Creating and Managing Rubrics

This article explains how to create, edit, archive, unarchive, unpublish, and copy rubrics in Faculty Success. Rubrics define assessment criteria and evaluate submitter performance within templates.

Note: Once a rubric is published, users can still edit it. However, the point values and associated standards or outcomes are locked and cannot be changed. Users can add additional standards and outcomes at any time.

Prerequisites

Before managing rubrics, ensure you have appropriate administrative permissions within your organization or program.


Creating a Rubric

  1. Navigate to the organization or program where the rubric will be added.
  2. Click the "Rubrics" tab.
  3. Click "New Rubric".

    Organization page highlighting the Rubrics tab in the main navigation and the New Rubric button

  4. Enter a title in the "Title" field on the Create Rubric page.
  5. Add or delete levels and elements as needed. Rearrange rubric elements using the up and down arrows in the left column.

    Rubric creation form showing controls to add levels and reorder elements using up and down arrows

  6. Select the description box to enter text. Select element and level labels to modify their names. Point values can also be added for each level.
  7. Click "Add Alignment" to map standards or outcomes to an element.

    Rubric element row with the Add Alignment button highlighted for mapping standards

  8. Click "Save" after aligning standards or outcomes.
  9. Click "Publish" to make the rubric available for templates.

Tip: Click "Save as Draft" to save progress without making the rubric available for template use.


Bulk Met/Not Met Selection for Standards Aligned to Rubric Elements

  1. Click the "Select Rubric Level Proficiency" button.

    Rubric toolbar highlighting the Select Rubric Level Proficiency button
  2. Choose Met, Not Met, or Leave Blank for each level from the rubric. The default selection for each level is "Leave Blank".

    Modal window displaying level proficiency dropdown choices for Met, Not Met, and Leave Blank
  3. Click "Set Proficiency Status" to apply the selections.
  4. The selections made will apply to all existing standard mappings for rubric elements as well as any new standard mappings created for rubric elements.

    Note: The "Reset All Levels to Leave Blank" option can be used to set the selection for all rubric levels back to "Leave Blank".


Editing an Existing Rubric

  1. Navigate to the organization or program where the rubric exists.
  2. Click the "Rubrics" tab.
  3. Click the title of the target rubric.
  4. Edit the rubric content.
  5. Click "Publish" or "Save".

Archiving a Rubric

  1. Navigate to the organization or program where the rubric exists.
  2. Click the "Rubrics" tab.
  3. Click the "More Options" icon (three dots) next to the rubric.
  4. Click "Archive".

Note: An archived rubric can be unarchived at any time using the "Unarchive" option.


Unarchiving a Rubric

  1. Navigate to the organization or program where the rubric exists.
  2. Click the "Rubrics" tab.
  3. Click the "More Options" icon (three dots) next to the rubric.
  4. Click "Unarchive".
  5. Click "Unarchive" again to confirm.

Unpublishing a Rubric

  1. Navigate to the organization or program where the rubric exists.
  2. Click the "Rubrics" tab.
  3. Click the "More Options" icon (three dots) next to the rubric.
  4. Click "Unpublish".

Copying a Rubric

  1. Navigate to the organization or program where the rubric exists.
  2. Click the "Rubrics" tab.
  3. Click the "More Options" icon (three dots) next to the rubric.
  4. Click "Copy".
  5. Enter a name for the copy.
  6. Make any necessary updates, then click "Save as Draft" or "Publish".

Concluding Remarks

Managing your rubrics effectively ensures consistent and structured evaluations across your programs. Remember to publish rubrics when they are ready for template assignment, or save them as drafts if further edits are required.

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