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Understanding Rubrics

Overview

Rubrics are used to evaluate an activity or item based on a predefined set of criteria. They help ensure that activities and items are evaluated fairly and consistently. 

There are two types of rubrics in D2L Brightspace: Holistic Rubrics and Analytic Rubrics


Holistic Rubrics

Single criteria rubrics (one-dimensional) used to assess participants’ overall achievement on an activity or item based on predefined achievement levels. Example below. 

Edit Rubric screen for a test Holistic Rubric. The screen shows a single criteria with the levels of Excellent, Good, Fair, and Poor.


Analytic Rubrics

Two-dimensional rubrics with levels of achievement as columns and assessment criteria as rows. Allows you to assess participants’ achievements based on multiple criteria using a single rubric. You can assign different weights (value) to different criteria and include an overall achievement by totaling the criteria. See examples below.

Edit Rubric screen for a test Analytic Rubric, showing 3 criteria assessed across 4 levels, Excellent, Good, Fair, and Poor. A point value is associated with each level