Rubrics in Blackboard

=Advice about using rubrics in Blackboard=

We are currently experiencing some issues with using rubrics in Blackboard that may prevent students from being able to view Blackboard rubrics associated with Turnitin assignments, Blogs, Wikis and Journals. We have asked Blackboard to provide a fix for the issue. This issue is not affecting Blackboard Assignments.

If you do want to use Blackboard rubrics to assist with marking we suggest you follow the steps outlined below until we are provided with a fix.

1) Manually create a new column in the grade center that you will use to enter marks for the Turnitin assignment, Blog, Wiki or Journal.

2) Set the points possible for the column and assign the rubric. Make sure you choose the show to students option if you want students to see the rubric. There is more useful information about rubrics at the Blackboard help page for rubrics

https://help.blackboard.com/en-us/Learn/9.1_2014_04/Instructor/120_Grade_Center/020_Grading/010_Rubrics

3) Use this new column for grade entry for the assignment. As there will be no attempt in the column you will need to click on the dropdown button in the cell in Grade Center and choose "view grade details". From here you will need to click "view rubric" to access the rubric for marking.

This will mean that you have one column where the students submits the Turnitin assignment and one where the grades are entered using the rubric.

For further assistance please contact [mailto:cad-contact@vuw.ac.nz CAD-Contact] or contact CAD staff, Irina Elgort or Lachlan McLaren.