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Canvas - How do I use rubrics?
You can include rubrics in Canvas to assist you in grading your assignments. Rubrics can be made visible to students to assist them in writing their papers and discussion posts, and will show up in SpeedGrader to help you assign grades to online submissions.
Resources
Creating Rubrics
- Canvas guide: How do I manage rubrics in a course?
- Canvas guide: How do I add a rubric in a course?
- Canvas article: How do I align an outcome with a rubric in a course?
Using Rubrics
- Canvas guide: How do I add a rubric to an assignment?
- Canvas guide: How do I add a rubric to a graded discussion?
- Canvas guide: How do I add a rubric to a quiz?
Tips and Tricks
- To use the rubric as the grading for an assignment, when adding or creating the rubric, make sure to select the checkbox Use this rubric for assignment grading.
- How students view the rubric for an assignment prior to completing.
- How students view rubric results.
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