1. Rubrics can be added to grade Discussions and Assignments.  You can even add them to a grade item or a quiz question.  In this tutorial, we'll look at grading a Discussion using an OAKS Rubric.  

Note: this only works with rubrics created in OAKS.

2. Click Communication

3. Click Discussions

4. Scroll and click the dropdown arrow next to the discussion to grade.

5. Click Assess Topic

6. Scroll and click Topic Score on a student to grade

7. From the right side, click the Rubric.

8. Click the level you want for that specific criterion.  A checkmark indicates that OAKS has registered the score.

9. Click on Add Feedback if you want to add additional text feedback.

10. Type in your Feedback.

11. Continue until you have selected a Level score for each criterion.

12. When finished, you will notice the total score as well as an overall level selection.

13. OAKS will now take the rubric score and convert it to match the total points allotted to the Discussion and this grade is what's sent to the OAKS Grade Book.

14. You still have the ability to add your total feedback here as well.

15. When finished grading, click Publish or Update.

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

Interactive tutorial