Author: eschudel

Starting to use Rubrics in D2L?  This tutorial is for faculty who have previous experience using the Assignments tool in D2L, and will walk through attaching a Rubric, grading using a Rubric, and showing you what students see as well. NOTE: Make sure you have created your rubric(s) in the Rubrics tool first!

Steps for Attaching Rubrics to Assignments

1. Go to the Assignments tool in your course.
2. Click the down arrow next to the title of the Assignment you wish attach a Rubric to, and select Edit Folder.
3. In the Edit Folder area, scroll down to the Evaluation and Feedback area, then click Add Rubric (NOTE: we advise creating your Rubrics in the Rubrics tool first, then attaching them to other tools).
4. In the Select Rubric pop-up, select the Rubric you wish to attach, and click Add Selected.
5. Your Rubric will now appear under the Add Rubric Finish editing your Assignment, and then click Save and Close.

Steps for Grading Assignments Using Attached Rubrics

1. Go to the Assignments tool in your course.
2. Click on the title of the Assignment you wish to see submissions for.
3. Click the Evaluate link for the student you wish to assess.
4. Click the Rubric link under Evaluation and Feedback.
5. In the Rubric’s pop-up, click the cells for the feedback you wish to leave (checkmarks will appear indicating you have selected those cells), click Add Feedback for any criteria you wish to add custom feedback for, then click Close.
6. For Points rubrics, the rubric will then automatically generate a grade for the Assignment. Click Publish or Save Draft, and move on to the next student’s assignment.

What Students See when Viewing Rubrics in Assignments before Grading

1. Go to the Assignments tool in your course.
2. Click on the title of the Assignment.
3. Click Show Rubrics to open the Rubric.
4. The Rubric will then appear for students to review.

What Students See when Viewing Rubrics in Assignments after Grading

1. Go to the Assignments tool in your course.
2. Click link under Feedback in the Evaluation Status column (here the link is Unread).
3. The Rubric will open and students can review their feedback, then click Done.

Things to Remember

Only Points and Percentages rubrics will adjust the score in an Assignment. Text only rubrics will only generate text-based feedback, and you will have to add a score manually in the Submissions area if the Assignment has a grade.

I wanted to take a moment to update you on where we are at as we begin to create new tutorials for the Rubrics tool in D2L.

Rubrics in D2L can be attached to Assignments, Discussions, or Grades.  When you integrate a Rubric in D2L, the grade you assign on the Rubric automatically becomes the grade for the assessment it is attached to.

There are 2 kinds of Rubrics you can set up in D2L:  Holistic and Analytic.

• Holistic – Performance is assessed holistically, LEVELS only, with multiple criteria being assessed at once.  For tasks where it is not easy to evaluate performance on one criterion independently of performance on a different criterion. For example, many writing rubrics are holistic because it is not always easy to disentangle clarity from organization or content from presentation.

• Analytic – Most rubrics are analytic. An analytic rubric breaks performance into multiple criteria. You assess each criterion separately, resulting in an overall assessment score. For example, an analytic rubric for assessing essays could have separate criterion for spelling, grammar, and expression.

Note that once a Rubric has been attached to something (assignment, discussion, grade item) it can NOT be deleted!

So far, we have finished 3 rubric tutorials (which can also be found on our Tutorials site).  Check them out here as well!

• Creating Analytic Points Rubrics
• Creating Analytic Custom Points Rubrics
• Creating Analytic No Score Rubrics

Have questions about rubrics, want to know how to add your own rubrics to D2L, or just need some help?  Contact eLearning@camosun.ca to arrange for a consult with an instructional designer.