Enterprise Portal: Create a Rubric

If ExamSCORE is enabled in your ExamSoft Portal, you can create rubrics to grade uploaded assignments and other types of performance assessments. Rubrics help graders to evaluate performance levels based on objective descriptors. As you create your rubric, you can assign categories to each criterion to ensure that your reports generate insights to help improve student outcomes.

Procedures

• Create a Rubric
• Print a Rubric
• Export a Rubric to PDF

Create a Rubric

1. Select your course.
2. Select the Rubrics menu.
3. To create a new rubric, select Point Based.

   

   The rubric grid appears.

   

4. Add a Title to identify this rubric.
5. Performance Levels (columns): In each cell at the top of the rubric, enter a Level Name (such as Excellent, Very Good, Good, and so on) and the Points.

   Note: Your rubric must have at least two columns and can have up to to six columns.

   • To add a column: Select the plus sign. Select whether to insert the new column to the left or the right of the current column.  

     

   • To delete a column: Select the trash can icon.

     

6. Criteria Name: On the left side of the grid, enter a name to identify this row. (For example, a rubric for a research paper might have criteria such as such as Focus, Organization, Development/Support, and so on.)
7. Add the Criteria Descriptions.

   Select a cell, and then enter text to explain the qualities that are required to achieve the specified performance level in that criteria.
   
   

   Note: In the pop-up box for the cell description, consider these options:

   • Disable Cell: This prevents graders from selecting this option.

     

     Later, if you want to enable a cell, select the cell and choose enable.

     

   • Auto-Fail Cell: If you enable this option and a grader selects this cell, the exam-taker will automatically receive a score of 0 points for this assessment.

     

     To remove Auto-Fail, select Remove.

8. Continue to edit the rubric:
   • To add a criteria row: Select the plus sign. Then enter the number of rows to add above or below the current row. The row(s) will be added when you press the Enter key.

     

   • To delete a row: Select the trash can icon.  

     

   • To reorder the rows: At the left side of the row, use the arrow buttons to move the row up or down.

     

   • To organize your criteria into sections: Select the plus sign, and then select Add Section Divider Above or Add Section Divider Below.

     

     To edit the name of a section, select the pencil icon, enter your text, and then select Done.

     

9. (Optional but recommended) For each criteria, add at least one category.
   

   Below the Criteria Name, select the Add Categories button.
   

   Category Types: Scroll or search to find the category type, and then select the category type name to continue.

   

   Categories: Select the plus sign to select a category to add to the selected criteria.

   

   After selecting the categories that you need, select Save. The number of selected categories appears below the Criteria Name.

   

10. When you're finished editing the rubric, select Save.
    

    Your rubric will be available in your rubric bank to use on your next performance assessment.  

Print a Rubric

1. Select your course.
2. Select the Rubrics menu.
3. Select the rubric that you want to print.
4. Near the top right corner of the screen, select Print.

Export a Rubric to PDF

1. Select your course.
2. Select the Rubrics menu.
3. Select the rubric that you want to print.
4. Near the top right corner of the screen, select Export to PDF.
5. Look for the PDF in your Downloads folder.

Next Steps

You can create a Performance Assessment that uses this rubric. See: Enterprise Portal: Create a Performance Assessment