Create a Rubric

First, we recommend creating your rubric in a table format in Excel or Word before creating a rubric within MyCourses (D2L). Once you start using a rubric in D2L to grade student’s assignments, you can’t make changes to it. So, taking the time to create it in an outside program can really help eliminate pesky proofreading or wording errors.

To create a rubric in MyCourses (D2L), navigate to your course and click on the “More Tools” link in the navigation bar. Then, select “Rubrics”.

When the rubrics screen opens, click the “New Rubric” button.

Now you’re ready to start creating your rubric. Enter in a title and your rubric criteria. You can add more levels by clicking the plus “+” button and add more criterion by clicking the “+ add criterion” button at the bottom of the screen. Make sure to include the point value of each level so that students will receive an accurate grade.

Below the rubric, you’ll find an “Overall Score” section. If students receive the number of points on the rubric above the amounts you specify, they’ll receive that overall score.

There’s also an Options menu, but we don’t recommend making any changes to the default. This way students will be able to see the rubric you create, and they’ll be able to see their scores bases on the rubric.

Click “Close” to save your rubric.

Your next step is to attach the rubric to an Assignments submission folder and link the Assignment submission folder to Grades. From there, once students submit their work, you can grade using the Rubrics you’ve created. See our article on how to link a rubric to an assignment for more information.