I'm trying to add a criteria into a rubrics. I only see an option to add a criteria at the very end. Is there a way to re-order the criteria within the rubrics?
Thanks
Hi @NehaGulati,
With the standard rubrics in Canvas, unless you're using some kind of modification script, you can't add a criteria in the middle of others. Unfortunately, you also can't rearrange things, so if you need to add something in the middle it would be a lot of retyping.
The good news is that Instructure is currently developing what they call "enhanced rubrics" which have a lot more features, but also some added complexity because of the extra features. You may or may not have access to these in your Canvas course, depending what your school/institution administrators have enabled for you. You can read more about the enhanced rubrics in the Enhanced Rubrics User Group.
I hope this helps, even if it's not the info you hoped to hear right away.
-Chris
Hi there, @NehaGulati ...
In addition to what @chriscas has mentioned, if you are still using the standard rubrics, @James Jones has developed a script that allows you to re-order rubrics. You can find it at:
Sorting Rubrics Made Easy - Instructure Community - 272179
This is one of his many Canvancements - Canvas Enhancements - Instructure Community - 246997 that you can check out whenever you want.
I hope this will be of some help to you. If you have questions about James' script, I would encourage you to post your question(s) to James' blog post.
Good luck!
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