Highlights from Release 6.3 (June 5th, 2015) New Features:

RubricsCreating a Rubric

First, open a course and a learning object in Design mode. To use Rubrics, you must enable the Score tool.

Once the Score tool is enabled, you will see the Rubric switch.

Click the Rubric switch to toggle it to On. Once enabled, the Rubric Editor will appear.

To add additional Rubric columns, click the + next to the column or row you wish to add.

To remove a column or row, click the Trash icon.

You can also label each Criterion by clicking the Criterion Title field.

To add a Description, click the Criterion Description field.

To add the levels for the columns, click on a column head.

As you add the levels to the columns, the levels will automatically be synced to every row of the Rubric.

To add a detailed level descriptor to each level, click the drop-down under the cell.

I can add sentences or, to add bulleted points, enter a descriptor and then click the + to add another descriptor.

To remove a descriptor, click the Trash next to the appropriate line.

To add the Max Score for each row, click inside of the Max Score cell and enter your points.

Once you click outside of the Max Score cell, you will see a range of points automatically assigned to your levels.

You can adjust the point levels in each cell by using the Sliders at the bottom of each cell. Ranges will be updated automatically.

When you are finished making changes, click Done Editing Rubric.

How Instructors can use Rubrics

When Rubrics have been enabled on objects, the Instructor can see the Rubric results in the In Object Grading view. Instructors can grade a student’s work by entering scores into the Rubric.

Open the object and the roster of students will be visible on the right.

Click the student you wish to score and the Rubric view will appear.

Instructors can click inside a cell to select points, and can click the drop-down menus to view descriptors.

The total number of points will adjust automatically as you select different cells within the Rubric.

Clicking in the cell will assign the mid-level of points. If the instructor wishes to change the points, he or she can click on the arrows to increase or decrease the number of points.

Scores are automatically saved, but not published to students. Instructors may publish each student’s results individually, or may close this student and continue scoring, publishing scores for all students at once. To publish an individual’s scores, click the Publish This Student button.

To publish all student scores at once, close the student view and click Publish Grades. Students will not see the scores until they are published by the instructor.

How Students will View the Rubric

Students can view the Rubric next to the object content of that assignment.

By clicking the down arrows for each cell, the student can view the descriptions of the criterion used to devise points for that assignment.

For a graded assignment that has been published, the student can see exactly which cells the instructor selected, highlighted in blue. They can also view the descriptors by clicking on the arrows below each cell.