Why use Rubrics?

Benefits of using a digitized rubric:

Systematization of the grading process
Minimizing grading bias
Removes ambiguity from the student's perspective
Higher quality feedback

Rubrics

You can access and manage Rubrics from the course navigation.

Once you create a rubric, the rubric is saved in your course for future use. You can add the rubric to an assignment (Links to an external site.) and use the rubric for grading and adding comments. You can manage created rubrics in the Manage Rubrics page (Links to an external site.).

You can create a rubric in the Manage Rubrics page. You can also create a rubric directly when adding a rubric to an assignment, and the process is the same.

Rubric criteria can include a point range or an individual point value.

Open Rubrics

Types of Rubrics

Rubrics can be used in the following ways:

To assign a score, i.e. quantitative feedback.
To assign a rating, i.e. qualitative feedback.
Both quantitative and qualitative feedback.
For freeform comments.

How do I use a rubric to grade submissions in SpeedGrader?

If you have added a rubric to an assignment, you can assess the rubric in SpeedGrader.

Use Rubric for Grading

If you want to use the rubric to calculate a grade, be sure you have selected the Use this rubric for assignment grading checkbox when adding a rubric to an assignment. Make sure this checkbox is selected before you begin grading submissions.

If you do not select the rubric specifically for grading, you can still use the rubric to evaluate an assignment but the score will not update automatically.

Open SpeedGrader

Open SpeedGrader from any assignment, graded discussion, or quiz.

Open Student Submission

Use the student list to locate a student submission.

View Rubric

Click the View Rubric button.

Resize Rubric

To view the entire rubric window, you may need to scroll both vertically and horizontally. To resize the rubric window, click and drag the sizing column horizontally.

Complete Rubric

For each criterion, click the rating that applies to the student's submission [1]. The selected rating displays the rating value in the Points field [2]. If a criterion includes a range, clicking a rating selects the entire range and defaults to the highest value in the range [3].

To select a different value within a range, type the value into the Points (pts) field [4]. You can manually enter points above the criterion maximum point value. Each criterion value adds to the student's total points [5].

To deselect a rating and revert the point value assigned, click the rating assigned [6].

Outcomes may also be able to support additional points. If additional points on outcomes are not retained after the rubric is saved, this feature has not been enabled for your course.

You can also add a comment for each rubric criterion by clicking the Comment icon [7].

Save Rubric

Click the Save button.

View Score

If you set your rubric for grading, the rubric points will be automatically populated in the grade field. Otherwise, you can enter the grade from the rubric manually.

How do I use a non-scoring rubric to assess submissions in SpeedGrader?

If you have added a non-scoring rubric to an assignment, you can assess the rubric in SpeedGrader. Non-scoring rubrics contain rating criterions without point values. Unlike regular rubrics, non-scoring rubrics are not used for grading.

Be sure you have selected the Remove points from rubric option when adding a rubric to an assignment. Be sure this checkbox is selected before you begin grading submissions.

Open SpeedGrader

Open SpeedGrader from any assignment, graded discussion, or quiz.

Open Student Submission

Use the student list to locate a student submission.

View Rubric

Click the View Rubric button.

Resize Rubric

To view the entire rubric window, you may need to scroll both vertically and horizontally. To resize the rubric window, click and drag the sizing column horizontally.

Complete Rubric

For each criterion, click the rating that applies to the student's submission [1].

You can also add a comment for each rubric criterion by clicking the Comment icon [2].

Note: To deselect a rating, click the rating assigned [3].

Save Rubric

Click the Save button.

View Rubric Ratings

View the rubric ratings.

How do I use free-form comments instead of ratings in a rubric in SpeedGrader?

When modifying a rubric, you can choose to enable free-form comments instead of using a ratings scale for each criterion. This allows you to write and leave comments related to the specific criterion. Please note that this option hides all ratings for each criterion, even for ratings within outcomes. To use free-form comments, make sure you have selected the free-form comments checkbox when adding a rubric to an assignment.

Open SpeedGrader

Open SpeedGrader from any assignment, graded discussion, or quiz.

Open Student Submission

Use the student list to locate a student submission.

View Rubric

Click the View Rubric button.

Resize Rubric

To view the entire rubric window, you may need to scroll both vertically and horizontally. To resize the rubric window, click and drag the sizing column horizontally.

Complete Rubric

In the Ratings column, enter a comment for the criterion [1]. If you want to save the comment to use again for other students, select the Save this comment for reuse checkbox [2].

In the points column, enter a score for the criterion [3]. Each score will create the total points for the assignment [4].

Reuse Comments

If you select your comment for reuse, in your next student assessment, the comment displays as an option in a comments drop-down menu.

Save Rubric

Click the Save button.

View Rubric

If you set your rubric for grading, the rubric points will be automatically populated in the grade field. Otherwise, you can enter the grade from the rubric manually.