UI Questions for Enhanced Rubrics

[kda106]

I'm looking for some clarification on the following UI aspects of Enhanced Rubrics:

1. What is the Location Used column's purpose. What options can be displayed in that column and what problem is it trying to solve? So far I've only seen "courses and assignments" displayed. Is that implying that you could use the same rubric across different courses?
2. Scoring dropdown menu - is the purpose of this to change the order of the criteria based on whether or not it has been scored? If so, it seems as if this should an option when grading, not when building. 
3. Display Number - what is the purpose of this field? There are already so many numbers on a rubric, extra numbers seems to add confusion. What problem is this field solving? 
4. What is the benefit of saving a Rubric as a draft?

[kroeninm]

Good questions @kda106.  

Scoring: The Scoring at the top isn't documented yet in the guide that I saw so might need updating. 

• From what I can see, the Scoring option determines if a rubric is informational (with no points associated with it) or not. If you select no scoring you are not prompted for points and there is no range option.  However it's a little confusing as if you create a rubric under Rubrics as an Unscored rubric but then attach it to a graded assignment, you have to edit the rubric settings in the assignment to make it unscored again.  So it's helpful to use an informational rubric at times without points but isn't yet consistent/easy to use.  Similarly if you click and preview the rubric in some areas, random points appear even though you created it as Unscored without points.  

Location Used - I don't know why courses would be there, I didn't see a way to link to a rubric in another course.  If I select a rubric from another course, it made a copy of it and pulled it into my current course.  So unless this will be a future feature or part of a feature like Blueprint that I don't use, I think it could just be renamed to "assigments".

Display Number - I didn't see any value to this unless it's an accessibility feature, it seems confusing to display it to users but I might be missing something, again it's not yet documented in the guides I skimmed through. 

Draft mode?  If you create rubrics in the Rubrics area, which students can't access I didn't see a value in using Draft mode but again it might be a feature I just don't use.  i.e. would it be helpful in working with multiple instructors in the same course?  I'd love to hear from users that find this feature valuable as to how it is used.  

Melanie