How To Grade Using A Rubric On Blackboard Ultra

Overview

When grading assignments and discussions on Blackboard, rubrics can be incorporated and used to guide grading. This article guides an instructor on how to use a rubric when performing inline grading in Blackboard, and assumes that the instructor has already created a rubric on Blackboard to be used (for more information on this, please see How to Create a Rubric on Blackboard Ultra). 

 

Audience

University Employees

 

Information

Click here for documentation on how to grade using a rubric.

NOTE: If you plan on associating a rubric with an assessment and using this for grading purposes, the assessment will require you to manually post grades after grading (auto-posting will be disabled). the reason for this is while you grade an assessment using the rubric in Blackboard, as you go through the rubric and apply the scores for each criteria, these scores aggregate in the student's grade box. Once you have completed grading using your rubric, you can then Post the grade to make it available to the student.

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