Guide To Teaching and Learning

Creating Rubrics

Creating rubrics requires faculty to articulate often unspoken assumptions about student learning. Have they thought carefully about why they’re assigning a particular activity or is it because that’s what they did when they were students? There isn’t one-size-fits-all guidance on how to create a rubric, but there are fundamental questions faculty need to answer no matter their approach. Namely, what do students need to learn, how will they learn it, and how will faculty know?  

You already have an implicit idea of your expectations. A rubric makes those expectations explicit. Here’s where to start:

How to Build a Rubric

Parts of a Rubric

How to Adapt a Rubric

Blank Rubric Template 

Rubric Examples  

Common Rubric Mistakes (and how to fix them)

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