This refers to Moodle 34.11 1 from August 2022 September 2023 onwards
You can To create a rubric when you are in the assignment that you want to use Rubric as the Grading method
By clicking on the 'Cogwheel icon' and 'Edit settings' within your assignment or while you are setting up the Assignment in the first place, select in the 'Grade' section
From the "Grading method" field, select 'Rubric'
Alternatively there is the option to use a marking guide (see below)
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Creating a rubric
- Once the settings have been saved, click into the Assignment.
- From the 'Cogwheel' drop-down menu, select 'Define rubric'
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for an existing Moodle assignment, first access the assignment.
Select the 'Advanced grading' option beneath the assignment name.
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From the 'grading method' field, select Rubric.
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If you are creating a new Moodle assignment, you can select Rubric as the Grading method (in the drop down list under the 'Grades' option) when you create the new Moodle assignment.
Creating a rubric
Select 'Define new grading form from scratch' or 'Create new grading form from a template'
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if you already have a Moodle rubric you want to reuse.
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Enter a name for the rubric (and description if required).
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N.B. 'Define new grading form from scratch' will take you to the same page as the 'Define Rubric' choice from the previous page.
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The screenshot below shows a blank criterion with 3 levels and the number of points for each level.
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Edit the name of the criterion and levels as required and click on the 'Add level' button to add new levels if needed. You can also update the points for each level.
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Add one or more new criteria for any additional elements that need to be assessed.
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The graphic rubric shown above shows that gives the Knowledge criterion has a greater weighting than the one for Referencing.
- You can set the Rubric options to control how, when and
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- to whom the rubric is displayed (see below).
- Levels can be sorted in ascending or descending order.
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You can either 'Save
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draft' or 'Save
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rubric and make it ready'.
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On the grading pages, the rubric will appear as a matrix of levels and criteria, so that markers can set a level by clicking (option turns green when clicked). Markers can also enter criterion specific feedback here if this has been enabled when the rubric was set up:
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Once released, students will see their rubric feedback under the Grade breakdown heading when they access their marks and feedback in Moodle:
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Setting up a marking guide in Moodle Assignment
- A marking guide (similar to a grading form in Turnitin) has criteria against which to mark, but no levels or descriptors.
- The marker adds free text against each criterion, and a mark (out of a set total).
To create:
- By clicking on the 'Cogwheel icon' and 'Edit settings' within your assignment or while you are setting up the Assignment in the first place, select in the 'Grade' section
- In the "Grading method" field, select 'Marking guide' Follow the same steps as for adding a rubric, but select Marking guide from the dropdown menu.
- When you have created the assignment, click into it
- From the 'Cogwheel' drop-down menu, select 'Define marking guide'.
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- Select 'Define new grading form from scratch' or 'Create new grading form from a template' if you already have a Moodle marking guide you want to reuse.
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- for each criterion
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- Add a
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- Description for students
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- Add a
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- Description for markers
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- (these can be the same or different)
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- Add a "Maximum score"
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You have the option to show or
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hide the definitions and scores
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for students.
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Once complete, you can either 'Save
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or 'Save
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as draft'.
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On the grading pages, the marking guide will appear like this:
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Once released, students will see their marking guide feedback like this:
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See also
About rubrics:
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