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How do I add a rubric to a quiz?

You can add a rubric to a Classic Quiz or New Quiz to help students understand expectations for the quiz and how you intend to score their replies. Occasionally, rubrics are added to quizzes when you have an outcome in the rubric that you would like to use for alignment purposes. In addition to quizzes, rubrics can also be added to graded discussions and assignments.

Notes:

You cannot add a rubric to a practice quiz or ungraded survey.
This information applies to both Classic Quizzes and New Quizzes.
Students can view the rubric for a quiz on the Submission Details page, which is accessible by clicking the quiz title on the Grades page.

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00:05: How do I add a rubric to a quiz?

00:08: In Course Navigation,

00:09: click the Quizzes link.

00:11: Click the name of the quiz.

00:14: Click the Options icon and select the Show Rubric link.

00:18: Click the Add Rubric button.

00:21: To find an existing rubric, click the Find a Rubric link.

00:26: You can find rubrics that were created in previous quizzes as well as rubrics created

00:30: in other courses where you have an instructor role.

00:34: In the first column, select a course or account.

00:38: In the second column, locate and click the name of a rubric.

00:41: You can view the criteria and points in each rubric

00:45: To select a rubric for the quiz, scroll to the bottom of the rubric and click the

00:49: Use This Rubric button.

00:52: To reopen the rubric and select rubric settings,

00:54: click the Edit icon.

00:57: If you cannot find an existing rubric to use for the quiz, you can create a new

01:01: rubric for your quiz.

01:02: New rubrics are saved in your course for future use.

01:07: Once you have added a rubric, you can select several options for the rubric.

01:10: If you want to write free-form comments to students in SpeedGrader, select the I'll

01:15: write free-form comments checkbox.

01:17: If this option is selected, no ratings are used to assess the student and criterion

01:21: values are assigned manually.

01:24: If you want to remove points from the rubric, select the Remove points from rubric

01:28: checkbox. If this option is selected, no points are associated with the rubric, but

01:34: students can still be rated using the rubric criterion.

01:38: If you have the Learning Mastery Gradebook enabled but you don't want outcome

01:42: results posted to the Learning Mastery

01:44: Gradebook, select the Don't post Outcomes results to Learning Mastery Gradebook

01:49: checkbox.

01:50: If this option is selected, students will be able to see rubric and outcome results

01:55: in the Grades and submission details pages

01:57: but results will not be posted to the Learning Mastery Gradebook.

02:01: If this option is selected, students will be able to see rubric and outcome results

02:06: in the Grades and submission details pages

02:08: but results will not be posted to the Learning Mastery Gradebook.

02:13: If you do not want students to see the score total for the rubric, select the Hide

02:18: score total for assessment results

02:20: checkbox. Students can still see the point values for each criterion, but the total

02:25: score will not be shown at the bottom of the rubric. This option applies to students

02:29: when they view rubrics from the Grades page.

02:32: Click the Update Rubric button.

02:35: Note: If you created a new rubric, the assignment will show the Create Rubric

02:39: button.

02:40: This guide covered how to add a rubric to a quiz.

Open Quizzes

Course Navigation with the Quizzes link highlighted.

In Course Navigation, click the Quizzes link.

Open Quiz

Quizzes Index page with a quiz's name highlighted.

Click the name of the quiz.

Show Rubric

Quiz page with the Options icon and Show Rubric link highlighted.

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

Add Rubric

Quiz page with the Add Rubric button highlighted.

Click the Add Rubric button.

Find a Rubric

Rubric window with the Find a Rubric link highlighted.

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.

Select Rubric

Find a Rubric window with a course or account, a rubric, and the Use This Rubric button highlighted.

In the first column, select a course or account [1]. In the second column, locate and click the name of a rubric [2]. You can view the criteria and points in each rubric. To select a rubric for the quiz, scroll to the bottom of the rubric and click the Use This Rubric button [3].

Edit Rubric

Rubric window with the Edit icon highlighted.

To reopen the rubric and select rubric settings, click the Edit icon.

Create New Rubric

Rubric window with the option to create a new rubric.

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

Select Rubric Settings

Rubric settings with the comments, points, Learning Mastery, and score total checkboxes highlighted.

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

If you want to write free-form comments to students in SpeedGrader, select the I'll write free-form comments... checkbox [1]. If this option is selected, no ratings are used to assess the student and criterion values are assigned manually.

If you want to remove points from the rubric, select the Remove points from rubric checkbox [2]. If this option is selected, no points are associated with the rubric, but students can still be rated using the rubric criterion.

If you have the Learning Mastery Gradebook enabled but you don't want outcome results posted to the Learning Mastery Gradebook, select the Don't post Outcomes results to Learning Mastery Gradebook checkbox [3]. If this option is selected, students will be able to see rubric and outcome results in the Grades and submission details pages but results will not be posted to the Learning Mastery Gradebook.

If you do not want students to see the score total for the rubric, select the Hide score total for assessment results checkbox [4]. 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.

Save Rubric

Click the Update Rubric button.

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

View Rubric

Quiz rubric with the Edit icon, Search icon, Delete icon, and Close icon highlighted.

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].

Copy Rubric

Uneditable rubric warning with the OK button highlighted.

If you try to edit a rubric that has been used in more than one assignment (assignment, graded discussion, or quiz), Canvas generates a warning message that the rubric can't be edited. This message means that the rubric can't be edited directly, but you can create a copy of the rubric.

To create a copy of the rubric, click the OK button. Canvas will create a copied version of the rubric. The edited version will automatically replace the previous rubric in the quiz.

The copied rubric will also be saved in the course rubrics list for future use.

Student View

Submission Details page showing the quiz rubric.

Students can view the rubric for a quiz on the Submission Details page, which is accessible by clicking the quiz title on the Grades page.

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