Overview

Please note the business platform uses the term 'assessment' and the academia platform uses the term 'assignment'. The terms 'assessment' and 'assignment' are interchangeable in this article. 

1. Click Admin from the primary navigation menu.
   
2. Click App center from the fly-out menu.
   
3. Install Rubrics from the Assessment section of the App center. 
   

Adding a new rubric

To create a new rubric:

1. Click Resources from the primary navigation menu.
   
2. Click Add from the fly-out menu.
   
3. Click Rubric from the Add resource pop-up. 
   

The Add rubric pop-up displays.

1. Enter a name and description for the new rubric.
   
2. Determine which resource library the rubric will be saved to.
   
3. Click Save. 
   

Ratings and criteria

When you create a new rubric, by default, there are two criteria list on the vertical axis:

1. Criterion 1: 50 points
   
2. Criterion 2: 50 points
   

1. Poor: 20 points
   
2. Fair: 30 points
   
3. Good: 40 points
   
4. Excellent: 50 points
   

The default rubric is a template for you to edit. To edit the default values:

1. Click Edit table.
   

In edit mode, you can change the name, description, and/or points of the criterion and Grading scale/ratings.

1. Click in a name, description, or points cell to enter a new value.
2. After updating the cell values, click Save.
   

Note that if you change the maximum points possible for a criterion, the points of the ratings in the grading scale are also updated. 

1. Click Edit table.
   
2. Hover over a cell.
   
1. Click the delete  icon to delete a rating.
   
2. Click the add  icon to add a rating.
   

If you are adding a rating:

1. Click the add to left  icon to add a new rating to the left of the current cell.
   
2. Click the add to right  icon to add a new rating to the right of the current cell. 
   

1. Hover over a criterion cell in edit mode.
   
2. Click the more  icon.
   
3. Click Grading scale.
   

The Use grading scale from library pop-up displays.

1. Use the search filter and library drop-down to locate a grading scale.
   
2. Select the grading scale.
   
3. Click Submit.
   

The ratings of the criterion will be updated with the Grading scale values from the library.

1. Click Save to save changes made to the Grading scale/ratings.
   

To use a grading scale from the library for all of the criteria in a rubric:

1. Click Edit table.
   
2. Click Grading scale.
   

The Use grading scale from library pop-up displays.

1. Use the search filer and library drop-down to locate a grading scale.
   
2. Select the grading scale.
   
3. Click Submit.
   

All ratings will be updated with the new values.

Criteria

1. Click Edit table.
   
2. Click Add criterion.
   

A new criterion row displays.

1. Enter the name, description, and points of the criterion.
   
2. Update the title, description, and points for each rating of the new criterion.
   

To rearrange the order of the criterion rows:

1. Click the reorder  icon and drag and drop the row to a new location. 
   

To delete a criterion:

1. Click the more  icon on the criterion cell.
   
2. Click Delete. 
   

1. Click Save.
   

Using rubrics

Rubrics are designed to be used when grading an assessment. To select a rubric for an assessment:

1. Access the assessment.
   
2. Click the Use rubric tab.
   
3. Click Library to use an existing rubric.
   

 If you click Library, you can select an existing rubric.

1. Use the search filter and library drop-down to locate a rubric.
   
2. Select the rubric.
   
3. Click Submit.
   

The rubric is now tied to the assessment, and can be used when grading submitted assessments (covered later in this article). If you want to edit the rubric specifically for the course:

1. Click Edit.
   
2. Make changes to the criterion or Grading scale/ratings.
   
3. Click Save. 
   

Note that the changes made to the rubric at the individual assessment level will not impact the original rubric in the Resources library.

Criteria not included in the assessment score

You can flag one or more criteria to not count towards an assessment score. This can be useful if you'd like some criteria to be used for feedback or skill ratings, but not towards the overall score for the assessment. To flag criteria that does not count as part of the overall assessment score:

1. Access the assessment.
   
2. Click the Rubric tab.
   
3. Click Edit.
4. Click the more  icon.
   
5. Click Don't count towards assessment.
   

If a criterion doesn't count towards an assessment score, the points are displayed as a grayed out zero and a small gray triangle is displayed.

Learners can see the criteria that do not count towards the overall score below the ones that do, with an explanatory note.

Grading assessments using rubrics

To grade an assessment using a rubric:

1. Access the assessment.
   
2. Click the To score tab.
   
1. Academia users will click the To grade tab.
   
3. Click the Score  icon in the Show/Score column for a learner.
   
1. Academia users will click the Grade  icon in the Show/Grade column.
   
4. The rubric displays in the right panel.
   
1. Select the rating cell that best reflects the learner's answer for each criterion.
   
2. Click Save.
   
5. The learner's score/grade will be updated based on the ratings you selected in the rubric.
   

Adding skills and competencies to rubrics

The platform allows you to rate and track learners' skills using assessments and exams. You can add skills as separate rubric criteria or associate  a skill with an existing criterion. Then, when you score the criterion, the rating is counted as another data point for the associated skill.

Please note the business platform uses the term 'skill' and the academia platform uses the term 'competency'. The terms 'skills' and 'competencies' are interchangeable in this article. 

To add a skill as a criterion:

1. Access the assessment.
   
2. Click the Rubric tab.
   
3. Click Edit.
4. Click + Add skills.
   
1. Academia users will click + Add competencies.
   

Please note skills must be associated with the course in order to add them to a rubric. To learn more about skills, visit the Mastery article.

1. Select the skill(s) from the list.
   
1. If you select multiple skills, a separate criterion will be created for each skill. 
2. Click Submit. 
   

Note that, if you have already added skills to the assessment, and then add competencies to the rubric, the original assessment competencies are cleared and the rubric competencies are used instead.

1. Click Save to save the skill as a new criterion.
   

To associate a skill with an existing criterion:

1. Access the assessment.
   
2. Click the Rubric tab.
   
3. Click Edit.
   
4. Click the more  icon on an existing criterion cell.
   
5. Click Add competency.
   

The Skills pop-up displays with a list of skills associated with the course.

1. Select a skill from the list.
   
1. When associate a skill with an existing criterion, you can only select one skill.
2. Click Submit. 
   

A criterion associated with a skill is marked with a green tag.

1. Hover over the tag to view the full name of the skill. 
   

To remove a skill from a criterion:

1. Access the assessment.
   
2. Click the Rubric tab.
   
3. Click Edit.
   
4. Click the more  icon on a criterion cell with an associated skill.
   
5. Click Remove competency.
   

Note that If you copy a rubric to a library, the copy does not include the associated skills.

Rubric configuration

Points ordering

By default, rubric ratings are ordered from lowest to highest point ratings. 

You can override the site's default rubric points ordering on a per-course basis. To adjust the points ordering for a course rubric:

1. Access the course.
   
2. Click Admin from the course navigation menu.
   
3. Click Assessments from the fly-out menu.
   
4. Scroll to the 'Rubric points ordering' section:
   
1. Click the High to low radio button. 
   

1. Click Admin from the primary navigation menu.
   
2. Click Grading scales from the fly-out menu.
   
3. Click the Options tab.
   
4. Click the High to low radio button.