Help Center: Creating New Rubrics in GradeMark®
Instructors and administrators can create rubrics for use in GradeMark using the Rubric Builder in the Rubric Library.
How to create a rubric
1. Click on the class name
2. Click on the "View" link to the right of the assignment name
3. Click on the GradeMark icon for a paper
4. Click "Tools" on the menu bar
5. Click "Rubric Library"
6. Click "New Rubric" to open the Rubric template
7. Enter a name for the new rubric and click "Save"
8. To give names and descriptions to the criteria scales click on the criterion and an edit and trash button will appear, click on the "Edit" button
9. "Optional" Enter a name and a description for the criterion for the rubric by clicking in the text boxes to edit the text. Once entered click Done to save any changes
10. Repeat steps 8 and 9 for all the criteria. to add additional criteria, click on Add Criterion in the upper right corner
11. When all criteria are added, click within each of the scale boxes and the edit and trash buttons will appear, click on the "Edit" button to change the name of the scale
12. Enter in a new scale name and click "Done" to save any changes
13. Repeat steps 11 and 12 for all scales. If additional scales or criterion are needed, click on the Add Scales or Add Criterion buttons at the top of the rubric
14. (Optional) To enter a scale description, click inside a descriptor field and the edit button will appear. Click on the edit button
15. (Optional) Clicking on the edit button opens up a description box. To enter an explanation of what qualifies for that scale value of a criterion simply write in the text box and click Done to save any changes. Repeat for remaining descriptors
16. To use the rubric to score papers, select a scoring method from the Scoring Method pull down menu
17. Enter the appropriate point or percentage value for the criterion and scales by clicking on the edit button for the criterion and scales. The "Value:" field is now available for editing
18. Click on Save Rubric to save the rubric scorecard to the Rubric Library. Click Save as Copy to save this rubric as a copy to the rubric library. To cancel any changes to the Rubric click on the Cancel all of my changes link
The point or value options within the edit menu will only appear once a scoring method has been chosen.
Additional Information
- For information on attaching rubrics to be used in assignments, please view our article on attaching a rubric to an assignment .
- If you are using criteria as percentages and would like each criterion to be worth the same percentage, select the "Distribute Criteria %" option to automatically distribute the percentages evenly
- GradeMark is only available for use by instructors in accounts which have purchased the GradeMark module. If you are interested in purchasing GradeMark, please contact your Turnitin sales representative.
- The values in the Max Points fields cannot be altered. These values reflect how many points towards the total points for the rubric will be awarded if a paper receives the highest possible scale value for the criterion, e.g. if you have a rubric with a total point value of 100, a highest scale value of 100 and a criterion worth 20% the Max Points for that criterion will be 20.
- If you are using criteria as percentages and scale as percentage, you must set the total point value for the rubric.
- For more information on using GradeMark, please view our GradeMark training video.
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