How do I add a rubric to an assignment using Rubric Enhancements?
You can add a rubric to an assignment to help students understand expectations for the assignment and how you intend to grade their submissions. In some cases, you might add a rubric to an assignment specifically to align outcomes included in the rubric. In addition to assignments, you can also add rubrics to graded discussions and quizzes.
You can either select an existing rubric from one of your courses or create a new one.
Notes:
- When you add a rubric to a moderated assignment, any associated outcome results display in the Learning Mastery Gradebook only after final grades are posted.
- You cannot edit a rubric after it's been added to more than one assignment in a course.
- The Assignment Enhancements feature option must be enabled for students to view the updated rubric interface.
- This lesson describes rubrics with Rubric Enhancements feature option enabled. If the steps in this lesson do not match what is displayed in your account, learn how to
- This lesson describes rubrics using the Enhanced Rubrics feature. If the steps shown differ from what you see in your account, refer to the guide on adding a rubric to an assignment in the Classic Rubric interface.
Open Assignments
In Course Navigation, click the Assignments link.
Open Assignment
Click the name of the assignment.
Find Rubric
To find an existing rubric, click the Find Rubric button.
Select Rubric
You can access rubrics from previous assignments and from other courses where you have an instructor role.
Select a course or account from the drop-down menu [1]. Locate and click the name of a rubric [2]. You can view the criteria and points in each rubric. To select a rubric for the assignment, click the Add button [3].
Edit Rubric
To edit an unused rubric or to select rubric settings, click the Edit icon.
Note: When editing a rubric, you can remove associated outcome criteria. However, you can only edit outcome criteria from the Outcomes page.
Copy Rubric
When editing a rubric that has been used in more than one assignment (assignment, graded discussion, or quiz), a warning message displays [1]. This message means that you cannot edit the rubric directly, but you can create a copy.
Edit the rubric details [2], then click the Save Rubric button [3].
In the Confirm to continue window, click the Confirm button.
The edited version will automatically replace the previous rubric in the assignment.
Notes:
- A rubric linked to multiple assignments will not be copied if the only change made is to use the rubric for assignment grading.
- If you use the rubric for grading, the rubric will update for all students in SpeedGrader. You may want to re-review student submissions that may have already been graded with the original rubric.
- The copied rubric will also be saved in the course rubrics list for future use.
Create New Rubric
If you cannot find an existing rubric to use for the assignment, you can create a new rubric. New rubrics are saved in your course for future use.
Select Rubric Settings
Once you have added a rubric, you can select several options for the rubric.
If the Learning Mastery Gradebook is enabled but you do not want outcome results to be posted to the Learning Mastery Gradebook, select the Don't post to Learning Mastery Gradebook checkbox [1]. When this option is selected, students can still view rubric and outcome results in the Grades and submission details pages but results will not be posted to the Learning Mastery Gradebook.
To use the rubric for grading in SpeedGrader, click the Use this rubric for assignment grading checkbox [2].
To hide the total rubric score from students, click the Hide rubric score total from students checkbox [3]. Students can still see the point values for each criterion, but the total score will not be shown at the bottom of the rubric. This option is only available if the rubric is not used for grading.
Save Rubric
Click the Save Rubric button.
Adjust Scoring Points
If you select the option to use the rubric for grading, Canvas will compare the rubric score and Assignment points.
If the number of points in the rubric is different than the number of points in the Assignment, Canvas will generate a warning message notifying that the point values are not equal.
To update the number of points in the assignment, click the Change button [1]. Otherwise, click the Leave different button[2].
View Rubric
To view the rubric for the assignment, click the Preview Rubric button [1]. The Rubric tray displays [2].
To edit the rubric, click the Edit icon [3]. To replace the rubric with an existing rubric, click the Search icon [4].
To delete the rubric from the assignment, click the Delete icon [5]. If the rubric was created from the assignment and is not linked to other course content, the rubric will be removed from the course when deleted.
If the rubric includes an outcome, you can view its details in a pop-up by clicking the outcome link [6].
