How do I add a rubric to an assignment?

Go to the Assignment tool.

Select the Assignments tool from the Tools Menu in your site.  

Add or edit an assignment.

  1. Click Add to add a new Assignment. See How do I add an assignment? for more information.
  2. Click Edit to make a modification to an existing assignment, including adding a rubric. See How do I edit an existing assignment? for more information.

Activate grading for the assignment.

Activate Grade this assignment to implement grading for each submission (as opposed to non-credit submissions).

Choose grade scale.

Select a grading type from the Grade Scale menu:

  • Points: assign numeric points to an assignment for grading. This is the option you should choose if you plan to send the assignment to the Gradebook.
  • Letter grade: grade assignments by letter grade only.
  • Pass/Fail: grade assignments as pass/fail.
  • Checkmark: grade assignments with a checkmark for completion.

Note: The only grade scale option that can be added to the gradebook automatically is Points.

Enter maximum points.

If you selected Points as the grade scale, enter a maximum number of points for the assignment in the Max Points field.

Attach a rubric.

  1. Activate Use the following rubric to grade this assignment to connect a rubric. Note that you must first create a rubric.
  2. Choose a rubric from the rubric selector.
  3. (Optional) Check Adjust individual student scores if you would like to be able to change the number of points awarded for individual criteria ratings while grading submissions on a per-participant basis.
  4. (Optional) Check Hide Rubric from student if you do not want site participants to see the rubric prior to submitting.

Click Post.

Confirm the attached rubric.

Assignments with rubrics attached display a rubric icon next to the title of the assignment.