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Instructors can use a marking grid to plan and structure their assessment around the module’s learning outcomes. Students can use a rubric to structure their assignments and as a tool for self-assessment.
The use or of rubrics for assessment and feedback is recommended by the university’s Assessment and Feedback guidelines. Assessment Code of Practice
Example of a typical rubric
Criteria | 80-100% | 5070-59%79% | 60-69% | 70-79% | 80-100%50-59% |
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Spelling and grammar | Several No errors | Some errors | A few errors | Some errors | No Several errors |
Knowledge of | Demonstrates limited thorough and insightful knowledge of forms, conventions, terminology, and strategies | Demonstrates some considerable knowledge of forms, conventions, terminology, and strategies | Demonstrates considerable some knowledge of forms, conventions, terminology, and strategies | Demonstrates thorough and insightful limited knowledge of forms, conventions, terminology, and strategies | |
Critical and creative thinking skills | Uses critical and creative thinking skills with limited a high degree of effectiveness | Uses critical and creative thinking skills with moderate considerable effectiveness | Uses critical and creative thinking skills with considerable moderate effectiveness | Uses critical and creative thinking skills with a high degree of limited effectiveness | |
Communication of information and ideas | Communicates information and ideas with limited claritya high degree of clarity and with confidence | Communicates information and ideas with some considerable clarity | Communicates information and ideas with considerable some clarity | Communicates information and ideas with a high degree of clarity and with confidencelimited clarity |
The rows correspond to the various criteria for an assignment. The columns correspond to the level of achievement expressed for each criterion. A description and point value for each cell in the rubric defines the evaluation and score of an assignment.
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See the Ulster University guidelines to building marking rubrics
About different types of rubrics in Ultra
You can add rubrics to Blackboard and Turnitin assignment drop boxes as well as to assessed discussions and journals.
Blackboard assessment (assignment dropboxes, journals and discussions) supports rubrics that use percentage ranges, percentages, points and points ranges.
Find out how to add a rubric to Blackboard Assignment dropbox
Turnitin supports standard rubrics that use percentages, custom rubrics, qualitative rubrics and grading forms.
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Find out how to add a rubric to a Turnitin Assignment
Find out how to mark with a rubric in a Turnitin assignment
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