How do I manage rubrics in an account?

You can create, edit, and delete rubrics for instructors to use across your institution. Instructors can add account-level rubrics to their assignments, graded discussions, and quizzes. Instructors can also create their own rubrics in their courses.

Note: If the steps in this lesson do not match what is displayed in your account, learn how to manage rubrics in the Enhanced Rubrics interface.

Open Account

Open Account

In Global Navigation, click the Admin link [1], then click the name of the account [2].

Open Rubrics

Open Rubrics

In Account Navigation, click the Rubrics link.

Add Rubric

Add Rubric

To add a new rubric, click the Add Rubric button.

Add Details

Create Title

Add details to the rubric.

Manage Existing Rubric

Manage Existing Rubric

Click the name of the rubric you want to edit or delete.

Note: Rubrics that have been used in more than one place cannot be modified.

Edit Rubric

Edit Rubric

To edit your rubric, click the Edit Rubric button.

Edit Rubric Details

Edit Rubric Details

To rename a rubric, type in the Title field [1].

To edit a rubric criteria description or long description, click the criteria Edit icon [2]. You can also edit criteria ratings [3], add rating options [4], and edit points [5].

To delete a criteria from the rubric, click the criteria Delete icon [6].

You can also add new criterion [7] and outcomes [8].

To save your edits, click the Update Rubric button [9]

To remove associated outcome criteria from a rubric, click the Delete icon [10]. Outcome criteria can only be edited from the Outcomes page.

Update Rubric

Edit Rubric Details

To save any edits you've made to the rubric, click the Update Rubric button.

Delete Rubric

Delete Rubric

Click the Delete Rubric button.

Confirm Deletion

Confirm Deletion

Click the OK button.

When you delete a rubric, any course currently using the rubric will still have access to the rubric, but it will no longer be included in new courses.