51 Activity #2: Create a rubric
Review Your Assignment
Review the assignment you developed in the first activity.
Ensure Alignment: Check if the grading criteria and assignment directions are in alignment. Ask yourself:
Do the grading criteria match the tasks students need to complete?
Are the expectations clear in both the criteria and the directions?
Create Your Rubric
Define Criteria: List the grading criteria for your assignment. Consider:
Clarity: Are the criteria clear and specific?
Specificity: Do the criteria cover all key aspects of the assignment?
Set Performance Levels: Determine the levels of performance (e.g., Excellent, Good, Satisfactory, Needs Improvement).
Describe Performance Levels: For each criterion, describe what each performance level looks like.
Ensure the descriptions are specific and actionable.
Provide examples where possible to illustrate each level.
Validate Your Rubric
Check Understanding: Ensure the grading criteria can help students understand and meet the expectations.
Review and Revise: Go through your rubric and make any necessary revisions to improve clarity and alignment.
Optional Review
Review Peers’ Rubrics: Take the opportunity to review your classmates’ rubrics.
Provide Feedback: Offer constructive feedback to your peers, although this is not mandatory.
Use Generative AI for Assistance
Try Generative AI: Use ChatGPT or any other generative AI tool you are familiar with to help you design and build your rubric.
AI Prompt for Rubric Creation: Consider using the following script to interact with AI:
“I am creating a rubric for an assignment on [insert assignment topic]. The criteria include [list criteria]. Please help me define performance levels (Excellent, Good, Satisfactory, Needs Improvement) and describe what each level looks like for each criterion.”
Submission
Submit the final version of your rubric by [insert deadline].
Ensure your rubric is clear, specific, and aligned with your assignment directions.
Day 5. Canvas Build and Review
Day 5 Goals
Use the NOL course template to build a module in Canvas, including an overview and learning objectives page, an instructional materials page, and at least one assessment with an attached grading rubric.
Demonstrate the use of UDOIT and the RCE accessibility checker to identify and correct accessibility issues in their modules.
Course Map Review
Activity #1 – Review the course map and develop a module
Build your Course
Homework (links to Canvas course)
Complete the all sections on your course map
Complete one full module in your Canvas course (development site provided by NOL)
Review your Canvas course shell and complete all assignments for day 5
