• Navigate to Course Tools in the navbar of the course.
• Click Rubrics
• Click on New Rubric

The following image will appear:

1. Give the Rubric a name
2. Set the status of the Rubric to Published

• Rubrics set as "Draft" or "Archived" cannot be associated with an assignment or discussion.

3. In the top bar you can:

• select the desired type of rubric at Type of Rubric. Click here for more information about the different types.
• select the desired scoring method. Click here for more information about the grading method.
• change the order of levels.

4. Levels: You can rename the levels as you see fit

• Use the plus icons to the left and right of the levels to add new levels.
• You can change the number of points for each individual level.
• Click the trash can icon to delete a level.

5. Criteria: For each criterion you can add a description and specific feedback.

• At Initial Feedback you can add criteria specific feedback. Please note that this feedback will not appear in the general feedback.
• On the right side you see the number of points a student can earn.
• Click the trash can icon on the right to delete a criterion.

6. If you want to group criteria to structure the rubric, you can click Add Criteria Group to add a new matrix to the rubric. Criteria groups can be reordered after creation.

7. The action menu (three dots) next to the criterion name offers Copy Row and Delete Row as options. This way rows can easily be duplicated or deleted. When the teacher copies a criterion, the new criterion is added below the original criterion with the criterion name Copy of [name of the original criterion].

8. The Rubric tool will save the progress automatically.

The Overall Score only tells a student how much he or she can improve. It is a separate function in the Rubrics tool and it only gives an indication to the student at what level he/she has performed.

The Total Score is the score that eventually goes to Grades when it is graded.

1. The Overall Score is located separately under each criterion group. Here you can specify the performance levels based on the total score that the student can achieve.

• For each level, enter how many points a student must earn to pass that level.
• You can add levels using the plus icon. You can delete levels via the trash can icon.
• You can give feedback per level (in this example, students can read what they need to do to reach a certain level, and what can be done to reach a higher level next time).

2. Click Options to access more settings.

3. Select whether students can see the rubric:

• Rubric is visible to students: students can always see the rubric once it is linked to an activity.
• Rubric is hidden from students: students cannot see the rubric.
  • Include rubric in overall feedback: when checking this option, students are shown not only the grade, but also the score they have achieved on the various criteria, but not the rubric itself. For example: Question - The question is clearly formulated, but just too broad.
• Rubric is hidden from students until feedback is published - Students can only see the rubric if feedback has been published for a linked activity.

4. Select Hide Scores from students if you don't want students to see the scores.

5. You can add a short description to the rubric.

Click Close to close the rubric and return to the rubric home page.

You can make textual adjustments to a Rubric, even if it is already in use.

Navigate to Course Tools and click on Rubrics

1. Click the arrow next to the Rubric you want to edit
2. Click Edit Options

Once you've edited the text, the rubric saves automatically if you click anywhere other than in the typing field.