Grade with a Rubric

Table of Contents

• Grade a Dropbox with a Rubric
• Grade a Discussion Topic with a Rubric
• Grade a Grade Item with a Rubric

Grade a Dropbox with a Rubric

1. From your Course Navigation, click the Dropbox link.
2. From the Folder List page, click the name of the desired dropbox folder.
   
3. From the Folder Submissions page on the User tab, click the Leave Feedback link beside the name of a user.
   
4. On the right hand side of the Leave Feedback page under Evaluation, click the  Rubric icon.
5. In the Assess Rubric window, select the radio buttons for each level and criteria, you will see a Total Score in the bottom right corner of the Rubric.
   • Note: You can click the pencil icon to manually edit the points, if desired.
6. Make sure that the check box for Transfer rubric feedback to general feedback for the assignment is checked.
7. Click the Save & Record button.
8. You should now see the rubric score in the Score Out of box in the Leave Feedback page.
9. Click Save or Save & Next to grade the next student.
   
10. Repeat this for each student.

Grade a Discussion Topic with a Rubric

1. From your Course Navigation, click the Discussions link.
2. Click the  Grade icon next to the desired Topic.
3. In the User tab, click the rubric name (this is the name you gave your rubric) under the desired student.
4. In the Topic Rubric window, select the radio buttons for each level and criteria, you will see a Total Score in the bottom right corner of the Rubric.
   • Note: You can click the pencil icon to manually edit the points, if desired.
5. Click Save.
   
6. Click the Topic Score link under the same students name.
   
7. In the Topic Score window, enter the Rubric points in the Topic Score box.
8. Select the Graded check box, if you would like the grade to automatically transfer over to the Grades area. (Note: This option will only work if you have a Grade item attached to this Discussion Topic.)
9. Click Save.
   
10. Repeat these steps for each student.

Grade a Grade Item with a Rubric

1. From you Course Navigation, click the Grades link.
2. Click the  Grade icon next to the desired Grade Item.
3. In the Assessment column, click the  Grade Rubric icon next to the desired student.
4. In the Rubric window, select the level(s) the student achieved. The Rubric will give you a total.
5. Click Save and then close the Rubric window by click the red X in the top right corner.
6. Next to the student you have just graded, enter the total Rubric points in the Grade column.
7. Repeat steps 3 to 6 for each student.
8. Click Save.