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Quickguide: Rubrics
In Desire2Learn, Rubrics allow you to grade your students based on set criteria. Students will be able to see the Rubric before they submit their assignment and how many points they were awarded in each criterion after you have graded it.
In This Guide
Creating a Rubric Editing a Rubric Associating a Rubric to a Grade or Dropbox Assessing with a Rubric
How to Access
You can access the Rubrics tool while you are creating or editing a Dropbox Folder or a Grade Item (see the quickguides for the Dropbox and Grades areas for more information). You can also add Rubrics to your course navbar (see the Navbars quickguide for more information). These instructions will follow the process for using the Dropbox or Grades area.
Creating a Rubric
Rubrics can be created when you are creating or editing a Dropbox Folder or Grade Item.
Create a Rubric
1. Click Create Rubric in New Window (Figure 1). If you are creating or editing a Dropbox Folder, this link will be in the Properties tab under the Folder Properties heading. If you are creating a Grade Item, this link will be in the Properties tab under the Grading heading. 2. Enter a name for the Rubric. 3. In the Initial # of levels field, enter the number of grading levels for each criterion. For example if you wanted options for Excellent, Good, Satisfactory, and Poor, you would enter 4.
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4. In the Initial # of criteria field, enter the number of criteria you will you use. Criteria can be things like coverage of content or organization. 5. Select a Scoring Method from the dropdown menu. If you want the Rubric to calculate a score, which can be used to grade a Dropbox assignment, select Points. If you are not using this Rubric to calculate a score and you only want to give text feedback for each level of each criterion, you can select Text Only. 6. Click Save.
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score and change how many points must be accumulated in all criteria to reach that level.
Editing a Rubric
This section provides instructions for accessing and editing a Rubric you have created without having to add a link to the Rubrics tool on your course navbar. Note: A Rubric cannot be edited after it has been associated with a Dropbox Folder or Grade Item. You can, however, create a copy and edit the copy.
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Edit a Rubric
1. Go to the Edit page for the Dropbox Folder or Grade Item the Rubric is for. For a Grade Item, click the name of the item from the Manage Grades page. For a Dropbox Folder, click the edit icon next to the name of the folder. 2. Click Create Rubric in New Window (Figure 7). 3. At the top of the screen, click Rubric List (Figure 8). 4. Click the name of the Rubric you want to edit. 5. Make your desired changes in either the Properties tab or the Levels and Criteria tab and click Save.
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Copy a Rubric
1. Go to the Edit page for the Dropbox Folder or Grade Item the Rubric is for. For a Grade Item, click the name of the item from the Manage Grades page. For a Dropbox Folder, click the edit icon next to the name of the folder. 2. Click Create Rubric in New Window (Figure 7). 3. At the top of the screen, click Rubric List (Figure 8). 4. Click the down arrow next the name of the rubric you wish to copy and select Copy (Figure 9).
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Note: Clicking the name of the Rubric will allow you to preview it. 3. At the bottom, click Add Selected.
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