If you cannot find a rubric you want to use in your course, you can create a new rubric. Once you create a rubric, the rubric is saved in your course for future use. You can add the rubric to an assignment and use the rubric for grading and adding comments. You can manage created rubrics in the Rubrics page.
This lesson shows how to create a rubric in the Rubrics page. You can also create a rubric directly when adding a rubric to an assignment, and the process is the same.
Rubric criteria can include a point range or an individual point value.
Note: This lesson describes rubrics with Enhanced Rubrics feature option enabled. If the steps in this lesson do not match what is displayed in your account, learn how to add a rubric in the Classic Rubric interface.
Open Rubrics
In Course Navigation, click the Rubrics link.
Create New Rubric
Click the Create New Rubric button.
Add Title
Enter a name in the Rubric Name field. This name identifies the rubric so it can be easily associated with an assignment, graded discussion, or quiz.
Select Rating Order
In the Rating Order drop-down menu, you can select either the rating order to be High to Low or Low to High.
Draft New Criterion
The rubric includes one default criterion entry. To draft a new criterion, click the Draft New Criterion button [1].
You can also create the criterion from an outcome [2].
Enter Descriptions
Enter a name for the criterion in the Criterion Name field [1].
To add a longer description to the criterion, enter a description in the Criterion Description field [2]. The longer description provides students more information about the criterion.
To enable a point range, click the Enable Range checkbox [3].
You can update the default Points [4], Rating Name [5], and Rating Description [6].
Click the Save Criterion button [7].
Edit Total Point Value
Rubric ratings default to 4 points, awarding 4 points for full rubric marks and 0 points for no rubric marks.
If you want to adjust the total point value of the criterion, enter the number of points in the Points field [1] or use the up or down arrows to change the total point value [2].
Select Range
By default, rubric ratings are created as individual point values. If you want to create a point range instead, click the Enable Range checkbox [1]. Ranges allow you to assign a rating for a range of point options instead of just one point value.
When ranges are enabled, the first rating (full marks) shows the total point value in a range format [2]. Each rating displays a maximum and minimum point value. For each rating, the maximum value is assigned as the point value.
Except for the range value display, criterion ranges function the same way as individual point ratings. For instance, a range that includes a maximum of five points and a minimum of three points is assigned the full point value of five points.
Add Ratings
To add a new rating for the criterion, hover your mouse between the current ratings and click the Add Rating icon.
Update Rating
By default, the new rating points field displays the point value between the two existing ranges [1]. To change the point value for the rating score, enter the new point value in the Rating Score field. Points can be whole (1, 5, 10) or decimal (0.3, 0.5, 2.75) numbers.
Enter a name for the rating in the Rating Name field [2].
Enter a description for the rating in the Rating Description field [3].
Update Range Rating
When ranges are enabled [1], the Point Range field displays the point value between the two existing ranges [2]. To change the point value for the rating score, enter the new point value in the Point Range fields.
Reorder Ratings
You can use the drag and drop option to reorder rubric ratings. Click the Move icon [1]. Drag and drop the rubric rating into the desired location.
To delete a criterion, click the Delete icon [2].
Click the Save Criterion button [3].
Add Criterion
To add another criterion, click the Draft New Criterion button [1].
To create a rubric from an outcome, click the Create From Outcome button [2].
Note: Outcomes cannot be edited directly in a rubric.
Save Rubric
To preview the rubric, click the Preview Rubric link [1].
To save and publish the rubric, click the Save Rubric button [2].
View Rubric
View the rubric on the Rubrics page.
Manage Rubric
To manage a rubric, click the Options link [1].
To edit a rubric, click the Edit link [2].
To duplicate a rubric, click the Duplicate link [3].
To copy a rubric to a different course, click the Copy To link [4].
To archive a rubric, click the Archive link [5].
To delete a rubric, click the Delete link [6].
