Gradespeed user guide -_rubrics_-_08-17-07[1]
- 1. Rubric Assignments (updated 8/17/07) Overview GradeSpeed.NET’s Rubrics feature enables teachers to establish an objective set of criteria for their students and separate a grade for an assignment into several parts (or "tasks"). This allows them to easily identify the areas where the student needs improvement. Each rubric task will be graded on a specified scale, and the total of all the tasks becomes the overall grade for the rubric. For added convenience, the rubric tasks and rubric may be added to any desired category. Creating a Rubric First, create the main rubric assignment - the individual rubric tasks come later. To create a rubric, the teacher should click the Assignments icon and select Add New if necessary. The following page will appear: Select the Rubric radio button at the top of the page. 1
- 2. User Guide - GradeSpeed.NET Rubrics - 08-17-07 Note that the Rubric Task selection will be grayed-out until the first Rubric assignment has been created. Give the rubric a name, and fill out all information as with a standard assignment. Teachers can select a Color from the drop-down list that will help distinguish the rubric assignment from standard assignments on the main gradebook page. To add the rubric, click Add. To return to the gradebook, click Finished. The rubric assignment will appear in the gradebook as shown below. Note that the color of the column header reflects the teacher's selection when creating the new rubric assignment: The teacher will be unable to enter grades for the rubric assignment. The rubric assignment grades are calculated based on the grades given to each rubric task. 2
- 3. Rubrics Rubric Tasks Rubric tasks allow teachers to record scores for each student for individual components of the rubric assignment. To create a rubric task, the teacher should click the Assignments icon and select Add New if necessary. The teacher should select the radio button for Rubric Task at the top of the page. Although it was grayed out before, Enter the task name, and select the rubric associated with the task. Since rubrics are based on scores of 1-4 (1 being the lowest, 4 being the highest), enter the criteria for each level in the indicated fields. Indicate the number of possible points that the rubric task will be worth (most teachers will use 4). Choose the category for the rubric task. To save the rubric task and insert it into the gradebook, click Add. To return to the gradebook, click Finish. Once all the rubric tasks for the rubric have been added, the gradebook will appear as below: 3
- 4. User Guide - GradeSpeed.NET Rubrics - 08-17-07 Any assignments related to the rubric can be distinguished by the colored title boxes - in this case, they are gold. Note that the "Points Possible" for the rubric assignment is automatically calculated - it is the sum of the possible points for all related rubric tasks (in the example above, 4 + 4 + 4 + 4 = 16). The teacher can now enter scores for the rubric tasks. Enter these scores like normal assignment grades. Click Update to apply the changes. Once Update has been pressed, the rubric assignment field will be populated with the sum of the rubric task scores. The rubric assignment score will then be calculated into the average. Rubric Grades To view additional rubric information, click the student's cumulative average to display the Grades by Student screen. Select the rubric name from the View drop-down list. 4
- 5. Rubrics The following screen will appear: This screen displays the criteria for each score (1-4) for each rubric task, and shows the student's score for each of the tasks. The total is displayed at the bottom right. Teachers can modify the grades as they are shown on this screen. To save any changes, click Update. To discard changes, click Cancel. 5