Utilizing Rubrics in Your Blackboard Course
- 1. Utilizing Rubrics in Your Blackboard Course Andrea Gilbert: agilbert14@monroecc.edu
- 2. Outline • Background on Rubrics • Examples of Rubrics • Creating Rubrics • Demonstration of Rubrics • How to Grade with a Rubric • Rubric Evaluation Report 1 OCTOBER 2015 2
- 4. 1 OCTOBER 2015 4 KNOW • What do you know about rubrics already? • How have you used rubrics? WHAT • What do you hope to learn about rubrics? • Where are you thinking of using a rubric in your course? LEARN • What have we learned as a result of today’s training?
- 5. 1 OCTOBER 2015 5 Background on Rubrics
- 6. Definition of a Rubric • “A rubric is an assessment tool listing evaluation criteria for an assignment. A rubric divides the assigned work into parts and provides clear descriptions of the characteristics of the work associated with each part, at varying levels of skill.” --Blackboard Help 1 OCTOBER 2015 6
- 7. Purpose of Rubrics • Rubrics are a useful tool in the assessment of student work • Communicates assignment requirements • Provide clarity of expectations for student performance standards • Scoring tool listing levels of quality and point values for each performance criteria • Gives students a detailed evaluation with informative feedback and not just a score • Helps ensure consistent and impartial grading 1 OCTOBER 2015 7
- 8. Why Use a Rubric? How often do you hear these comments from your students? • “I don’t understand why I got the grade I did on this assignment.” • “I don’t understand what I am supposed to do on this assignment.” 1 OCTOBER 2015 8
- 9. Advantages • Saves times in grading, short term and long term! • Give timely, effective feedback and promote student learning • Refine teaching skills by evaluating your rubric results 1 OCTOBER 2015 9
- 10. 4 Stages of Rubric Development 1 OCTOBER 2015 10 REFLECT LISTING GROUP AND LABEL APPLICATION
- 11. Applications • Assignments • Essays • Research Papers • Discussion Forums • Oral Presentations • Journals • Practicums/Labs • Multimedia • Performance • Blogs/Wikis • Essays on Multiple Choice Tests 1 OCTOBER 2015 11
- 12. Demonstration of Rubrics in Blackboard • How to create your rubric in Blackboard from scratch • How to borrow other previously created rubrics • How to grade assignments using your rubric • How to share with other instructors and course to course • How to run a Rubric Evaluation Report 1 OCTOBER 2015 12
- 13. © 2015, Monroe Community College Q & A Andrea Gilbert Instructional Designer agilbert14@monroecc.edu