Instructions to
create rubrics in LiveText that you can use
to grade your students' documents:
1.
Click the [Create] button when you are
at My Work page, and select 'Document'
from the dropdown menu.
2.
You should be in the page titled “Create
Document”. Follow these steps to create
an assessment:
a.
Select Assessment as the document
type on the document chooser page.
b.
Select any of the options as the template
type. Look at the outline on the right hand
side of the page for each option, and select
the one that best fits your requirements.
c.
Enter an Assessment Title and
an optional Assessment Description.
For the title, try to include date, semester,
course or project name to track revisions and
copies of the document.
d.
Click the [Create Document] button at
the bottom of the screen.
3.
You should now be in the assessment page
that you just created, with all sections listed.
Scroll down to the rubric and click on the corresponding
edit link on the right. (Note: If
you want only the rubric, you can delete all
other sections)
4.
You should be in the Edit RubricMason™
page. Follow these steps to change the existing
rubric to match your design:
a.
Change the title of the rubric to reflect
the assessment purpose.
b. Select the dropdown menu 'Choose
a set of levels', and click on the levels (column
headings) you want for the rubric.
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You can change the column headings by clicking
your mouse in the name and typing the desired
heading in the box that appears.
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You can also add more columns using the
[Add] button to the right of column headings.
Having added a level, you can click in the
name to edit its properties.
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You can delete a particular column by clicking
in the name of the column and clicking the
[Delete] button in the box that appears.
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NOTE the points assigned to the different
columns. You can change those points to
change the impact the level has on the overall
score. The minimum points possible is one.
c. To start entering the objectives,
click the [Add] button to the left of the rubric
table, below the column headings. Click in the
name of the objective to set its properties.
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Change the name of the objective and make
it descriptive. For example, "Spelling and
grammar".
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Assign weight to the objective. For example,
type 25 if the objective is worth 25% of
the assessment.
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Position determines the row number for that
objective in the rubric table.
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Click the [Add] button for additional rows.
You can add as many as you like.
d.
Hit the [Save] button to save the rubric
grid.
e. Double click in a cell of the
rubric table to enter the criteria description.
Type the content in the box that appears. Repeat
for all cells of the rubric.
f.
Click the [Save] button at the bottom
of the table, and hit [Finish].
5.
You are done creating the rubric! You
can add content to other sections of your assessment.
Note:
If you want to post your
rubric for students and teachers to use,
you will have to share it with LiveText
administrator as an Editor. The LiveText
administrator would have the privileges to post
it as a template.
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