1. Edit the settings of your assignment, or create a new Assignment.
2. On the settings page, expand the Grade section, and under the Grading method dropdown select Rubric:
   

Note: It is worth noting that under Grade: Maximum grade, whatever number you have in your rubric, that the total the student receives will be recalculated to be a proportion of that maximum grade.

3. Click the Save and Display button to save your changes and open the Assignment.
4. On the Assignment screen, click the Cog icon to open the Tool Menu, and choose the Define marking guide option:
   

1. In your unit, click on the link to the assignment.
2. On the Assignment screen, click the Cog icon to open the Tool Menu, and choose the Advanced grading option:
   
3. On the Advanced grading screen, choose the Rubric option:
   
4. Choose the Define a new grading form from scratch option (Note: you can use the template option to have pre-filled content, if you have been directed to by your LIC or supervisor to do so).

When your reach the Define Rubric page, you can now create your rubric.

1. Give your rubric a Name (required) and a Description (optional).
2. Add your Criteria. By default, the first has been added with blank fields:
   
   1. Click the "Click to edit criterion" text to edit the Name of this criterion.
   2. Click the "Click to edit level" text in each column to edit the Name of the level and define how may points (marks) each level awards.
   3. Add any additional criteria or levels required to complete your rubric setup using the following tools:
      

      	Delete	If you click the cross in column 1 it will delete the whole criterion (row) If you click the crosses that are in the level columns cells, it will delete that cell (both text and points). So to delete a whole column you’d need to delete each cell individually.
      	Copy	Creates a copy of this criterion and places it below the current one
      	Add criterion	Creates a blank row for a new criterion
      	move	Once you have created at least two criterion you will have arrow options, which allow you to move criterion up and down in your rubric
      	add level	Adds an additional level (column)

3. Make sure the points you have for each row represent the proportions you wish. In this example, where 30 marks is the maximum points a student may receive, the points are allotted to weight each criteria accordingly:
   
4. Check the boxes to customise any additional Rubric Options you require.
5. Click the Save rubric and make it ready button to save and return to your assignment.
   
6. You may also choose to Save as draft, meaning this rubric will be saved but not yet applied to the assignment. To edit the rubric again and make it ready
   1. Open the assignment, then click the Cog icon to open the Tool Menu and choose the Define rubric option. Alternatively, choose the Advanced grading option, then click the Edit the current form definition button.
   2. Edit the settings of your rubric, then click the Save rubric and make it ready button or the Save as draft button.

Note: if you select Save as draft students can still see the draft, but your fellow tutors/teachers/academics won’t have access to the draft in the grading area. If you don’t want students to see rubric, you would need to deselect the Allow users to preview rubric in the Rubric Options.

Resources about Moodle Assignment and rubrics:

• Moodle doc 3.9 Assignment Rubric guide
• UNSW’s Rubric page covers creating a new rubric from an existing one and marking an assignment using a rubric.

Resources for writing rubrics:

• Page 21-25 of Ideas and inspirations for good practice in assessment design (ACU) discusses rubrics and as a Social Work and Policy example rubric
• See the booklet Using rubrics in student assessment (SCU) and Rubric Design Checklist (SCU)
• Using assessment rubrics (UNSW) covers benefits, challenges, strategies, case studies
• Writing Effective Rubrics (University of Florida) covers a basic overview of rubrics and also provides suggested additional sources
• Berkeley’s rubric page provides a series of example rubrics, including a ‘Creative thinking rubric’, see also their ‘What is a rubric?’ page
• Further example rubrics can be found on the Carnegie Melon University ‘Creating and Using rubrics’ page