How do I manage rubrics in a course using the Enhanced Rubrics features?

Canvas Enhanced Rubrics offer instructors a more flexible, modern rubric-building experience. The information and resources below will help you create, customize, and manage Enhanced Rubrics in your courses.

What's New with Canvas Enhanced Rubrics? 

  • Drag-and-drop criteria reordering
  • Draft mode before publishing
  • Three display modes: Vertical, Horizontal, and Traditional
  • Custom rating order (High to Low or Low to High)
  • Usage tracking for rubrics across assignments
  • Rubric search, sorting, archiving, and copying
  • CSV export/import for reuse across courses

***Learn more about Canvas' Enhanced Rubrics by viewing the comprehensive guide and video tutorial here. 

Enhanced Rubrics with three view options: Traditional, Horizontal, and Vertical

Note on display modes shown above: Traditional = Table, Horizontal = Numeric, Vertical = List

Additional Resources for Instructors