1. The Rubrics tool in OAKS allows you to grade assignments and discussions using a criteria grid.  

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2. Click Management

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3. Click Edit Course

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4. Scroll down and click Rubrics

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5. Click the blue New Rubric button at the top left.

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6. First, from the far right, be sure that your rubric is set to Published next to Status. If not, select Published.

Only a published rubric can be used for grading.

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7. With your mouse, select textbox under Name.

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8. Type the name of your rubric and press Enter or Return on your keyboard.

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9. Click the Type dropdown menu

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10. There are two types of rubrics: Holistic and Analytic. In Holistic rubric you evaluate on one criterion.  In Analytic you evaluate on multiple criteria.

Click Holistic

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11. Click Continue

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12. To determine how your rubric will be scored, click the Scoring Points dropdown menu.

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13. Click No Score

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14. With No Score you'll see that the user will only receive a text grade, such as Level 4 or Excellent.

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15. Click the Scoring dropdown menu and choose Percentage

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16. You can see now there is a place for you to add a percentage so the user will get a numeric grade.

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17. Now it's time to set your levels.

Click the textbox under Level 4.

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18. Type in what a Level 4 evaluation criterion would look like.

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19. Repeat for the remaining cells of your rubric.

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20. You can change the names of the Levels as well.

Click in the textbox entitled Level 4.

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21. Type a name for the level.

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22. Repeat for the remaining levels.

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23. You can add an additional Level, either at the front or the end of the level list by clicking on the plus sign.

Click on the Plus Sign.

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24. You'll see you now have a new level at the end of the rubric.  Give it a name, percentage and evaluation description as you did in the earlier part of the rubric.

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25. This is a completed holistic rubric.

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26. When you've completed the Levels and Criteria, scroll to the bottom and click on the arrow to the far right of Options, to open the options panel.

DO NOT SKIP THIS STEP AS IT'S IMPORTANT.

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27. The first section addresses the rubric's visibility to the student.

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28. The second section addresses the rubric grade's visibility to the student.

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29. In the Advanced Availability section, make sure that BOTH items are clicked.  If they aren't, you may not be able to attach this rubric to an assignment or discussion later on.

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30. Click Close

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31. That's it. You're done.

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