{"id":23966,"date":"2025-05-01T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/?p=23966"},"modified":"2025-07-08T12:55:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-08T12:55:22","slug":"creating-blackboard-rubrics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/creating-blackboard-rubrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating and Managing Blackboard Rubrics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Rubrics are a scoring tool you can use to mark Blackboard assessments, which can help you evaluate students&#8217; work on a specific scale, against certain criteria. You can start creating a rubric from the Gradebook, or when creating an assessment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#create\">Create a new Rubric<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#manage\">Managing Rubrics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#Blackboard-AI-Design-Assistant\">Blackboard AI Design Assistant<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It is possible to copy rubrics between courses using the copy function, see our <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/ultra-copy-content\/\">guide Copy Content Function<\/a> for more details. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"create\">Create a new Rubric<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In the Gradebook, select the Settings icon, then Create Rubric in the settings panel:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-24.png\" alt=\"Gradebook settings\" class=\"wp-image-23970\" width=\"658\" height=\"274\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-24.png 994w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-24-768x320.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When creating an assessment you should create the rubric before you add questions to your assessment. When setting up a Blackboard Assignment, Test, or a marked Journal or Discussion, select the Settings icon to add a rubric. In the settings panel, under Additional Tools, select &#8216;Add marking rubric&#8217; to create a new rubric, or to add an existing rubric to your assessment (Only one rubric can be associated with an assessment):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-3\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-29.png\" alt=\"Assignment settings\" class=\"wp-image-23981\" width=\"379\" height=\"172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-29.png 991w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-29-768x350.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 379px) 100vw, 379px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-30.png\" alt=\"Add marking rubric\" class=\"wp-image-23982\" width=\"291\" height=\"520\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Add a title for your rubric and select a rubric type. Titles are limited to 255 characters. If you don&#8217;t add a title, &#8220;New Rubric&#8221; and the date appear as the title. By default, four criteria rows and four achievement level columns appear:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-34.png\" alt=\"Example rubric - four rows and four columns\" class=\"wp-image-24028\" width=\"488\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-34.png 949w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-34-768x526.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can add, delete, and rename the rows and columns. Hover over a cell to access the edit and delete icons. Select the plus sign wherever you want to add a row or column and type a title. If you don&#8217;t want the new row or column, you can delete it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-38.png\" alt=\"Edit, delete, add or remove rows and columns\" class=\"wp-image-24032\" width=\"545\" height=\"438\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When finished, save your rubric:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-39.png\" alt=\"Save rubric when done\" class=\"wp-image-24035\" width=\"553\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-39.png 998w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-39-768x520.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 553px) 100vw, 553px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can create five types of rubrics in a course:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#percent\">Percentage-based rubrics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#percentrange\">Percentage-range rubrics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#points\">Points-based rubrics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#points-range\">Points-range rubrics<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#nopoints\">No-points rubric &#8211; (Qualitative)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"percent\">Percentage-based rubrics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For percentage-based rubrics, the criteria total percentage must equal 100%. You may only use whole numbers. You may add rows set to 0% as long as your total percentage amounts to 100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-32.png\" alt=\"Percentage rubric\" class=\"wp-image-24026\" width=\"529\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-32.png 1500w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-32-768x780.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 529px) 100vw, 529px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If the percentages don&#8217;t equal 100, a warning message appears at the bottom of the screen. Select&nbsp;Balance Criteria&nbsp;next to the message to auto-adjust the percentages so that they equal 100. Or, you can manually update the percentages as needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the levels of achievement, one column must have a value of 100%. You may only use whole numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"percentrange\">Percentage-range rubrics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For percentage-range rubrics, each level of achievement has a range of values. When you grade, you select the appropriate percentage level for a particular level of achievement. The system calculates the points earned by multiplying the weight times thee achievement percentage times the item points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-35.png\" alt=\"Percentage-range rubric\" class=\"wp-image-24029\" width=\"540\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-35.png 1078w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-35-768x621.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"points\">Points-based rubrics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For points-based rubrics, the maximum possible points should be less than or equal to 99,999. You may only use whole numbers. You may add rows set to 0 as long as your total points are less than or equal to 99,999.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-36.png\" alt=\"Points rubric\" class=\"wp-image-24030\" width=\"545\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-36.png 1084w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-36-768x641.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"points-range\">Points-range rubrics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For points-range rubrics, the maximum possible points should be less than or equal to 99,999. You may only use whole numbers. You may add rows set to 0 as long as your total points are less than or equal to 99,999. The point range for each criterion must go from a lower range to a higher range.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-37.png\" alt=\"Points-range rubric\" class=\"wp-image-24031\" width=\"715\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-37.png 1718w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-37-768x371.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-37-1536x741.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 715px) 100vw, 715px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When you add an achievement level, a percentage is automatically added. For example, if you add an achievement level between two levels listed at 100% and 75%, your new level is assigned 88%. You can adjust the percentages as needed. Select anywhere on the rubric to save your changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For new and existing levels of achievement, you can add an optional description. Achievement titles have a 40 character limit. Criteria and description cells have a 1,000 character limit. Rubrics support plain text only. You can paste text from another document, but the formatting doesn&#8217;t carry over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you press the Enter key, a new paragraph isn&#8217;t started in a cell. The Enter key confirms you&#8217;re finished. Your work is saved and you leave edit mode.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/help.blackboard.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/rich_text_large\/public\/images\/2023-12\/learn_ultra_instructor_EditDescription.png.jpg?itok=Zi8S-ll7\" alt=\"Image of the description field within a rubric cell\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rubric columns range from highest to lowest scores. You can&#8217;t change this order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"nopoints\">No points rubric (Qualitative)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For no-points rubrics, instructors can evaluate student work qualitatively based on specific criteria and feedback rather than numerical values. This rubric type emphasises detailed assessment and guidance without assigning a numerical score. You can define your own Criteria and Achievement levels, with the criteria and description cells having a character limit of 1,000. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2025\/04\/Qualitative-rubric.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26106\" width=\"860\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2025\/04\/Qualitative-rubric.png 1513w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2025\/04\/Qualitative-rubric-768x346.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Student view of rubrics<em><\/em><em><\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Students can view a rubric before they open an assignment, test, and discussion and after they start the attempt. They can click on&nbsp;&#8216;This item is graded with a rubric&#8217;&nbsp;in the Details &amp; Information section of the item to view the rubric:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-41.png\" alt=\"Student view of rubric \" class=\"wp-image-24038\" width=\"642\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-41.png 1055w, https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-41-768x320.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Students can view the rubric alongside the instructions. They can expand each rubric criterion to view the achievement levels and organise their efforts to meet the requirements of the graded work:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-42.png\" alt=\"Student view of rubric details\" class=\"wp-image-24039\" width=\"276\" height=\"431\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"manage\">Managing rubrics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>You can copy, delete, and export rubrics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Copying rubrics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can copy Blackboard rubrics over from your other courses in Blackboard (Original or Ultra). Please see the guide on <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/ultra-copying-blackboard-rubrics\/\">Copying Blackboard Rubrics<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Duplicating rubrics<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After you use a rubric for grading, you can&#8217;t edit it, but you can make a copy that you can edit and rename.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Go to your gradebook. Select the&nbsp;Settings&nbsp;icon to bring up the Gradebook Settings panel. Scroll down to the Course Rubrics section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2024\/10\/image-43.png\" alt=\"Duplicating a rubric\" class=\"wp-image-24043\" width=\"274\" height=\"182\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Access a rubric&#8217;s menu by selecting the three-dot icon and then select&nbsp;Duplicate. The copied rubric opens with the date and &#8216;copy&#8217; added to the title. You can make edits as needed. Select&nbsp;&#8216;Save&#8217;&nbsp;to save the duplicate rubric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note<\/strong>: If you copy an existing percentage-based rubric and change it to a percentage-range rubric, all the descriptions are cleared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;ve already used a rubric to grade an item, you can also copy the rubric and edit the duplicate version. From an item&#8217;s Settings panel, open the rubric. Select&nbsp;Create a Copy&nbsp;at the bottom of the screen. When you create a copy of a rubric you used to grade a test or assignment, the new rubric is associated with the item. Any grades calculated with the original rubric are preserved, but these grades are converted to overrides. You can regrade these submissions with the new rubric.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can&#8217;t copy rubrics on small devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Blackboard-AI-Design-Assistant\">Blackboard AI Design Assistant<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Anthology Blackboard have developed AI design assistant tools that give you the option to quickly generate activities and their accompanying instructions , based your course\u2019s title and description. The output can be tailored by selecting specific course content or adding a description prompt. The generated rubric  is editable, and will only be added to your course if you choose to \u2018Save\u2019 it. For more information, please read our <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.reading.ac.uk\/TEL-Support-Staff\/blackboard-ai-design-assistant-ai-rubrics\/\">Blackboard AI Design Assistant \u2013 AI Rubrics guide.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rubrics are a scoring tool you can use to mark Blackboard assessments, which can help you evaluate students&#8217; work on a specific scale, against certain criteria. You can start creating a rubric from the Gradebook, or when creating an assessment. 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