Evaluating Gradable Activities with Rubrics

The following article details how to evaluate student work with a rubric that is attached to discussion topics, assignments, and written response quiz questions.

 

Please note that the course layout, steps, and screenshots shown below may differ slightly for your campus.

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Once your rubric is created and attached to a gradable activity, you can then use that rubric to assess student submissions and provide feedback. 


Evaluate Assignments with Rubrics

  1. Navigate to the Assignments area of your course and click the chevron next to the assignment you would like to evaluate. Select View Submissions from the drop-down menu. 
    Click on the chevron next to an assignments name, and then select view submissions.
     
  2. Click Go to Evaluation for the student you would like to evaluate.
    Click on Go to Evaluation in order to evaluate a student.
     
  3. On the right-hand side, click the rubric title to expand the rubric criteria.
    Click on the Rubric on the righthand side of the page to open the option to grade with a rubric.
     
  4. For each criterion, click the box on the sliding scale that corresponds with the desired score (1). You can also click the score underneath each criterion scale to manually input the scores (2).
    Select the desired levels of achievement for each criteria, and optionally manually insert points for each criteria.
     
  5. After scoring all criteria, scroll to the bottom of the rubric and confirm that the score populating in the Overall Grade box is correct (1). You can manually edit this score if needed and can also provide feedback for students in the Overall Feedback box (2). 
    Confirm the overall score, manually update it as needed, and leave any Overall Feedback as desired.
     
  6. Click the blue Publish button at the bottom of the screen when you are ready to publish grades and feedback.
    Click Publish in the lower right when finished. 

Note: When grading assignments and discussions with rubrics, the Overall Grade is the score that translates to the grade book, not the Total Score.

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Evaluate Discussion Topics with Rubrics

  1. Navigate to the Discussions area of your course and click the chevron next to the discussion topic you would like to evaluate. Select Assess Topic from the drop-down menu.
    Click the down arrow/chevron next to the discussion, and click Assess Topic.
     
  2. Click Topic Score underneath the name of the student you would like to evaluate.
    Click on Topic Score for the student you wish to grade.
     
  3. On the right-hand side, click the title of the rubric to expand the criterion (1). For each criterion, click the box on the sliding scale that corresponds with the desired score (2). You can also click the score underneath each criterion scale to manually input the scores (3).
    Select the desired levels of achievement for each criteria, and optionally manually insert points for each criteria.
     
  4. After scoring all criteria, scroll to the bottom of the rubric and confirm that the score populating in the Overall Grade box is correct (1). You can manually edit this score if needed and can also provide feedback for students in the Overall Feedback box (2). 
    Confirm the overall score, manually update it as needed, and leave any Overall Feedback as desired.
     
  5. Click the blue Publish button at the bottom of the screen when you are ready to publish grades and feedback.
    Click Publish in the lower right when finished.

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Evaluate Written Response Quiz Questions with Rubrics

  1. Navigate to the Quizzes area of your course. Click the chevron next to the quiz you would like to evaluate and select Grade from the drop-down menu.
     Click the down arrow/chevron next to the quiz you wish to grade.
     
  2. Click on the attempt underneath the name of the student you would like to grade.
    Find the student you wish to grade, and click on the attempt you want to grade for that student under their name.
     
  3. Underneath the written response question you would like to grade, click the rubric title to expand its criterion.
    Click on the rubric underneath a written response question to show the options to grade with the Rubric
     
  4. For each criterion, click the box on the sliding scale that corresponds with the desired score (1). You can also click the score underneath each criterion scale to manually input the scores (2).
    Select the desired level of achievement for each criteria, and change the points manually if necessary.
     
  5. After scoring all criterion, scroll to the bottom of the rubric and confirm that the score populating in the Score box is correct (1). If desired, add in feedback for the quiz question into the Feedback box (2). 
    Scroll down to verify and change the final score in the rubric if necessary, and leave any desired feedback.
     
  6. Click the blue Publish button at the bottom of the screen when you are ready to publish grades and feedback.
    Click Publish when finished to save and publish the feedback.

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