Rubrics can be created for assignments and forums. Creating rubrics makes grading these assessments extremely efficient.

The process for creating rubrics is the same for both assignments and discussion forums. You will be able to follow the same process regardless of whether it is created for an assignment or forum.

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Step 1: Setting up the Rubric

It is usually best to create rubrics for assignments or forums we have already created.

  1. Click the name of the assignment or forum you want to create the rubric for.
  2. Click the “Actions Menu” in the upper right of the assignment (it looks like a small gear).
  3. Click “Advanced grading”.
  4. ****Select “Rubric” from the pulldown called, “Change active grading method to”.
  5. ****Select “define a new grading form from scratch”.
  6. Under name, enter a title that is associated with the course number, assignment and point value. Example: Econ 103 Assignment (50 points).

Step 2: Creating the Rubric

The rubric contains fields for one criterion and 3 levels.  However, you can add as many criterion and levels as desired.

Criterion and Levels

  1. Adding Criterion:
    1. ****Click “Add criterion”. Then add a description for each level of each criterion.
  2. Adding Levels:
    1. Click “Add level”. Then add a point value for each level of each criterion.

Rubric Options

  1. For the pulldown titled: “Sort order for levels”:
    1. Select “Descending by number of points” so that the highest score will be on the left and the lowest score will be on the right.
  2. Leave all the default checkboxes as-is.

Step 3: Finalizing the Rubric

  1. Select “Save rubric and make it ready”.

Now, the rubric will be available to grade the assignment.