Is there a way to rearrange items in a rubric?

[southamp]

Once I create a rubric, is there a way to rearrange the items, or add items into the rubric, not necessarily at the end?

[Stef_retired · Accepted solution]

 @southamp ‌ and  @rislis ‌, there isn't a way to do this in Canvas right out-of-the-box, but James Jones has written an easy-to-implement Canvancement that allows you to drag and drop rubric rows: Sorting Rubrics Made Easy 

[teacherjohnson · Accepted solution]

A workaround if your criteria are out of order is to use the duplicate feature. 

Duplicate the criteria one-by-one so that they are added to the rubric in the order you want them (each duplicated criterion is added to the bottom of the rubric in the order you duplicate them). 

Then, after you have them in the order you want them, delete any criteria you no longer need.  That should do it.

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

@libbee3 ...

Did you happen to try @James Jones' "Canvancement" (Canvas Enhancement) called Sorting Rubrics Made Easy?  You might want to give that a try as well.  It's saved me lots of time!

[rislis]

I haven't found a way to do this. Rubrics in Canvas are AWESOME for grading - the creation of them still needs some work. Tip:  If you create an external tool assignment (like with a Google Cloud assignment), make sure you attach the rubric FIRST!  If you attach the external tool, the button for adding a rubric disappears.

[Stef_retired · Accepted solution]

 @southamp ‌ and  @rislis ‌, there isn't a way to do this in Canvas right out-of-the-box, but James Jones has written an easy-to-implement Canvancement that allows you to drag and drop rubric rows: Sorting Rubrics Made Easy 

[jonathan_potter]

Thanks for pointing out that this is possible; someday I may try it. Can I suggest, however, that "possible" is not the same as "easy-to-implement?" I doubt many instructors will feel confident about a method that involves javascript. I guess what this does demonstrate even more is how easy it would be for Canvas to implement this feature.  

[mathomas]

@Stef_retired : The link to this workaround doesn't go anywhere anymore. Any update?

Thanks,

Matt

[Stef_retired]

@mathomas Try this one: Sorting Rubrics Made Easy (I'll edit the older one).

[mathomas]

Thanks, @Stef_retired! That link worked. 

[blong]

Stephanie, Just an FYI:  This no longer works.

[Stef_retired]

The link still works, @blong ; are you referring to the process itself? If so, please post your question about it under  Sorting Rubrics Made Easy so the author can make changes as necessary.

[blong]

I was referring to the process.  I noted it on the board for James as requested.

[ImkeCasey]

Life saver! Works like a charm.

[prescott_perez-]

Utter ridiculous that you can't re-order the Rubrics by row. I found questions that are 4+ years old asking for this basic UI functionality. Doesn't have to be drag-and-drop, could simply be a "move up/move down" button. Or they could sort by name so we could hack these by naming them with 01, 02, etc. in the title.

[shpurikm]

Three-and-a-half years later, and this is STILL not fixed! How many times do people need to "suggest" this? Working with rubrics is labor-intensive as it is, without having to jump through hoops in order to fix something that CANVAS should have easily fixed YEARS AGO!

Thanks to James Jones for his Canvancement fix for this, but I do not want to install TWO things to address something that MULTIPLE Canvas users have requested for YEARS. This is something that we faculty NEED to be EASILY DOABLE within Canvas!

[ondria_gadd]

I have to delete my entire rubric because I cant move items up and down to rearrange.  this seems like a simple update that would save a lot of time for teachers.  We often change rubrics from year to year.... why have to reinvent it when we could just tweak it?  Come on Canvas!

[hakan_erdogmus]

Another example of utter indifference by Canvas for something as basic as this. 

[jonathan_potter]

I have to agree that it is completely absurd not to have this functionality. Really can't believe Canvas STILL doesn't have something so obvious as this. 

[jlevendi]

What nonsense that this shows up as "solved." It is absurd that we can't reorder these items. 

[teacherjohnson · Accepted solution]

A workaround if your criteria are out of order is to use the duplicate feature. 

Duplicate the criteria one-by-one so that they are added to the rubric in the order you want them (each duplicated criterion is added to the bottom of the rubric in the order you duplicate them). 

Then, after you have them in the order you want them, delete any criteria you no longer need.  That should do it.

[libbee3]

This is genius!   

Pure genius.  Thank you so much--it took me about 2 minutes to copy the criteria in the order that I wanted them, then go back and delete the rows that were in the incorrect order.  Be sure to count your original rows of criterion first to ensure you have recopied every row before you delete the old ones--as typical of Canvas, there is no going back.  You can delete the stuff you want permanently and you can never ever delete the stuff you don't want. 

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! 

Come on, Canvas--this has been an issue for years and it has a quick and easy fix that is not part of any tutorial or Canvas Guide.  

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

@libbee3 ...

Did you happen to try @James Jones' "Canvancement" (Canvas Enhancement) called Sorting Rubrics Made Easy?  You might want to give that a try as well.  It's saved me lots of time!

[BruceSpitzer]

This is such a simple solution! Thanks for sharing . . . I used it just as described and it worked perfectly.

[robert_frederic]

I agree.  The rubric features must be updated by Canvas.

I appreciate the contributions regarding workarounds. Thank you.  However, these are still workaround for what should be a basic function.

I also appreciate the work Canvas did with NEW QUIZZES and GRADEBOOK; however, in an object-hierarchy rubrics are a more basic object in that they feed/affect quizzes and gradebook.   

Deleting and rebuilding a rubric in order to re-sequence it is not acceptable.

Rubric line items must be easily re-sequenced.

Hello Canvas, it's a 2020 CoVid world!  We need some help here.  Are you listening?

[theresa_jarvis]

It's really frustrating that Canvas does NOT listen to its users or even to the district tech admins about features that need to be fixed. Why can't we reorder rows on our rubrics? 

[edouard56]

As many people said, it's pretty basic UI yet very useful so please do it.

[onlinepandemic]

Hi, I just had the same issue and I thought about the fact that file naming is sorted alphabetically and numerically.  So for my solution I just put a 1. then a 2. then a 3. and so on in front of the name of the criterion and it sorted them in that order 🙂  It's not great since it gives a numerical value to the levels of achievement, but it's a solution...

[casem]

Numbering them by inserting a numeral (both with and without the period following the number) as the first character in the criterion name did not cause the rows to resort even after saving/updating the rubric. At least not for me. 

[Chris_Hofer]

@casem ...

Numbering each row manually won't work.  You're only putting text in text boxes.  Canvas doesn't recognize a number as part of an ordered list that way...so what you've tried won't work.  If you use the method outlined by @James Jones (marked in a green "solution" box in this thread), that's a quick way to re-order rubric rows if you have a lot of them already built.  😊

[AkwasiOpoku-Dak]

I agree. It should be possible to drag both criteria and ratings without having to resort to installing or writing script.

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

Hello all...  I wanted to point you to a few resources which might be of help:

• Enhanced Rubrics User Group - Instructure Community - 612554 (canvaslms.com)
• Enhanced Rubrics (Feature Preview) - Instructure Community (canvaslms.com)
• Enhanced Rubrics in Canvas: Phase 1 Released and F... - Instructure Community - 612550 (canvaslms.co...