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Using Rubrics with No Submissions

If you want to use Bb Learn rubrics without having students submit any assignments to Bb Learn, you can create a column in "Full Grade Center," or edit a column you created using the "Create a Column" button (such a column will have a "Delete Column" option when you click the circled down arrow in the column header for the column), and add a rubric to that column. Here's how to do that.

Unfortunately, if a student simply doesn't submit something to a Bb Learn assignment or other graded activity that uses rubrics, the method below will not work.

If you need assistance with creating or attaching a rubric, see the following page:

WARNING! If you are grading using a Bb Learn rubric, do not grade by using both the “Rubric Detail” window (opened by clicking the double-square icon) and the expanded “GRADE BY RUBRIC” area. You run the risk of overwriting changes made in one area with the other.

If you haven't already, add a rubric to a column with no submissions.

  1. In “Full Grade Center” in your Bb Learn course shell, click the circled down arrow in a column you created in “Full Grade Center” by clicking the “Create Column” button.
       (a) Such a column will have a "Delete Column" option when you click the circled down arrow in the column header for the column.
  2. Click “Edit Column Information.”
  3. In the “Associated Rubrics” area, click “Add Rubric.”
  4. Click “Select Rubric.”
  5. In the “Select Rubrics” window that appears, check the box next to the rubric you want to use, and click “Submit.”
  6. Make sure it says “Used for Grading” under “Type” (unless you don’t want the rubric used for grading).
  7. Select whether you want to “Show Rubric to Students” by clicking the icon under “Show Rubric to Students” and making a selection.
  8. Scroll down and click “Submit.”

Now that you have your rubric created. Here is how you grade.

  1. In the column you set up the rubric for in the above instructions, hover your mouse over a cell for a particular student, and click the circled down arrow in that cell.
  2. Click “View Grade Details.”
  3. If “Attempts” is not selected (showing as bold and black), select it in the “Grade Details” window.
  4. Click “View Rubric” and grade using your rubric in the “Rubric Detail” window.
  5. Click “Save” in the “Rubric Detail” window.
  6. In the “Grade Details” window, enter any additional feedback you want the student to see in the “Feedback to Learner” area.
  7. Enter “Grading Notes” only you will see in the “Grading Notes” area.
  8. Click “Save” on the “Grade Details” page.
  9. Click “Return to Grade Center.”
  10. Repeat these steps for each student you want to grade.

If you don't want students to see grades or comments in a column until all grades or comments are entered into the column, do the following:

  1. Click the circled down arrow in the column header in "Full Grade Center."
  2. Click "Hide from Students (on/off)."
  3. A circle with a line through it will appear in the column header, indicating the column is hidden to students. If you don't see this icon, repeat steps 1-3.
  4. After you finish grading and entering comments in the column, click the circled down arrow in the column header in "Full Grade Center."
  5. Click "Hide from Students (on/off)."
  6. The circle with a line through it will disappear from the column header, indicating the column is no longer hidden to students. If you still see this icon, repeat steps 4-6.

 


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