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# Rubrics in Group Assessments
## Learn how to add and grade using rubrics in Cadmus 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.
**In this article:**
- [Setting up rubrics in a group assessment](https://support.cadmus.io/rubrics-in-group-assessments#settinguprubrics)
- [Using rubrics for marking](https://support.cadmus.io/rubrics-in-group-assessments#usingrubricsformarking)
#### Create a Rubric
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. Click on the **Rubric Format** button to switch between actual points, absolute points, and weighted percentages, and change the order of scale items from ascending to descending or vice versa. You can also toggle between list and grid views when setting up the rubric.
For **Points Range**, enter the total points under each criterion, then add the score ranges for each scale. For **Absolute Points**, enter the score ranges for each scale. For **Weighted Percentages**, enter the percentage each criterion contributes to the final total in the Weightage column, then add the score ranges for each scale.
**Cadmus also supports decimal values** in rubric score ranges, allowing you to set more precise marking boundaries. This is useful when you need to award marks between whole numbers, without leaving gaps between the score ranges.
For example, instead of setting two ranges as 0–49 and 50–100, you can use 0–49.99 and 50–100 to include marks such as 49.5.
You can enter up to two decimal places for the minimum and maximum values of each score range. This is supported across Points Range, Absolute Points and Weighted Percentages rubrics.
**Note:** Criterion maximum scores, weighting percentages and the maximum value of the highest scale must still be whole numbers.
#### Setting Up Rubric Criteria and Scales
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.
Scales can be reused from previous rubrics or created from scratch. Click **Re-use scale** to select an existing scale, or **Build your own scale** to create a new one.
Once the criteria and scales have been added, complete the rubric by:
1. Entering the minimum and maximum score for each scale. You can use up to two decimal places for the score ranges.
2. Adding a descriptor under each scale to explain the expected level of performance.
3. Entering the weighting percentage for each criterion if you're using a weighted percentage rubric.
4. Clicking the **+** button on the right of a criterion to add another scale.
5. Clicking **Add New Criteria** to add another criterion, or **Duplicate Last** to copy the previous criterion.
You can switch between grid and list views using the icons at the top of the rubric builder.
Once you've finished setting up the rubric, you can:
- Click **Done** to save the rubric as a draft and return to the task builder.
- Click **Release Changes** to finalise the rubric and apply your changes.
After saving the rubric, you’ll return to the task builder. Click **View/Edit Rubric** to make changes to the saved rubric. Click **Remove** to delete the added rubric.
#### Reusing Rubrics
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, students can view the Group Report, Individual Report, and Peer Evaluation along with the associated rubrics and comments.
**Note**:updating a rubric after marking has begun may require re-marking the students who have already been graded. Click **Proceed**, then make edits to the rubric as needed.
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