by Daniel Reeve, Camosun College

1. Daniel Reeve
Camosun College

2. WTF!

3. Prior to submission rubric provides:
› Clear standards & tasks
›Guides construction
Once graded:
› Easy to understand
› Permanent digital record
› Extensive and relevant feedback

4.  Consistent evaluation
 Fully considered criteria
 Extensive & Customizable feedback
 Automated grade entry
 Permanent digital record of assignment,
feedback, and mark

5. “Let my paper
go!”
Rubrics are age-
old.
Why get excited?

7.  No graded papers went lost.
 Grade input was 100% accurate &
effortless.
 Never write the same suggestion - ad
infinitum - again.
 Thorough grading process took less than 5
minutes

8. o Each click
1. Provides detailed feedback
2. Adds to overall grade
o Final Click
1. Compiles total score
2. Gathers extensive, customizable feedback
3. Populates gradebook instantly

9.  Poorly considered, overly
broad categories
 Clumsy, vague, marking
gradients.
 Inversely, too much
detail
 Feedback overwhelms
students.

10.  At best, a well crafted rubric integrates heart and mind.
 At worst, rubrics mechanize holistic exercise.

12.  1st Year Instructor:
 Choice:
 Less feedback on written assignments
 Or
 More multiple choice tests
 Result:
 Student learn less from incomplete feedback
 Or
 Student’s don’t write at all.
 2nd Year Instructor:
“Students don’t write good.”
“Students don’t write good no more.”

13. 1. Clarify assignment objectives and expectations.
2. Guide students written work.
3. Provide substantive, consistent and targeted
feedback
4. Permit instructors to expand role of written
assignments in their classes.
5. Improve students’ writing.