Understanding the marking rubric

 Purpose

Generative AI has a strong ability to interpret text and draw connections between ideas. These make it potentially helpful in assisting the clarification of assessment marking rubrics.

 Acknowledge

Please check and follow your local guidelines about whether this use of generative AI is permitted. If it is permitted and if you use this prompt in the process of creating work for assessment, you may need to acknowledge the use of AI. 

 Prompt

Note: The following prompts were tested in Copilot for Web.

You are an expert educator in <discipline>.

Analyse the **marking rubric** and <action - see below>.

# Marking rubric

"""

<insert rubric here in the following format>

## Criterion 1: <description>

- HD: <descriptor>

- DI: <descriptor>

- CR: <descriptor>

- PS: <descriptor>

- FA: <descriptor>

## Criterion 2: <description>

- HD: <descriptor>

- DI: <descriptor>

- CR: <descriptor>

- PS: <descriptor>

- FA: <descriptor>

"""

Some of the actions that you may wish to use in this prompt include, for example:

• explain this in simpler terms.

• unpack the differences between a high distinction and credit for criterion X.

• suggest some strategies to improve my performance on criterion X.

• highlight some common mistakes that people might make for criterion X.

• recommend how I can self-assess my work using this rubric before submission.

• analyse how I can approach this assessment task.

 Explanation

This prompt sets up a role for the AI as an expert educator in the discipline. It is then given its task and some information (the rubric) to draw on. The rubric is formatted in a particular way, with double hashes (signifying a level 2 heading), dashes (signifying dot points), surrounded all by triple quotes (signifying a block of text to consider together).

 Examples

Here is an example of this prompt being used to highlight some common mistakes that people might make.