentage shows under the criterion name edit cell descriptions click any description to open the edit rubric criteria description modal enter what performance looks like for that criterion at that level keep it specific and observable; this is what students will read when grades are published rubric preview click download pdf to open a live preview of your rubric in a modal use the toolbar at the top to zoom, move between pages, or save the pdf the layout reflects your page size , orientation , and any pdf template set in details rubric tags use tags to group and find rubrics quickly tags are color coded chips that show on the tags page and help you filter on the rubrics list create a rubric tag on the tags tab, click new tag to open the add tag window choose a tag colour , enter the tag name (required) and an optional description , then click add to save edit or delete a rubric tag use the pencil to rename or change color/description use the × to delete a tag you no longer need apply tags to a rubric open the rubric, go to details / tags , pick one or more tags, and save the coloured coded tags will appear on the rubrics list