1. On the navbar, click Rubrics

2. On the Rubrics page, click New Rubric

3. In the Properties tab, enter your rubric details

4. Click Save

5. Do one of the following:

• If you created an analytic rubric, click the Levels and Criteria tab, and edit your criteria and levels

• If you created a holistic rubric, click the Levels tab, and edit your levels

• Analytic: Two-dimensional rubrics with levels of achievement as columns and assessment criteria as rows. Allows you to assess participants' achievements based on multiple criteria using a single rubric. You can assign different weights (value) to different criteria and include an overall achievement by totaling the criteria. With analytic rubrics, levels of achievement display in columns and your assessment criteria display in rows. Analytic rubrics may use a points, custom points, or text only scoring method. Points and custom points analytic rubrics may use both text and points to assess performance; with custom points, each criterion may be worth a different number of points. For both points and custom points, an Overall Score is provided based on the total number of points achieved. The Overall Score determines if students meet the criteria determined by teachers. You can manually override the Total and the Overall Score of the rubric.

• Holistic: Single criterion rubrics (one-dimensional) used to assess participants' overall achievement on an activity or item based on predefined achievement levels. Holistic rubrics may use a percentage or text only scoring method.

• No Points: Performance levels indicated by text. For example, three performance levels for a rubric can be Poor, Good, and Excellent.

• Points: This scoring method is only available to analytic rubrics. Performance levels indicated by points. For example, three performance levels for a rubric can be Poor (0 points), Good (75 points), and Excellent (125 points).

• Custom Points: This scoring method is only available to analytic rubrics. The Custom Points scoring method is similar to the Points scoring method, but you can customize the points given for each criterion. For example, if performance levels are Poor, Good, and Excellent, then the criterion Spelling and Grammar can be worth 0 points, 10 points, and 20 points for each level, and the criterion Expression can be worth 0 points, 30 points, and 60 points, making it worth three times the points of Spelling and Grammar.

Note: If you choose a Holistic Rubric Type, you will either be able to do No Points or Percentage. The Percentage scoring method can be automatically assessed based on the score of its associated item, for example, a Grade item.

Similar to other tools, you can set a rubric's status in Brightspace:

• Draft: The initial status of a rubric. Draft rubrics are not yet available for new associations.

• Published: Associations can be made with published rubrics. Once a rubric has an association, you cannot change the rubric's name, description, levels, and criteria.

• Archived: Archived rubrics do not appear in default search results and are not available for new associations. Existing associations with archived rubrics remain associated with activities that were previously created but they cannot be evaluated or updated. Students continue to see student-visible rubric evaluations on archived rubrics and their scores in activity summary, user progress, and Grades.

1. When creating or editing an Assignment, expand the Evaluation & Feedback section on the right

2. Select the Add Rubric dropdown

3. Click Add Existing

4. Find and select the checkbox next to the rubric you wish to attach such as one you created or a shared rubric

   1. Note: You may add more than 1 rubric to assess your students

5. Click Add Selected

6. Select Save and Close when done

From there, the selected rubric(s) will be available upon assessing student submissions.

1. In your course, go to More Tools and then Assignments

2. Select the assignment in question to see submissions

3. Click on the submission you wish to assess

4. On the right, you will find the rubric(s) tied to the assignment

5. Select the rubric to expand and see all of the rubric levels

6. Click the criteria bar to select the 

7. Once a field has been selected for each level, you should see a score appear based on the combined scores from each level

   1. Note: You may override this score if you wish by entering the points you wish to give in the Points field

8. Click Publish when done

Removing an associated Rubric:

1. In your course, select "More Tools" and then "Assignments" in the blue navigation bar at the top of the page

2. Find the assignment that you wish to remove the rubric from, and click the down arrow next to the assignment's name

3. Select "Edit Folder"

4. Expand the "Evaluation & Feedback" section

5. Under the "Rubrics" section, click the "X" next to the rubric you wish to remove

6. Click "Save and Close" when done

Note: If you have more than 1 rubric that you are using to assess the assignment, use the dropdown menu under "Default Scoring Rubric" to select the rubric you would like to use to evaluate the assignment. You may still fill out both rubrics, however, the selected default rubric's score will appear in the "Overall Grade" box. You may override the Overall Grade if you do not want to use the rubric score. 

Removing a Rubric from the Learning Objectives:

You will see "# Attached" under "Learning Objective" if you have a rubric added from the Learning Objects. If you see this, an extra rubric will be available when you try to evaluate a learner. To remove this, you will need to do the following:

1. In your course, select "More Tools" and then "Assignments" in the blue navigation bar at the top of the page

2. Find the assignment that you wish to remove the rubric from, and click the down arrow next to the assignment's name

3. Select "Edit Folder"

4. Expand the "Evaluation & Feedback" section

5. Under the "Learning Objectives" section, select "Manage Learning Objectives"

6. Next to the overall Learning Objective (not the lower rubric), click the down arrow on the right side

7. Select "Remove Learning Objective"

8. Click "Close" and then "Save and Close" when done

1. When creating or editing a Topic, expand the Evaluation & Feedback section on the right

2. Select the Add Rubric dropdown

3. Click Add Existing

4. Find and select the checkbox next to the rubric you wish to attach such as one you created or a shared rubric

   1. Note: You may add more than 1 rubric to assess your students

5. Click Add Selected

6. Select Save and Close when done

From there, the selected rubric(s) will be available upon assessing student Threads and Replies.

1. In your course, go to More Tools and then Discussions

2. Select the down arrow next to the discussion in question

3. Click Assess Topic

4. Select a student's Post to start assessing

5. On the right, you will find the rubric(s) tied to the assignment

6. Select the rubric to expand and see all of the rubric levels

7. Click the criteria bar to select the 

8. Once a field has been selected for each level, you should see a score appear based on the combined scores from each level

   1. Note: You may override this score if you wish by entering the points you wish to give in the Points field

9. Click Publish when done

Removing an associated Rubric:

1. In your course, select "More Tools" and then "Discussions" in the blue navigation bar at the top of the page

2. Find the discussion topic that you wish to remove the rubric from, and click the down arrow next to the topic's name

3. Select "Edit Topic"

4. Expand the "Evaluation & Feedback" section

5. Under the "Rubrics" section, click the "X" next to the rubric you wish to remove

6. Click "Save and Close" when done

Removing a Rubric from the Learning Objectives:

You will see "# Attached" under "Learning Objective" if you have a rubric added from the Learning Objects. If you see this, an extra rubric will be available when you try to evaluate a learner. To remove this, you will need to do the following:

1. In your course, select "More Tools" and then "Discussions" in the blue navigation bar at the top of the page

2. Find the discussion topic that you wish to remove the rubric from, and click the down arrow next to the topic's name

3. Select "Edit Topic"

4. Expand the "Evaluation & Feedback" section

5. Under the "Learning Objectives" section, select "Manage Learning Objectives"

6. Next to the overall Learning Objective (not the lower rubric), click the down arrow on the right side

7. Select "Remove Learning Objective"

8. Click "Close" and then "Save and Close" when done

1. When creating or editing a Grade Item, scroll down to the Grading section

2. Select the Add Rubric button to add an existing rubric(s)

3. Click the checkbox next to the rubric(s) you wish to add

   1. Note: You may add more than 1 rubric to assess your students

4. Select Add Selected to attach the rubric(s) to the Grade Item

5. Click Save and Close when done

From there, you may assess your students through the Grade Item using the attached rubric(s).

1. In your course, select Grades

2. Find the Grade Item in question with the rubric(s) attached

3. Select the down arrow next to the Grade Item and click Enter Grades

4. Under the Assessment column (far right), click on the assessment icon

5. Select the levels for each criteria

   1. Note: The score will automatically be entered by the levels, but it can be overwritten by selecting the score in the Total section

6. Add feedback if needed, and then click Publish when done

1. In your course, go to Grades

2. Find the Grade Item you attached your CLO Rubric to, and click the down arrow next to the title

3. Select "Edit"

4. Scroll down to the "Scoring" section and change the Weight to 0 (zero)

5. Click "Save and Close" when done

From there, you can fill out your CLO Rubric and the Grade Item's score will not be counted towards the Final Calculated Grade.

Certainly, you can add a rubric to evaluate almost any activity in Brightspace. See the video above for more info.

The Analytic Rubric provides the ability to add multiple criteria within a rubric, while the Holistic Rubric provides one single criterion.