Creating a Rubric in Blackboard Ultra

What is a Rubric?

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 here.

 

How can I create a rubric in Blackboard?

There are two ways to generate a rubric in Blackboard:

  1. You can create one manually,
  2. or You can generate one using the AI Design Assistant.

 

How do I create a rubric in Blackboard manually?

  1. In the Gradebook, or on an Assignment, Test, or Discussion page, select the Settings icon to open the Settings panel.
  2. If creating a rubric from the Gradebook, skip this step. For an Assignment, Test, or Discussion under Additional Tools, select Add grading rubric.
    Additional tools menu, with the add a grading rubric setting highlighted.
  3. Click Create to create a new rubric. (If you want to use an existing rubric for an Assignment, you can select the one you want from the list under the buttons and click Add.)
    Add Grading Rubric menu, with two options; create and generate.
  4. On the New Rubric page, use the pencil icon to edit the title of the rubric.
  5. In the Rubric Type field, select Percentage, Percentage range, Points or Points Range.
    New Rubric area, where you can edit the title of the rubric by pressing the pencil icon, and decide the rubric type from the rubric type drop-down menu

    • Percentage-based rubrics. The criteria total percentage must equal 100%. You may only use whole numbers. You may add rows set to 0% as long as your total percentage equals 100. If the percentages don’t equal 100, a warning message appears at the bottom of the screen. Select Balance Criteria next to the message to auto-adjust the percentages so they equal 100. Or, you can manually update the percentages as needed.
    • Percentage-range rubrics. Each level of achievement has a range of values. When you grade, you select the appropriate percentage level for a particular level of achievement. The system calculates the points earned by multiplying the weight x achievement percentage x item points.
  6. Adding/changing content in a rubric:
    1. To edit a cell in a rubric: Hover over said cell to access the edit icon.
      The edit icon for a rubric cell.
    2. To add a column/row: Select the plus sign wherever you want to add it and enter a title.
      The plus sign between columns and rows to add row/column.
    3. To edit/delete a title: To access the edit/delete icons, hover over the cell for the column or row.
      The delete icon to delete a cell in the rubric.
  7. When you are finished, select Save. 
    save button at the bottom of the rubric.

How do I generate a rubric using the AI Design Assistant?

  1. Follow instructions above for 1 – 2, then click Generate.
  2. The system automatically starts generating a rubric with the default settings as shown below. However, you can modify these settings and click the Generate button to generate a new one. Adding information in the Description field, such as criteria, helps to generate a more usable rubric. (There is also Advanced options where you can choose the output language. If this option is relevant for your course, you may use this.)
    Generate Rubric screen with an area to add a description, change the rubric type, complexity, and number of rows and columns.
  3. If you find the generated rubric usable by updating it, click Continue.
    Continue button at the bottom of the rubric.
  4. Update generated information to make sure that the description accurately reflect criteria and assessment levels. Then Save.

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