Add a rubric to my site

Go to the Rubrics tool

Please note that Rubrics is locked and hidden from students by default. Changing any settings to the tool (e.g. unhiding it or unlocking it) results in Rubrics instability and potential loss of data.

Students can still see previews of the rubric and their specific rubric evaluations when the rubric is attached to an Assignment, Test/Quiz, or Gradebook item. Please do NOT unlock the tool. It is also recommended to avoid the setting "Hide Rubric from Students". Use instead the release to students feature specific to each tool.

Further recommendations for Rubrics: Best Practices for Rubrics

Select the Rubrics tool from the Tool Menu of your site.

Select Add Rubric

Enter a Rubric Title

Edit the existing criteria

Select Edit Criterion to rename the default criteria.

1. Edit the Criterion Title.
2. Optionally, you may enter a Criterion Description.
3. Select Save when done.

Edit the Rating Titles and Points

When you create a Rubric you must select at least one rating box in order for it to save as a Rubric. Only having one rating box per criterion is possible but not the way the tool was originally designed and can lead to confusion. If you are interested in how structuring a single rating rubric might work with Sakai's Rubrics please contact edtech@brocku.ca.

Remember that the total points on your Rubric need to add up to the same total points you have assigned for this assessment. For example if the assignment or test/quiz that you are associating the Rubric with is out of 25 points than the rubric points should also add up to 25.

Select the pencil icon next to the rating item you wish to edit.

1. Enter the Rating Title. This is the performance level, such as "Does not meet expectations," "Meets expectations," or "Exceeds expectations."
2. Enter the Points. Only whole numbers can be used, no decimal points or the functionality of the rubric will be compromised.
3. Optionally, enter the Rating Description.
4. Select Save when finished.

To add another rating level to a criterion, mouse over the line separating one rating from the next and click on the + icon [Add rating to Criterion] to insert a new rating level at that location.

Add as many new criteria as needed

Select Add Criterion to add a new row.

Or, copy an existing criterion

Select the Copy icon [Clone Criterion] to copy an existing criterion.

Tip: Sometimes it is easier to copy an existing criterion and edit the copy, than to add a new one.

Drag and drop to reorder

You can change the order of both criteria and ratings by clicking on the Reorder icon in each cell and dragging the selected item to its new location.

Delete any criteria you don't need

Select the X icon [Remove Criterion] to delete an unnecessary criterion.

Select the Remove button when prompted to confirm the deletion.

Once you've created your Rubric you can associate it with an assignment, test/quiz, and/or Gradebook item. The grades for this assessment can then be auto-calculated through the grading of the Rubric.

More questions about the Rubrics tool?

  Add a rubric to a forum topic

  Add a rubric to a gradebook item

  Add a rubric to an assessment (i.e. test or quiz)

  Add a rubric to an assignment

  Add a rubric to my site

  Best Practices for Rubrics

  Copy a rubric

  Delete a rubric

  Edit a rubric

  Format my file for importing grades into Gradebook

  Grade a forum topic using a rubric

  Grade a gradebook item using a rubric

  Grade an assessment (i.e. test or quiz) using a rubric

  Grade an assignment using a rubric

  Import grades into Gradebook

  Share a rubric

  Stop sharing a rubric

  View grades in Gradebook

  View my rubric feedback

  What is Rubrics?

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This page is adapted from an equivalent Sakai Community help article.

The original Sakai Community help article, unedited, is available at https://sakai.screenstepslive.com/s/sakai_help