Brightspace Frequently Asked Questions
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Brightspace allows you to create a grading rubric that can be attached to an Assignment, Grade Item, or other assessed items. We suggest creating your rubric ahead of time on paper, and then entering your criteria into Brightspace. There is no way to 鈥渦pload a rubric鈥� from an Excel file or other type of table 鈥� you will need to enter the text into Brightspace manually.
There are two types of rubrics available for use in Brightspace.聽聽explains Holistic vs. Analytic in more detail and provides visual examples.
- Holistic Rubrics聽鈥� Single criterion rubrics (one-dimensional) used to assess participants鈥� overall achievement on an activity or item based on predefined achievement levels. Holistic rubrics may use a percentages or text only scoring method.
- Analytic Rubrics聽鈥� Two-dimensional rubrics with levels of achievement as columns and assessment criteria as rows. Allows you to assess participants鈥� achievements based on multiple criteria using a single rubric. You can assign different weights (value) to different criteria and include an overall achievement by totaling the criteria. With analytic rubrics, levels of achievement display in columns and your assessment criteria display in rows. Analytic rubrics may use a points, custom points, or text only scoring method. Points and custom points analytic rubrics may use both text and points to assess performance; with custom points, each criterion may be worth a different number of points. For both points and custom points an overall score is provided based on the total number of points achieved. The overall score determines whether the activity is achieved.
This guide outlines how to create a rubric in Brightspace, how to link it to an assignment, and then how to grade an assignment using a rubric.
Updated Spring 2022
Create a Rubric
This example shows an Analytic Rubric. The process is similar with a Holistic Rubric.
1. On the navbar, select聽Course Admin聽-&驳迟;听Rubrics
2. On the Rubrics page, click聽New Rubric
3. Give your rubric a title, then input the criteria names, descriptions, point values, and any initial feedback you have to offer. The image below showcases highlighted areas where you will need to enter information:
4. When you are finished, click聽Save. Your rubric is currently in聽Draft聽mode. You will not be able to link it to anything until you have set it to聽Published.
5. To Publish the rubric, click the dropdown menu next to the rubric, select 鈥淪et Status鈥� and聽Published
Associate your Rubric with an Assignment
1. Navigate to the assignments page
2. Select the dropdown arrow next to the assignment name, then choose聽Edit Assignment
3. In the Evaluation and Feedback聽section on the right side, select聽Add Rubric聽-&驳迟;听Add Existing
4. Select the checkbox next to your rubric鈥檚 name, then choose Add Selected
5. Select Save and Close聽to save your changes
Grading With a Rubric
1. Go to the Assignments tool. Click the drop-down menu next to your assignment and select View Submissions.
2. For an individual student, click on Go to Evaluation聽to grade their work.
3. On the right-hand side of the grading page, click on the rubric to expand and view all criteria. Click on the appropriate level that the student has achieved for each criteria.
4. Once you have entered all criteria, it will be reflected in their grade for the assignment. This is displayed beneath the rubric criteria. Note: you can click on the rubric title to expand or collapse it.
