Faculty Guides and Documentation

Blackboard Ultra Course Rubric

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This article will cover how to create and edit a rubric.

This is for Ultra Course View, visit Original Course View.

Creating a Rubric

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After creating an assessment or assignment, select the gear icon for setting to create a rubric.

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Select Add grading rubric.

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Select Create.

Editing a Rubric.

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By default Blackboard's rubric's type will be set up by percentage with 4 criteria rows and 4 scoring columns as shown above.

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To change the Rubric Type select the drop down arrow to choose Percentage, Percentage Range, Points, and Points Range.

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To edit a criterion, select the pencil icon to edit or the trash can icon to delete.

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To add a criterion, hover between where the new criterion needs to be and select the plus sign.

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To make changes to the columns, hover over the column and select the pencil icon to edit or the trash can icon to delete.

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To add additional columns, select the plus sign.

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