Add a Rubric to a Grade Item

After cre­at­ing a rubric in Bright­space, you need to link it to an Assign­ment, Dis­cus­sion, or Grade Item to use it for grad­ing. Rubrics only work when attached to an activ­i­ty. Before con­nect­ing your rubric, dou­ble-check that it is exact­ly how you want it. Once stu­dents start sub­mit­ting work, the rubric’s title, cri­te­ria, lev­els, and descrip­tions can­not be changed. Your rubric must also be Pub­lished to appear in the list when attach­ing it. If it is set to Draft or Archived, it will not be avail­able, so make sure the pub­li­ca­tion sta­tus is cor­rect before link­ing it to an activ­i­ty.

Follow the steps below to add a rubric to a grade item

  1. Select Progress > Grades > Man­age Grades.
  2. Click on the Grade Item you wish to add a rubric to.
  3. Scroll down. Under­neath the Rubrics head­ing, click Add Rubric (or Cre­ate Rubric in New Win­dow).
  4. Click the check­box next to the rubric you wish to attach.
  5. Click Add Select­ed.
  6. Click Save and Close.

*NOTE: If a grade item is linked to an Assign­ment or Dis­cus­sion, you can­not attach a rubric direct­ly to the grade item in Man­age Grades. The rubric must be added with­in the asso­ci­at­ed assess­ment tool under Eval­u­a­tion & Feed­back.

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