In Course Navigation, click the Assignments link.

Click the name of the assignment.

Click the Add Rubric button.

To find an existing rubric, click the Find a Rubric link.

You can find rubrics that were created in previous assignments as well as rubrics created in other courses where you have an instructor role.

If you can't find an existing rubric to use for the assignment, you can create a new rubric Links to an external site. for your assignment. New rubrics are saved in your course for future use.

Once you have added a rubric, you can select several options for the rubric.

If you want to write free-form comments Links to an external site. to students in SpeedGrader, select the I'll write free-form comments... checkbox [1].

If you want to use the rubric for grading Links to an external site. in SpeedGrader, select the Use this rubric for assignment grading checkbox [2].

If you don't want students to see the score total for the rubric, select the Hide score total for assessment results checkbox [3]. Students can still see the point values for each criterion, but the total score will not be shown at the bottom of the rubric. This option is only available if the rubric is not used for grading and only applies to students when they view rubrics from the Grades page.

Click the Update Rubric button.

Note: If you created a new rubric, the assignment will show the Create Rubric button.

View the rubric for the assignment.

To edit the rubric, click the Edit icon [1]. To replace the rubric with an existing rubric, click the Search icon [2]. To delete the rubric from the assignment, click the Delete icon [3].  

How do I add a rubric to a graded discussion?

You can add a rubric to a graded discussion to help students understand expectations for the discussion and how you intend to score their replies.

Create New Rubric

If you can't find an existing rubric to use for the graded discussion, you can create a new rubric Links to an external site. for your graded discussion. New rubrics are saved in your course for future use.

Select Rubric Settings

Once you have added a rubric, you can select several options for the rubric.

If you want to write free-form comments Links to an external site. to students in SpeedGrader, select the I'll write free-form comments... checkbox [1].

If you want to use the rubric for grading Links to an external site. in SpeedGrader, select the Use this rubric for assignment grading checkbox [2].

If you don't want students to see the score total for the rubric, select the Hide score total for assessment results checkbox [3]. Students can still see the point values for each criterion, but the total score will not be shown at the bottom of the rubric. This option is only available if the rubric is not used for grading and only applies to students when they view rubrics from the Grades page.

Save Rubric

Click the Update Rubric button.

Note: If you created a new rubric, the assignment will show the Create Rubric button.

Adjust Scoring Points

If you select the option to use the rubric for grading, Canvas will compare the rubric score and Assignment points.

If the number of points in the rubric is different than the number of points in the Assignment, Canvas will generate a warning message notifying that the point values are not equal.

To update the number of points in the assignment, click the Change button [1]. Otherwise, click the Leave different [2] button.

View Rubric

View the rubric for the graded discussion.

To edit the rubric, click the Edit icon [1]. To replace the rubric with an existing rubric, click the Search icon [2]. To delete the rubric from the graded discussion, click the Delete icon [3].  

To close the rubric and return to the graded discussion, click the Close icon [4].

In Course Navigation, click the Quizzes link.

Click the name of the quiz.

Click the Settings icon [1] and select the Show Rubric link [2].

Click the Add Rubric button.

To find an existing rubric, click the Find a Rubric link.

You can find rubrics that were created in previous quizzes as well as rubrics created in other courses where you have an instructor role.

If you can't find an existing rubric to use for the quiz, you can create a new rubric Links to an external site. for your quiz. New rubrics are saved in your course for future use.

Once you have added a rubric, you can select several options for the rubric.

If you want to write free-form comments Links to an external site. to students in SpeedGrader, select the I'll write free-form comments... checkbox [1].

If you don't want students to see the score total for the rubric, select the Hide score total for assessment results checkbox [2]. Students can still see the point values for each criterion, but the total score will not be shown at the bottom of the rubric. This option applies to students when they view rubrics from the Grades page.

Click the Update Rubric button.

Note: If you created a new rubric, the assignment will show the Create Rubric button.

View the rubric for the assignment.

To edit the rubric, click the Edit icon [1]. To replace the rubric with an existing rubric, click the Search icon [2]. To delete the rubric from the assignment, click the Delete icon [3].  

To close the rubric and return to the quiz, click the Close icon [4].

In Course Navigation, click the Outcomes link.

Click the Rubrics menu [1] and then click the Manage Rubrics link [2].

Click the Add Rubric button.

In the Title field, create a title for the rubric. This title helps you identify the rubric so you can associate it with an assignment, graded discussion, or quiz.

The rubric includes one default criterion entry. To add a short criterion description, hover over the criterion and click the Edit icon [1].

To add a longer description to the criterion, click the view longer description link [2]. The longer description helps students understand more information about the criterion. The long description does not display directly in the rubric but can be accessed by all users.

Note: Currently criterion cannot be reordered after they are added to a rubric. If you want to display criterion in a specific order, make sure you create them in the order that you prefer.

Rubric ratings default to 5 points, awarding 5 points for full rubric marks and 0 points for no rubric marks. To split a rubric rating, hover over a rating and click the double-ended arrow [1]. Split cells on the row as often as necessary to create the desired number of ratings [2].

For each rating, you can edit the rating description and the number of points assigned to the rating. To edit a rating, hover over the rating and click the Edit icon [1]. To edit the name of the rating, enter a new name in the text field [2].

To enter a new point value for the rating, enter the point value in the points field [3]. Points can be whole (1, 5, 10) or decimal (0.3, 0.5, 2.75) numbers. Editing a specific rating value affects the full point value for the criterion. If you adjust the point value of a rating, the value of all ratings will adjust and create the updated point value for the criterion.

Click the OK button [4].

If you want to adjust the total point value of the criterion, enter the number of points in the Points field [1]. The first rating (full marks) assuming the overall point value and any incremental ratings adjust appropriately [2]. However, you can always go back and edit specific ratings if you don't want to accept the automatic adjustments.

To delete the entire criterion, click the remove icon.

To create a new criterion for the rubric, click the Add Criterion link [1].

To find an existing course- or account-level outcome to align with the rubric Links to an external site., click the Find Outcome link [2].

Note: Outcomes cannot be edited directly in a rubric.

Create Rubric

Click the Create Rubric button.

View the new rubric.

To edit the rubric, click the Edit icon [1]. To delete the rubric, click the Delete icon [2].