1. The Rewards of
Rubrics

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Workshop Objective
By the end of the workshop,
participants will be able to:
Create a rubric in Blackboard Learn.

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What is a Rubric?
A rubric is a scoring guide used to
evaluate the quality of students’
constructed responses (e.g. products
and behaviors).
Popham, W. J. (2012). The role of rubrics in testing and teaching. Boston [Mass.]: Pearson.

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When to Use a Rubric?
Use a rubric to:
• Measure cognitive skills
essay, project, portfolio
• Not knowledge
true/false, multiple-choice, short answer

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Why Use a Rubric?
Instructors teach and students
learn more effectively when they
both understand the nature of the
curricular outcomes.

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What’s in a Rubric?
1. Evaluative Criteria
2. Quality Distinctions
3. Application Strategy

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1. Evaluative Criteria
Factors used when using a rubric
to judge a student’s response
(3-6 recommended)

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2. Quality Distinctions
Descriptions of different qualitative levels
for each of a rubric’s evaluative criteria
a. Two-Directional Quality Definitions
b. Numerical Gradations

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2. Quality Distinctions
a. Two-Directional Quality Definitions

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2. Quality Distinctions
b. Numerical Gradations

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3. Application Strategy
a. Holistic
Assess students work as a whole
b. Analytic
Assess individual components

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3. Application Strategy
a. Holistic
Assess students work as a whole

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3. Application Strategy
b. Analytic
Assess individual components

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A Rubric is a Rubric is a Rubric
What’s Wrong with these Rubrics?
Rubric A Rubric B

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A Rubric is a Rubric is a Rubric
What’s Wrong with this Rubric?
Rubric A

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A Rubric is a Rubric is a Rubric
What’s Wrong with this Rubric?
Rubric A
• Hypergeneral
• Uses general terms

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A Rubric is a Rubric is a Rubric
What’s Wrong with this Rubric?
Rubric B

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A Rubric is a Rubric is a Rubric
What’s Wrong with this Rubric?
Rubric B
• Task-Specific
• Assesses a single skill

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A Rubric is a Rubric is a Rubric
What’s Right with this Rubric?
Rubric C

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A Rubric is a Rubric is a Rubric
What’s Right with This Rubric?
Rubric C
1. Skill-Focused
2. Can be generalized to a wide variety
of narrative writing tasks

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ECP Winner 2012 Course TourCreate a Rubric

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Associating Rubrics

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Grading with Rubrics

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Best Practices
• Make sure the skill to be assessed is
significant.
• Make certain all of the rubric’s evaluative
criteria can be addressed instructionally.
• Employ as few evaluative criteria as possible.
• Provide a succinct label for each evaluative
criterion.
• Match the length of the rubric to your own
tolerance for detail.

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Questions?
Thank You!