How do I add a college-specific rubric to a course assignment?

Faculty will be able to add a college/program/department-level rubric (that is already aligned to an outcome) to an assignment to help students understand expectations for the assignment and how they intend to score their submissions. These college/program/department-level rubrics would have been created for instructors to use across the institution. Instructors can add account-level rubrics to their assignments, graded discussions, and quizzes.

  1. In Course Navigation, click the Assignments link
    Assignments link
  2. Click the assignment to open
    Click on assignment
  3. Click the + Rubric button to add a new rubric
    Add a Rubric
  4. Click the Find a Rubric button to find account-level rubric
    Find account level rubric
  5. Identify the Account rubric associated with your college, department, or program
    Choose account rubric
    The account-level rubric is already aligned to an Outcome
  6. Click Use This Rubric
    Add this rubric
  7. The added rubric will appear below the assignment
    Rubric added to Assignment
    The grade for the rubric must equal the grade for the assignment
  8. Click the Pencil icon to edit the rubric
    Click the Pencil icon
  9. Check the appropriate options to Hide score total for assessment results or Use this rubric for assignment grading
    Check options
  10. Click + Criterion to add additional criterion values specific to your course to the account-level rubric
    Click + Criterion
  11. Click Update Rubric to accept changes
  12. When students have submitted their assignments, Speedgrader will show both the submitted assignment and account-level rubric for grading
    Speedgrader
  13. Click Save when grades or comments in the rubric are completed
  14. Click Submit when adding assignment comments
  15. To see the grade values (Grades) associated with Outcomes and Rubrics, go to Settings
    Settings in Navigation
  16. Under the Feature Options tab, turn on Learning Mastery Gradebook, Student Learning Mastery Gradebook, and Gradebook - List Students by Sortable Name
    Feature options
    The option, Student Learning Mastery Gradebook allows students to see their Outcome values in the Gradebook
  17. The Gradebook will now have two tabs: Grades and Learning Mastery
    Gradebook tabs
  18. The Learning Mastery tab will show the Outcome values for each assignment
    Mastery values
    A color key is situated on the right-side of the screen showing the Mastery values. Also included is an option(Export report)  to download a *.CSV (Excel) report of the Outcome grade values

NOTE:  If you try to edit a rubric that has been used to grade an assessment (assignment, graded discussion, or quiz), Canvas generates a warning message that the rubric can't be edited.

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