Rubrics in Group Assessments 

Setting up rubrics in a group assessment

Depending on your Requirements and Settings, you can create rubrics for Group Report, Individual Report and Peer Evaluation. 

1. In the Instructions tab, go to the Group Report Instructions and click on Create a Rubric.
   
   
   
   
2. Click on the + Create Rubric button to view two options - ‘Create from Scratch’ or ‘Re-use past rubrics’.
   
   
   
   
3. When creating from scratch, you can reuse rubric criteria used in previous assessments by clicking on the dropdown and selecting from available criteria or searching for a particular criterion. To add a new criterion, type it in the search bar and click the Add button. Add more information about the criteria by clicking on the description. After adding a criterion, hover over it to view the name of the entire criterion.
   
   
   
   
4. Click on the Rubric Format button to switch between actual points, absolute points, and weighted percentages and change the order of scale items - ascending left to right or descending left to right. You can also toggle between list and grid views when setting up the rubric.
   
   In case of actual points, type in the total points under each criterion, and then add the ranges for the individual scales under that criterion. In the case of absolute points, individual scales under a criterion can have only whole-number values. For weighted percentages, type the % value each criterion contributes to the final total in the Weightage column, then add the ranges for the individual scales under that criterion.
   
   
   
   
   
5. Scales can be either reused or created from scratch. To add scales from previously used rubrics, click the Re-use scale button. To add new scales, click the Build your own scale button. Click on the Add New Criteria button to add more scales or click Duplicate Last to duplicate the criteria from the previous row. Add all criteria, scales, weighting % and descriptors to complete the rubric. You can then save the rubric.    
   
   
   
   
   
   
6. After saving the rubric, you’ll return to the task builder. Click Edit Rubric to make changes to the saved rubric. Click Remove to delete the added rubric.
7. When reusing rubrics, select a previously used rubric from the list. If all criteria and scales are acceptable, click Use rubric. If not, you can edit the rubric and save it for grading. Click Preview to view how the rubric appears to students. Click on Download PDF to export an offline copy of the rubric.
   
   
   

Using Rubrics for Marking

Teachers can mark the Group Report, Individual Report and Peer Evaluation based on the rubrics. To begin marking, go to the Marking tab. 

This will open the Marking view, where the student's name is displayed at the top. Use the navigation arrows or the Next Student button to switch between submissions. Click the dropdown to search for specific student submissions.

The Marking and Feedback tabs are in the right panel. The Marking tab displays the marking criteria according to the rubric. You can click the scale buttons to automatically calculate marks based on the weighting percentages, absolute, or actual points. Custom marks (even decimal points) can be added in the criterion mark and the awarded points boxes. If there are unmarked criteria, an indicator at the top will show how many criteria remain unmarked.

In the Feedback tab, you can add feedback comments. Annotated comments can be added by selecting a portion of the work. Clicking the highlight would select the linked comment and vice versa. Click ••• on the comment box to edit, link, or unlink a comment to a specific criterion from the rubric.

You can add comments for a specific criterion, unlink them from a criterion and also add overall comments. Click on the three dots at the top right of the panel to find options to edit or remove the rubric, and open the rubric in an expanded window. When the expanded view rubric is open, the right-hand side rubric panel will not be available. Click on the Return Rubric to Side Panel button to continue grading from the right-hand side rubric panel.

Once the feedback has been released, the student can view the Group Report, Individual Report and Peer Evaluation along with the associated rubrics and comments.