Creating and Managing Rubrics

The Rubric tab is used to create, edit, and view rubrics associated with a tier. A rubric is a table used to define assessment criteria and to evaluate the submitter’s performance of each criterion. Rubrics are a component of a template and are scored through the template.

To create a rubric:

     1. Click the Hierarchy button located at the top of the page.
     2. On the right side of the page, click the Rubric tab.
     3. Highlight the tier in which the rubric will be added. To highlight the tier, click on it.
     4. Click the Create Rubric button.



     5. On the create rubric page, type a title for the rubric into the Title field.
     6. Add or delete levels and elements as necessary.



     7. To add descriptions, click the description box, and type in the desired text.  To change the label of elements and levels, click the labels and type in the desired text.  For each level of an element, point values can also be added.



     8. To map standards to an element, click the SELECT STANDARDS button.

      9. When finished mapping standards, click the mapping page SAVE button.

      10. When finished building the rubric, click the create rubric page PUBLISH button to make the rubric usable in templates.

TIP: Instead of publish, clicking the Save button will save the rubric but will not make it available for use in a template.

NOTE:  Once a rubric has been published, it can still be edited.  However, the rubric’s point values and associated standards are “locked in” and cannot be changed.  Additional standards can be added at any time.
   
To edit an existing rubric:

     1. Click the Hierarchy button located at the top of the page.
     2. On the right side of the page, click the Rubric tab.
     3. Highlight the tier in which the rubric is located. To highlight the tier, click on it.
     4. From the rubric list, hover the pointer over the rubric to be edited.
     5. Click the name of the rubric to edit the existing rubric



     6. Edit the rubric.
     7. Click the Publish or Save button.

NOTE:  If edited a previously published rubric, only the Publish button will be available.