Defining the Met Criteria for Activity Alignments (D2L Brightspace)

Overview

This help article explains how users can define Met Criteria for activity alignments, which means setting the performance thresholds required for a criterion to be considered successfully achieved. The article provides step-by-step instructions for two main types of activities:

  • Point-Based Activities
  • Rubric-Based Activities

Users have the ability to define the Met Criteria, which involves specifying the thresholds that must be achieved for criteria to be defined as having been Met. The following steps outline how to define the met criteria for each type of activity alignment.

Point-Based Activities

  1. Navigate to the activity alignment section, and select Define Met Criteria. The Alignments page showing two alignment cards. Each card showing alignment type Activity, source D2L Brightspace, name, term Fall 2025, course, course section, and grading method. Met Criteria field showing Define Met Criteria link highlighted on both cards.
  2. Enter the required met score in the provided field, ensuring that the score is a whole number.
  3. Click Apply Met Criteria.

Rubric-Based Activities

  1. Navigate to the activity alignment section, and select Define Met Criteria
  2. Choose an Option to Define the Met Criteria
    • Option 1: Use Overall Rubric Score
      • Enter the required overall rubric score, ensuring that the score is a whole number.
      • Click Apply Met Criteria:
    • Option 2: Use Rubric Criteria Results
      • Choose at least one criterion from the rubric.
      • Click Next to proceed.
      • For each selected criterion, define the met threshold for the performance levels.
      • Click Apply Met Criteria:
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