Rubrics

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...

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...

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...

Import Rubric

This technique is for using rubrics created on and exported from Blackboard, not rubrics from other programs such as Microsoft Word.

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....

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...

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...

Edit Rubric

Just as there are two ways to initiate creation of a rubric, there are two ways to edit rubrics.

Create a Rubric

There are two ways to initiate creation of a rubric, though they have the same following steps.

View Associated Rubrics

The same rubric can be attached to multiple gradable items (assignments, subjective test questions, discussion forums, wikis, blogs and journals,...

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

Export Rubric

In the left-hand black course menu bar, expand Control Panel then Course Tools. Choose Rubrics.

Find the rubric you want to...

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...