Rubrics
FYI
Types of Rubrics
There are multiple types of rubrics available in Blackboard. Based on how you wish to evaluate student work, when you create or edit your rubric...
About Rubrics
Rubrics can help ensure consistent and impartial grading and help students focus on your expectations.
A rubric is a scoring tool used...
Walkthroughs
Essentials
Grade Assignment with a Rubric
From within the Grade Assignment window, expand the blue bar below the purple ATTEMPT area.
Open the associated rubric one of two ways....
Grade Test Question with a Rubric
You can grade Essay, Short Answer, and File Response test questions with a rubric.
When you grade student test submissions...
Create a Rubric
There are two ways to initiate creation of a rubric, though they have the same following steps.
Create a new rubric without an associated...Give Written Feedback with a Rubric
While grading with a rubric, you can give written feedback in addition to selecting the achievement level for each criterion. You can give written...
Student View of a Rubric
Students can select View Rubric and view the grading criteria before they submit their work. They can move the rubric window next to the content...
Associate a Rubric with a Gradable Item
Once you have created a rubric, you can associate it with as many gradable items as you wish. You can do this the first time you create the...
Edit Rubric
Just as there are two ways to initiate creation of a rubric, there are two ways to edit rubrics.
changes you make to a rubric will be...Import Rubric
This technique is for using rubrics created on and exported from Blackboard, not rubrics from other programs such as Microsoft Word.
...Edit Rubric Level Headings
The rows and columns for Blackboard Rubrics have default headings which you can easily change to meet your course needs.
Start out in...
Detach Rubric from Gradable Item
From within an assignment, subjective test questions, discussion forums, wikis, blogs and journals, and grade center columns you can detach the...
Associate a Rubric with a Grade Column (Classic)
Once you have created a rubric, you can associate it with as many gradable items as you wish and/or with an independent Grade Center column (e.g....
Get a Rubric Report
If you want to evaluate a rubric or your use of it, you can run a rubric evaluation report. After you use a rubric for grading, you can review the...
Grade with a Rubric in a Grade Column
If you’ve attached a rubric to a Grade Column that does not have a related assignment submission spot, you need to follow a different path...
Assign or Change Rubric Type (Classic)
Start out in the Create or Edit Rubric window.
Under the heading Rubric Details, find the drop-down menu for Rubric Type....
Associate a Rubric with a Test Question
Once you have created a rubric, you can associate it with as many subjective test questions as you wish. This includes essay, short answer, and...
Export Rubric
In the left-hand black course menu bar, expand Control Panel then Course Tools. Choose Rubrics.
Find the rubric you want to...
View Associated Rubrics
The same rubric can be attached to multiple gradable items (assignments, subjective test questions, discussion forums, wikis, blogs and journals,...
Change Rubric Visibility
When a rubric is connected to a gradable item it is by default hidden from student visibility. From within an assignment, subjective test...
Access Rubrics
In the left-hand black course menu bar, expand Control Panel then Course Tools. Choose Rubrics.
From here you can do all of the...