This presentation shares background on rubrics, why they may be advantageous to an instructor, and the various ways you could use rubrics in your Blackboard course.

1. Utilizing Rubrics in Your Blackboard Course
Andrea Gilbert: agilbert14@monroecc.edu

2. Outline
• Background on Rubrics
• Examples of Rubrics
• Creating Rubrics
• Demonstration of Rubrics
• How to Grade with a Rubric
• Rubric Evaluation Report
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3. Rubrics?
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KNOW
• What do you
know about
rubrics already?
• How have you
used rubrics?
WHAT
• What do you
hope to learn
about rubrics?
• Where are you
thinking of
using a rubric
in your course?
LEARN
• What have we
learned as a result
of today’s
training?

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Background on Rubrics

6. Definition of a Rubric
• “A rubric is an assessment tool listing evaluation criteria for an
assignment. A rubric divides the assigned work into parts and
provides clear descriptions of the characteristics of the work
associated with each part, at varying levels of skill.”
--Blackboard Help
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7. Purpose of Rubrics
• Rubrics are a useful tool in the assessment of student work
• Communicates assignment requirements
• Provide clarity of expectations for student performance standards
• Scoring tool listing levels of quality and point values for each
performance criteria
• Gives students a detailed evaluation with informative feedback and
not just a score
• Helps ensure consistent and impartial grading
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8. Why Use a Rubric?
How often do you hear these comments from your students?
• “I don’t understand why I got the grade I did on this assignment.”
• “I don’t understand what I am supposed to do on this assignment.”
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9. Advantages
• Saves times in grading, short term and long term!
• Give timely, effective feedback and promote student learning
• Refine teaching skills by evaluating your rubric results
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10. 4 Stages of Rubric Development
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REFLECT LISTING
GROUP AND
LABEL
APPLICATION

11. Applications
• Assignments
• Essays
• Research Papers
• Discussion Forums
• Oral Presentations
• Journals
• Practicums/Labs
• Multimedia
• Performance
• Blogs/Wikis
• Essays on Multiple Choice Tests
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12. Demonstration of Rubrics in Blackboard
• How to create your rubric in Blackboard from scratch
• How to borrow other previously created rubrics
• How to grade assignments using your rubric
• How to share with other instructors and course to course
• How to run a Rubric Evaluation Report
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13. © 2015, Monroe Community College
Q & A
Andrea Gilbert
Instructional Designer
agilbert14@monroecc.edu