<p>If you cannot find a rubric you want to use in your course, you can create a new rubric. Once you create a rubric, the rubric is saved in your course for future use. You can <a href="../../4152/l/40072?data-resolve-url=true&amp;data-manual-id=4152" data-object-class="article" data-object-uuid="0C91C154-4A6F-46C6-9557-2B2D8CE5C89A" data-object-manual-uuid="2E64DA50-E3D9-012F-D7C3-12313804AAC3" data-resolve-url="true" target="_blank">add the rubric to an assignment</a> and use the rubric for grading and adding comments. You can manage created rubrics in the <a href="../../4152/l/39724?data-resolve-url=true&amp;data-manual-id=4152" data-object-class="article" data-object-uuid="A648544A-796C-45E9-B56A-AFCFD4906434" data-object-manual-uuid="2E64DA50-E3D9-012F-D7C3-12313804AAC3" data-resolve-url="true" target="_blank">Manage Rubrics page</a>. </p> <p>This lesson shows how to create a rubric in the Manage Rubrics page. You can also create a rubric directly when adding a rubric to an assignment, and the process is the same. </p> <p><strong>Note:</strong> Currently criterion cannot be reordered after they are added to a rubric.</p>

<p>You can give students extra credit in Canvas using several options. </p> <p><strong>Notes</strong>: </p> <ul><li>If you are weighing your assignment groups, please pay attention to how weighted groups can affect the Gradebook if assignments are worth zero points.</li> <li>If you have <a href="../../4152/l/232976?data-resolve-url=true&amp;data-manual-id=4152" data-object-class="article" data-object-uuid="f11597c4-733d-42c6-b4d9-f004fd8ca53b" data-object-manual-uuid="2E64DA50-E3D9-012F-D7C3-12313804AAC3" data-resolve-url="true" target="_blank">drop rules</a> set in an assignment group, adding extra points may affect your students' scores.</li> </ul>

<p>If you have added a rubric to an assignment, you can view the rubric in SpeedGrader.</p> <p>If you want to use the rubric to calculate a grade, be sure you have selected the Use this rubric for assignment grading checkbox when <a href="../../4152/l/40072?data-resolve-url=true&amp;data-manual-id=4152" data-object-class="article" data-object-uuid="0C91C154-4A6F-46C6-9557-2B2D8CE5C89A" data-object-manual-uuid="2E64DA50-E3D9-012F-D7C3-12313804AAC3" data-resolve-url="true" target="_blank">adding a rubric to an assignment.</a> <em>Make sure this checkbox is selected before you begin grading submissions. </em></p> <p>If you do not select the rubric specifically for grading, you can still use the rubric to evaluate an assignment but the score will not update automatically.</p> <p><strong>Note:</strong> If you do not want to use predetermined rubric criterion, you can grade with <a href="../../4152/l/39719?data-resolve-url=true&amp;data-manual-id=4152" data-object-class="article" data-object-uuid="5E993EBC-F9B3-47E8-9F87-94F3D35535EC" data-object-manual-uuid="2E64DA50-E3D9-012F-D7C3-12313804AAC3" data-resolve-url="true" target="_blank">free-form comments</a> instead.</p>

<p>You can align any outcome in your course to a rubric. Rubrics are used to help students understand expectations for an assignment and how their submissions will be graded. Outcomes can be aligned with a rubric for additional assessment and measurable performance. </p> <p>To align an outcome, the outcome must already exist for your account. Learn how to <a href="../../4214/l/87667?data-resolve-url=true&amp;data-manual-id=4214" data-object-class="article" data-object-uuid="9CE4D64D-F352-485C-8BAF-CF1DF3B19399" data-object-manual-uuid="2E9EF650-E3D9-012F-D7F2-12313804AAC3" data-resolve-url="true" target="">create account outcomes</a>. </p> <p><strong>Notes:</strong> </p> <ul><li>Outcomes can be added to rubrics, but rubrics cannot be added to outcomes.</li> <li>Rubrics cannot be edited once they have been added to more than one assignment in a course. </li> </ul>