CREATING A MARKING GRID OR RUBRIC

To add a marking grid or rubric, you will first have to create an assignment.

Step 1:        Open the assignment by clicking on the title of the assignment. Click on the gear/wheel icon in the top right, choose Advanced grading. The Advanced grading page will open. Under Change Active Grading Method, select Rubric.

Note: If you are creating a new assignment, under Grade, from the Grading method drop-down menu, select Rubric. Click Save and Display and the Advanced grading page will open.

 

Step 2:        On the Advanced grading page, click Define new grading form from scratch. The Define rubric or Define grading guide page will open.

 

Step 3:        Enter a Name and Description for the grading form.

 

Step 4:        To add criteria (the specific elements to be graded): For a Rubric the rubric will start out with one blank criterion in a row.

For a Rubric:

·      Select Click to edit criterion. A blank entry box will appear. Enter a description for the Criterion.

·      The following boxes represent Levels for rating student performance. Graders will select the level that best describes the student's performance for that criterion. For each level select Click to edit level to add a description. To edit the points awarded for each level, click the points value.

Note: You must start with a level that has a point value of ZERO (eg., scale ranging from 0-3). If you do not include a "0" level, the rubric grade will not calculate correctly.

·      To add a level, click Add level (at right). A new column will be added to the row.

·      To add a criterion, click + Add criterion (below row at left). A new editable box will appear. A new row will be added to the rubric table, opened to a description entry box. Enter the criterion description and edit the descriptions (and point values, if needed) for the levels.

·      To delete a criterion or a level, click Delete (X).

·      To duplicate a criterion, click the Duplicate criterion icon ( ) (below the X at top left). This allows you to quickly make a copy of a row that you can then edit.

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·      For a Grading guide:

·      To reorder criteria, click the up or down arrows.

·      Select Click to edit criterion name to add a Name for the criterion.

·      Below Description for Students, Description for Markers, and Maximum mark, select Click to edit to edit the fields.

·      To add additional criterion, click Add criterion.

·      To add preset comments you can add for your criteria when grading, click + Add frequently used comments.

Select the Rubric options for the assignment: These mostly control how much of the rubric your students can see and when; and for Rubrics, whether graders will have an entry box for additional text comments.

When you have filled out all the criterion and definitions, click Save rubric/grading guide and make it ready. You can also click Save as draft to save without having to complete the criterion and level definitions.

Note: You can always come back and edit your rubric by opening the Assignment, navigating to the Actions Menu (Gray gear icon  ) >Advanced grading, and clicking Define rubric.