Grade a forum topic using a rubric

Go to Forums

Select the Forums tool from the tool menu of your site.

Select topic you want to grade

Select the title of the student's post to be graded

Select the Grade button in the student post

Scroll to the bottom of the window

The rubric will appear at the bottom of the modal window, just below the Comments field.

Select the appropriate rating level for each criterion

The points will be added up automatically based on your rating selections. The total points earned will appear in the Grade field below the rubric.

(Optional) If you allowed individual score adjustments, you may fine tune the rating points if needed. Please note that only whole numbers should be used (avoid a grade of 4.5 for example)

(Optional) Select the Comment icon [Leave a comment for the student about this criterion] if you would like to include additional feedback

Enter your comments into the text field provided, and select Done when finished.

Note: The Comments icon changes color when there are comments saved.

Select Submit Grade when finished grading this post

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