Grading Assignments with a Rubric

Microsoft Edge

To add a rubric to an assignment or forum, toggle on **Edit Mode**, located in the screen's upper right-hand corner.

Toggle switch labeled Edit mode shown in the on position.

Locate the assignment or forum, click on the three vertical dots to open up the menu options, and select **Edit settings**.

Green arrow pointing to the Edit settings option in the assignment’s action menu.

Scroll down to the **Grade** menu and select the option grade using a **Rubric**.

Green arrow pointing to the dropdown menu where Rubric is selected as the grading method, and another green arrow pointing to the Save and display button at the bottom of the settings page.

Select **Save and display**. On the next page, select **Define new grading form from scratch** to begin creating your rubric.

Green arrow pointing to the option labeled Define new grading form from scratch in the grading form selection screen.

On the **Define rubric** page, start by giving your rubric a name and a description.

Green arrow pointing to the text field where the rubric name Rubric – Class Presentations is being entered.

Next, when you scroll down, you will see a blank Rubric.

This rubric needs clearly defined criteria and levels of achievement to be a useful grading tool. To begin defining your criteria, select **Click to edit criterion** and type the name of your first criterion.

Green arrow pointing to the text field where the rubric criterion Presentation Delivery is being edited.

Once you name the criterion, select Click to edit level to describe each achievement level. You can also select the points to edit the number of points associated with each level. If you need more levels of achievement, simply select Add level. Once you are satisfied with your first criterion, select Add criterion to add more in the same way.

Green arrows pointing to the Add criterion button and the Add level button in the rubric editing interface.

If you want to remove either criteria or levels of achievement, use the ‘X’ icons.

Red arrows pointing to the delete icon for the Presentation Delivery criterion and to the delete icon for the Satisfactory level under Supporting Technology.

Once you are satisfied with your levels and criteria, you can adjust the Rubric options below. These options control what information is displayed to students about your rubric. When you are finished adjusting options, select **Save rubric and make it ready**.

List of rubric option settings with checkboxes and buttons to save the rubric or save it as a draft.

To grade an assignment using this rubric, navigate to the assignment and select **View/grade all submissions**.

Green arrow pointing to the View all submissions button on the assignment overview page for Demo 1.

Select the Grade for the submission you wish to grade.

Green arrow pointing to the Grade button next to a student listed as Submitted for grading in the assignment table.

Next, click on the expand icon to expand the Rubric for grading.

Green arrows pointing to the Grade button in the assignment list and to the expand icon in the rubric panel shown within a PDF viewer.

Click "Grading-Assignments-with-a-Rubric.pdf"

Green arrow pointing to the Save changes button beneath the rubric scoring table.

Click "Grading-Assignments-with-a-Rubric.pdf"

Green arrows pointing to a selected rubric rating and to the Save changes button below the rubric.

Grading Assignments with a Rubric

Microsoft Edge

To add a rubric to an assignment or forum, toggle on **Edit Mode**, located in the screen's upper right-hand corner.

Locate the assignment or forum, click on the three vertical dots to open up the menu options, and select **Edit settings**.

Scroll down to the **Grade** menu and select the option grade using a **Rubric**.

Select **Save and display**. On the next page, select **Define new grading form from scratch** to begin creating your rubric.

On the **Define rubric** page, start by giving your rubric a name and a description.

Next, when you scroll down, you will see a blank Rubric.

If you want to remove either criteria or levels of achievement, use the ‘X’ icons.

To grade an assignment using this rubric, navigate to the assignment and select **View/grade all submissions**.

Select the Grade for the submission you wish to grade.

Next, click on the expand icon to expand the Rubric for grading.

Click "Grading-Assignments-with-a-Rubric.pdf"