Creating and Managing Rubrics

This article will cover how to create and manage rubrics that can then be added to a question.

Rubrics will allow graders to score a question based on multiple criteria. Each criteria will have their own grading scale. These are commonly used on writing response questions.

From the dashboard, click on the Create New button and then select Rubric.

Once you click on the Create Rubric option, you will be redirected to the create rubric form:

1. Name (required): This is the main identifier of the rubric. Enter a short but descriptive name that is easily identifiable for this rubric.
2. Add a Criteria button: There needs to be at least one criteria created for a rubric. Once you click on the add a criteria button, a new criteria will be added. Please review the next steps that walk-through the details about creating a criteria.

When adding a criteria, there are a number of elements you can change/customize. Review all the elements that you can change:

1. Criteria title (required): The title of the criteria that describes the overall theme of the grading criteria. This should be a short title, maybe a few words.
2. Criteria description (optional): This description will give additional details about the overall goal the student should achieve through this criteria.
3. Delete criteria button: If you no longer need this criteria, you can click the delete button to remove it. Please note, there will not be a confirmation when clicking this button.
4. Add grading scale button: When a criteria is created only one grading scale is available, zero. You can add more grading scales based on your needs. Each new grading scale will be incremented by one as more are added.
5. Grading scale point value (required): The score a student will receive if a grader selects this grading criteria at the time of grading.
6. Grading scale description (optional): This will describe what a student needs to do within a question to achieve this grading scale.
7. Delete grading scale button: If you no longer need a grading scale, you can click the delete button to remove it. Please note, there will not be a confirmation when clicking this button.
8. Drag Handler: You can reorder criteria by simply clicking on the drag handler and holding the click down. You can. then drag the criteria into a new spot.
9. Add standard button: Each criteria can have its own standard(s). You can click the add standard button to select one or more standards for this criteria.
10. Save button: Once the rubric criteria have been completed filled it, click the save button. You will be redirected back to the list of rubrics you have created.