Rubrics: From Creation to Use in Learn@UW John Thomson DoIT Academic Technology, jcthomsonjr@doit.wisc.edu Beth Fahlberg School of Nursing, fahlberg@wisc.edu.
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Rubrics: From Creation to Use in Learn@UW
John ThomsonDoIT Academic Technology, jcthomsonjr@doit.wisc.eduBeth FahlbergSchool of Nursing, fahlberg@wisc.edu
Introduction to rubrics
1.Examples, benefits, drawbacks
2.Electronic rubrics in D2L (Learn@UW)
3.Experiences in a teaching team
4.Group work
5.Quick demonstration
What is a rubric?
Traditional rubric used in grading
Benefits of using rubrics
•
• Facilitates feedback
• Promotes grading consistency
Provides direction for students before and after an assignment
Drawbacks of traditional* rubrics* Paper or document file rubric
• Cumbersome & inefficient
Process of grading using doc file rubrics
1. Open/ find student assignment
2. Open correct rubric file
3. Remember to save the rubric as a new file with the student's name in a place you can find it later
4. Grade assignment & enter feedback
5. Add up points
6. Enter grade in online gradebook
7. Upload correct file for correct student and assignment
Drawbacks of traditional* rubrics* Paper or document file rubric
•
• Challenging to use information for assessment of learning outcomes
Possibility of error at several points
Paper RubricsSuch Fun!
http://magazine.uchicago.edu/0106/features/
WHAT IF???
Rubrics could be efficient as well as effective?
Rubrics in Learn@UW
Learn@UW Rubric- graded assignment
Learn@UW Rubric performance feedback
Grades & feedback easily edited & transferred from rubric to gradebook
Benefits of Learn@UW Rubrics
• Saves time!!
• Reduces error
• Promotes effective communicationo Faculty-studento Faculty-faculty
• Ease of access & revision
Experiences of teaching team
Barb King
Paul Larson
Fanglin Kuo
• Rubrics were efficient for grading papers
• Promoted consistency and communication between graders
Nursing 433 Fall 2012
Clinical assessment rubric
Document converted to online format, piloted with one group at two points in time
Challenges:
• Making criteria specific enough
• Differentiating between each level
Additional challenges with graded rubrics
• Ensuring assigned points are internally consistent with expectations and syllabus
Nursing 319, Spring 2013
Experiences using L@UW rubric for clinical performance evaluation
• At clinical site
• Reading weekly journals
Better & more frequent feedback for students
Streamlined evaluation process
Observations of performance and learning easily entered:
Rubric development in Learn@UW
1.Plan
2.Draft in D2L
3.Publish to grade student work
Rubric development in Learn@UW
Lingo:
• Analytic vs Holistic
• Criteria & Levels
• Range
Best used in:
• Dropbox
• Gradebook
Be sure to distinguish between different criteria
Group work: creating a rubric
Find a partner!
Using one of the example assignments, or one of your own, draft a rubric.
Use the VALUE rubric as an example of good level definitions.
Be ready to trade your rubric with another pair.
Resources
VALUE rubrics from AACU - institutional rubrics for essential learning outcomes
http://www.aacu.org/value/rubrics/
iRubric - example rubrics from a number of disciplineshttp://www.rcampus.com/indexrubric.cfm
Rubrics orientation in Desire2Learn (Learn@UW)https://kb.wisc.edu/27857
Creating & Editing a Rubrichttps://kb.wisc.edu/27621
Thanks!
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