Adding a Rubric to Gradable Content in Blackboard Ultra

What is a Rubric in Blackboard?

A rubric is a scoring tool you can use to evaluate graded work. When you create a rubric, you divide the assigned work into parts. You can provide clear descriptions of the characteristics of the work associated with each part, at varying levels of skill.

Students can use a rubric to organize their efforts to meet the requirements of the graded work. When you allow students access to rubrics before they complete their work, you provide transparency into your grading methods. Learn more about rubrics in Blackboard by following Anthology’s Blackboard Help page here.

Before you Add a Rubric to Gradable Content in Blackboard…

Know that you can associate rubrics with tests, assignments, or discussions! To learn more about creating rubrics, please access this Faculty Blackboard Help page dedicated to Creating Rubrics here.

For tests and assignments, you must associate a rubric before adding questions.
For discussions, you must first enable grading before you can associate a rubric.

How do I Add a Rubric to Gradable Content?

Watch this video to learn how to associate rubrics to content in Blackboard Ultra.

Here are the step-by-step instructions:

On the assignment or test page, select the Settings icon to open the Settings panel.
Under the Additional Tools section, select Add grading rubric to view existing rubrics. Rubrics appear in alphabetical order.
To associate an existing rubric with the assignment, click “Add” next to the desired rubric. If the maximum points for the rubric differ from the assignment’s maximum points, the system will automatically adjust the point value. However, if you select the checkbox “Use rubric’s possible points”, it won’t adjust automatically. To create a new rubric, click “Create”. If you wish to generate a new rubric using the AI Assistant, click “Generate”.
NOTE: You may associate only one rubric to each assessment or discussion.
Select Save once the rubric is added to the assessment.