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Technology Manual for Law Faculty and Staff

Grading Basics

Gradebook:

You can access the gradebook from multiple locations including from the course page. Look along the top of your course page until you see "Gradebook". Clicking the gradebook menu option will take you into a new page where you can view all past grades and you can grade upcoming assignments. You can view based on the assignment or on the student. For a detailed video on the Gradebook, click here.

Grading Assignments:

You can grade assignments from the assignment, from the gradebook, or from the "Grades" tab on the left. For a comprehensive video on grading, click here.

For instructions on grading anonymously, click here. 

Create a Rubric

Rubrics are a great tool to help you grade your student's work. You can create multiple rubrics in your course. Rubrics consist of rows and columns. The rows correspond to the criteria. The columns correspond to the level of achievement that describes each criterion. New rubrics have four rows and four columns by default.

After you create rubrics, you can associate them with content.

There are two ways to create Rubrics...
  1. The first is to create a Rubric in the Gradebook:
    • Go to the Gradebook.
    • In the upper right corner there should be a gear icon, click it.
    • Scroll all the way to the bottom, where it says "Course Rubrics" and click "Create".
    • From here you can modify the rubric to fit your course, or a particular assignment.
  2. The second is to create a Rubric when creating a Test or Assignment:
    • Note: with this option you must create the rubric before adding questions or content to the test or assignment
    • In the Test or Assignment, click the gear icon in the upper right corner.
    • Scroll down to the "Additional Tools" section.
    • Click "Add Grading Rubric".
    • From there create your rubric and save.

To watch a video on creating Rubrics, click here.