Tanya Rodriques

I have used several sources to genererate rubrics. I have a general rubric I adapted from teaching at UCF. There are several rubrics one can also use found online. This may create a basis to the specify what you would like to evaluate and modify the rubric to fit. Does anyone else have other ideas?

Kelly Wilkinson

Tanya,

Any of the LMS (learning management systems) such as Blackboard now has rubric creation as part of their assignment. I haven't tried it but I will this summer. I hope I can incorporate it in my courses!

Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Laura Malave

There are many examples of rubrics for different courses, majors, and assignments types available online. These can be used as a basis for the rubrics to be used in the course.

This link has many sample rubrics in one document:
http://www.sites4teachers.com/links/redirect.php?url=http://www.csub.edu/tlc/options/resources/handouts/Rubric_Packet_Jan06.pdf

There are also online tools that will assist in the automated creation of rubrics.

For example, http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

is a tool that facilitates the creation of rubrics online. There are many templates for different types of assignments available, and these can be customized for the specific assignment.

Kelly Wilkinson

Laura,

So, do you create your own or us a generator. Blackboard will create its on rubric soon.

Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Christina Kern

I have attended Turnitin webinars, as well as other training sessions. These get-to-gethers could be a helpful source in meeting other professors and exchanging ideas, including rubrics.

Other people in the field of study, or even outside, can help evaluate and suggest improvements.

Rebecca Daniels, MA

I have never used resources online and this is useful information. Now I will have more resource should I need it. Presently, I use the pre-fab rubric entitled "Student Expectations" rubric allocated with my courses. I appreciate the title, student expectations. It is in excel formal and the criteria is broken down into scales from did not demonstrate to "Stellar" demonstration.

Kelly Wilkinson

Christina,

That is true! More and more our learning management systems have rubric generators also.

Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Kelly Wilkinson

Rebecca,

That sounds like a great tool. Nice that it is in an excel format.

Dr. Kelly Wilkinson

Antoinette Callistro

The rubrics I used are created by the course developers. I review each rubric associated with the weekly task to make sure it makes sense and covers the task requirements.

Tena Crews

Antoinette,

I am glad you review the rubrics to ensure they are on target for evalution of the assignments. Also, including the learning outcomes in the rubrics is helpful as well. It helps the students connect the assignments and course outcomes. Thanks!

Ed Hale

Rubistar is a website that helps educators from K-12 by providing templates in various disciplines which helps to design a basic rubric from the beginning. It is inexpensive, which is also a big advantage.

Tena Crews

Ed,

Love Rubistar and use it often. It is nice how you can tweak them to meet your needs. Thanks.

Michelle Boddy

Unless it is a newly created course, I generally use a rubric from a current instructor (best-practices). This way I know the rubric is tested and appropriate.

I have never used an online rubric generator, but a quick searched revealed the following sources: rubistar and iRubric.

M Boddy

David Makin

Often, I find that using a simple Google search helps in finding a rubric that is usable, and specific. When I do find one I adjust the dimensions of the rubric to include areas that are specific to the assignment, and end up adding things that are important to be on the rubric. I use the rubric I find as a base, and expand from there.

I find that when building my own,it is important to create a spreadsheet of the important elements of the paper. I also include any criteria the school find necessary, and add this to the rubric as well. I do see there are other ways such as Rubistar and Rcampus rubric gallery that can assist in creating rubrics.

Tena Crews

Michelle,

It's OK to start with a generator or what someone else has used, but make sure you tweak it to meet your needs if need be. Take time to ensure it's in line what the learning outcomes and the project. Thanks!

Tena Crews

David,

Isn't Google a good thing. ;-) There are many rubrics already developed. Just make sure you, as you stated, do include your specific criteria. I'm glad you shared that specific statement with us. Thanks for your input.

francis hoban

Rcampus rubric gallery has a comprehensive list of rubrics. It allows one to create rubrics or watch videos regarding creating a rubric.

William Falls

There are several websites that can be useful for developing rubrics such as:
1) http://www.makeworksheets.com/rubrics.html?gclid=CLe27f6snbICFUWc7QodSyEAMA
2)http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
3)http://www.rcampus.com/indexrubric.cfm
4)http://www.rubrics4teachers.com/
5)http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/rubrics.htm
6)http://www.ehow.com/how_8419319_make-rubric.html
7) http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/assess.html
8)http://rubrician.com/
9)http://www.teachersfirst.com/lessons/rubrics/index.cfm
10)http://www.teachervision.fen.com/reading-and-language-arts/rubrics/56445.html
11)http://teachnology.com/
12)http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr248.shtml
13)http://www.assessmentfocus.com/rubrics-rubric-makers.php
14)http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/12/rubrics-for-assessing-blogs-wikis.html#.UEa7xI1lRAI
These are just a few resources that are available to us. Templates, worksheets, and software are available.

Tena Crews

William,

OMG - thank you so much for the resources. M