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February 12, 2019

Minnesota State Webinar Series 2019

Rubrics OverviewRubric types, scoring methods, status, associationsRubric visibility

Intro to Rubrics in D2L Brightspace

Webinar recording (36 min)

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1. Provides students with expectations and criteriaupon which they will be evaluated

2. Provides consistency in teacher assessments by stating criteria and evaluating student performance uniformly via rubric levels

3. Fosters student reflection and self-evaluation

Essence of a Rubric

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• Types: – Analytic (default)– Holistic

• Scoring Methods: – Points (Analytic only--default)– Custom Points (Analytic only)– Text Only (Analytic or Holistic)– Percentages (Holistic only-default)

• Associations– Linked– Locked

• Status: – Draft (default)– Published– Archived

• Levels (Holistic or Analytic can have multiple levels (columns)

• Criteria (Analytic can have multiple criteria (rows) Holistic can only have one row)

Brightspace Rubrics Basic Terminology

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• What is being evaluated?

• What is most relevant to setting criteria and providing feedback—analytic or holistic?

• What is most appropriate for scoring—points, percentage, text-only feedback?

Planning Phase

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Creating an Analytic Rubric *with Points scoring method

* Screen shots from new rubric creation experience

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Defining Levels and Criteria

Criteria are set in rows, while levels are in columns. Each criterion feedbackentry in the Level 4 column will be of the highest level of achievement.

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Levels and Criteria Entered

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Overall Score/Level of Achievement

The thresholds for level of achievement are determined by the instructorand are entered manually. Bubbles describe which criteria scores must be earnedto attain the named levels of achievement.

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• Add or delete criterion row or level column• Reverse the level order (highest to lowest) L to R or R to L

Editing the Analytic rubric

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Creating an Analytic Rubric *with Custom Points scoring method

* Screen shots from new rubric creation experience

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Creating a Holistic rubric

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Holistic with Text Only (No Score)

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Rubrics menu

Existing rubrics can be copiedto create a new rubric and thenthe user can edit the new rubricwithout needing to type in allthe criteria and level information.

This is useful if you want to createa new rubric that is similar to anexisting rubric.

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Rubric Statuses and Associations

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Creating or editing a rubric includes the following options:• Rubric is always visible to learners,• Rubric is hidden until feedback published, and• Rubric is never visible to learners.

Rubric Visibility options

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Setting Rubric visibility

Scroll down to “Options” and click drop-down menu button to expand

Default is “rubric is visible to students”

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• Instructor• Create and Manage Rubrics KA 1026• About Rubrics KA 1024

• Student• Viewing Rubrics KA 1318

• Knowledge Articles (KAs) are available at our D2L Support Sharepoint site. Click any of the links on this page and when prompted for username and password, enter StarID@minnstate.edu for username and StarID password

Knowledge Articles

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Questions?

For questions on rubrics, you may submit a ticket to our Minnesota State IT Service Desk. D2L Brightspace ticketsare directed to the System Site Admin team to the attention of Suzanne Schlangen, Kim Vossen, Jon Werth, Charles Kroger and Karen Wenz.

You may also search our Knowledge Articles at Minnesota State’s D2L Support Sharepoint site. https://mnscu.sharepoint.com/sites/d2lsupport/SitePages/Home.aspx