CREATING, SAVING, AND MODIFYING RUBRICS

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CREATING, SAVING, AND MODIFYING RUBRICS

• Using http//rubistar.4teachers.org

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What is a rubric?

• A rubric is a scoring guide that helps you
  evaluate a student's performance based on the a
  full range of criteria.

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Why use rubrics?

• Students have explicit guidelines regarding
  teacher expectations.
• Teachers can reuse rubrics and modify them for
  various activities.
• It gives you the teacher a quantitative guide in
  grading student work/performance.

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Getting started

• Decide what you want your students to do
• Power Point project?
• Writing a report?
• Writing a fictional story?
• Reviewing an article?

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• Decide what out come you expect from the students
• You want to evaluate what they learned?
• You want to evaluate their writing style?
• You want to evaluate their use of voice?
• You want to evaluate their use of graphics?
• With a rubric you can evaluate all of these in a
  single assignment!

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• Create your rubric
• http//rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php
• You can browse already created rubrics or
• you can create a brand new rubric based on
  templates.

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At rubistar.4teachers.org

• You have choices
• You can sign up for an account, which is free and
  allows you to save rubrics on-line
• You dont have to sign up for an account but you
  can still browse for already created rubrics or
  create your own

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To search already created rubrics

• Click Find rubric
• Type in your search words
• You can use and or or to modify your search
• Look through the rubrics.
• You can use them directly
• Modify them for your particular use
• Use them as a jump start for your own rubric.

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Create your own rubric

• Click Create rubric
• Choose which style/format you would like to use.
• Begin creating using their format or modify the
  format as you go.

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Saving your rubric

• At the bottom of the page click on SUBMIT
• Click on Download
• Now you can still print as is, save it as a web
  page, or save as an Excel spread sheet
• Excel is my favorite way as it is easy to modify
  in this format
• You also can modify and print off line in Excel

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Modifying your rubric

• Read through your rubric one more time to make
  sure it covers all that you want and is clearly
  written for the student.
• If you want to modify your rubric and it is in
  Excel, just click on the cell that you want to
  modify and do so.
• Maybe you want to change wording
• You can also change point value
• You can also modify it in the web format by
  clicking on the cell and modifying it.

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What if no one category does what I want?

• You can name your own category and criteria
• You can create several rubrics and merge them
  through Excel
• Create rubrics sung several categories and save
  them in Excel
• Choose one rubric to be your main rubric
• Go to another Excel saved format rubric,
  highlight the cells you want and copy them
• Go back to your main rubric and past those cells
  in

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Using the rubric in the class room

• Hand the rubric out to each student
• Go over the rubric, highlighting any categories
  you want them to pay special attention to.
• Have the students attach the rubric to their work
  when they turn it in.

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Useful websites

• http//rubistar.4teachers.org/
• http//www.rubrics4teachers.com/
• http//www.teachervision.fen.com/teaching-methods-
  and-management/rubrics/4522.html
• There are many rubric making sites, and sites
  with already made rubrics!