The Rubric tool can be used to evaluate an activity or item based on a predefined set of criteria. It helps to ensure that activities (such as assignments) are evaluated in a fair and consistent manner. With the Rubrics tool you can create a rubric that contains one or more criteria.

The Rubric tool can be used to:

• develop a matrix for an assessment.
• ensure consistency in student assessment.
• indicate the expectations and assessment requirements prior to the assessment.
• account for and communicate student evaluations.
• define what quality is expected for different indicators.

A Rubric can be holistic or analytical, depending on the requirements for the assessment. There are two types of rubrics in Brightspace.

You can grade through rubrics with textual performance levels such as ''Excellent'', or with a numerical score such as ''90''. There are several ways to score a rubric.

Below is an explanation of the types of rubrics and available scoring method per type of rubric.

Most rubrics are analytic. An analytical rubric divides performance into multiple criteria. You rate each criterion separately, resulting in an overall review score.

For example, an analytical rubric for assessing essays might have separate criteria for spelling, grammar, and content. Each criterion can be rated poor, good or excellent resulting in an overall rating that satisfactorily evaluates performance.

Text only

Text Only as rating. An example of this would be "Poor", "Good" or "Excellent" performance levels.

Points

Points Similar to just text, only here points are linked to the text. For example, for the following performance levels, the following points could be calculated; "Poor (gives 0 points)", "Good (gives 75 points)" or "Excellent (gives 125 points)."

Custom Points

The Custom Points is a method that is comparable to 'points', but you can adjust the specified points for each criterion yourself. For example, you could have "Poor", "Good" or "Excellent" performance levels on the "Spelling and Grammar" criterion where each level is worth 0 points, 10 points and 20 points respectively. Under another criterion 'Content', the same performance levels would be worth 0 points, 30 points and 60 points respectively.

Example of an analytic Rubric:

The Holistic Rubric does not split achievements into individual criteria. Performance is assessed holistically, you take into account various criteria, but only make one assessment.

Text only

Text Only as assessment. An example of this would be "Poor", "Good" or "Excellent" performance levels.

Percentages

A holistic rubric can be automatically calculated using Percentages based on the score of the associated item (for example an assignment).

Example of a holistic Rubric: