Canvas: Add Rubrics to Assignments

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Overview

You can add a rubric to an assignment to help students understand expectations for the assignment and how you intend to score their submissions. Occasionally, rubrics are added to assignments when you have an outcome inside of the rubric that you would like to use for alignment purposes. In addition to assignments, rubrics can also be added to graded discussions and quizzes.

Rubrics can be added by finding an existing rubric in one of your courses, or by creating a new rubric.

Please note: these instructions apply to the new, enhanced version of Rubrics that are enabled in UTK Canvas courses by default.

Instructions

Add a Rubric to an Assignment in Canvas:

  1. Click the Assignments link.
     
  2. Click on the name of the Assignment for which you want to add a rubric.
     
  3. Below the Assignment instructions and details are two buttons that can be used to add a Rubric: Create Rubric and Find Rubric.
     
  4. To find an existing rubric, click the Find Rubric link. You can find rubrics that were created in previous assignments, as well as rubrics created in other courses where you have an instructor role.
     
  5. In the pop-out tray, locate the name of a rubric and select its radio button to choose that rubric. If you want to view the criteria and points in a rubric, click the arrow button to the right of that rubric. Click the + Add button to add the rubric to your assignment. ​​​​​​​​
    • To reopen the rubric and select rubric settings, click the pencil icon so you can edit the settings for the rubric.
      • If you want to write free-form comments to students in SpeedGrader, select the Don't post to Learning Mastery Gradebook checkbox.
      • If you want to use the rubric for grading in SpeedGrader, select the Use this rubric for assignment grading checkbox.
      • If you don't want students to see the score total for the rubric, select the Hide rubric score total for assessment results checkbox (this option is only visible if Use this rubric for assignment grading is unchecked). Students can still see the point values for each criterion, but the total score will not be shown at the bottom of the rubric. This option is only available if the rubric is not used for grading and only applies to students when they view rubrics from the Grades page.
         
  6. Click the Save Rubric button.

If you can't find an existing rubric to use for the assignment, you can create a new rubric for your assignment using the Create Rubric button. New rubrics are saved in your course for future use.

Additional support guides on using Rubrics:

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