Instructor - Rubrics Overview

Rubrics are used to evaluate student performance on discussions, assignments etc in D2L. There are two types of rubrics to choose from: Analytic and Holistic. Analytic is the most common type of rubric.

An Analytic Rubric breaks performance down into multiple criteria. Each criterion is then assessed separately, resulting in an overall assessment score. For example, an analytic rubric for assessing essays could have the criteria of Content, Organization, Formatting, and Grammar. Each of these criteria are assessed with a level of Excellent, Very Good, Fair, and Poor.

A Holistic Rubric does not break performance down into separate criteria, but rather the instructor considers the entire assignment and ultimately provides only one assessment.

Creating a Rubric

Step 1: There are a couple of ways to access rubrics in D2L. Select the More Tools context menu and then select Rubrics.

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Rubrics can also be added from Discussions and Assignments.

From Discussions, select Edit Topic from the dropdown menu. Select the Assessments tab. Select Add Rubric.

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From Assignments, when you are creating or editing a new folder, scroll down to Add Rubric. Select Save and Close.

Note: If you do not have a rubric ready to upload, you can create a new rubric within the tool. Once you have graded using the rubric, the rubric is not able to be edited. However, you are able to archive it.

Step 2: Select New Rubric.

Step 3: Enter a name for the Rubric. Select the type of rubric, Analytic or Holistic.

Step 4: The Scoring Method is the next item that would need to be determined. There are three types of scoring methods available: No Score, Points, and Custom Points.

Note: Custom Points rubrics can be used to create weighted rubrics.

Step 5: Edit Levels and Criteria. You can Reverse the Level Order of the rubric. You can also Add new levels before or Add new levels after at any time.

Note: Levels indicate a measure of success (excellent, very good, fair, poor) and criteria qualify what was being evaluated (organization, content, grammar, and formatting, for example).

Step 6: Begin filling in your rubric. Edit the Criterion text box and update the level names and values. Add the criteria level details.

If desired, include initial feedback.

Step 7: Scroll down and navigate to the Overall Score. Add details.

Step 8: Select Options. Select Rubric visibility as desired. Select Hide scores from students to hide student’s point value if you use a different grade scheme.

Step 9: You can enter a description for the rubric for your personal reference. Edit Advanced Availability to change associations. When ready, select Close.

Step 10: You will now have options (using the rubric’s pulldown) to continue editing, preview, copy, delete, or publish your new rubric.