Create a rubric table

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To create a rubric table

Rubric table controls

You can create a rubric table to support the grading of external activities.

Rubric table — A scoring tool that establishes the grading criteria for an external activity.

Rubric tables help to communicate the expectations for an external activity and are highly customizable.

Once you've created a rubric table, you can then apply it to an external activity.

External activity — An activity that was completed outside of the Möbius platform (Example — a quiz completed on paper, an oral presentation, etc.).

IMPORTANT: A rubric table can only be applied to external activities (not Möbius lessons or assignments). Rubric tables can only be applied to an external activity before student grades are entered and saved for the external activity (Example — you can't apply a rubric table to an existing external activity that already has student grades recorded in it). Check out Apply a rubric table.

NOTE: Rubric tables are inherited by child classes.

TIP: Have you already created a rubric table and want to return to it to preview or edit it? Check out Access rubric tables.

To create a rubric table

To create a rubric table to apply to external activities:

  1. Click Gradebook on the Class Homepage.

The Gradebook menu is the fourth menu option of the main Möbius navigational menu on the Class Homepage.

  1. Click Rubric Tables to use the Rubric Table Editor.

The rubric tables menu option is the fourth option in the grabeook menu.

  1. Click New Rubric Table to create a new rubric table from the Rubric Table Editor.

The new rubric table link is under the rubric tables heading.

  1. Define a name for your new rubric table.

The name field is highlighted with a manually entered rubric table name of graphing assignment rubric.

NOTE: You'll receive an error message if you try to save your rubric table without a name. Click OK to escape the error message and name your new rubric table.

Error message stating: please enter rubric table name.

  1. Define the name of each grading category.

The leftmost column of the blank rubric table is highlighted.

NOTE: You'll receive an error message if you try to save your rubric table without defined grading categories. Click OK to escape the error message and define your new rubric table grading categories.

Error message is shown: please enter all rubric categories.

TIP: Use the rubric table controls to delete, add, and rearrange categories. Check out the Rubric table controls section of this help topic.

  1. Define the numerical value of each grading weight.

The uppermost row is highlighted in the blank rubric table.

NOTE: Your entered weight values:

  • Must be numerical
  • Must be greater than 0
  • Can be decimal values

NOTE: The sum of the maximum weight of each category in the rubric table defines the read-only total points for the external activity that it's applied to (Example — if a rubric has a maximum weight of 2 for each of its 3 categories, the total points achievable for the activity that it's applied to is 6 (2 x 3 = 6)).

NOTE: You'll receive an error message if you try to save your rubric table without defined weights. Click OK to escape the error message and define your new rubric table weights.

Error message is shown: please enter a numeric value for the weight.

TIP: Use the rubric table controls to delete, add, and rearrange weights. Check out the Rubric table controls section of this help topic.

  1. Define the descriptions of how each weight is assigned within each category.

The cells of the rubric table that contain the descriptions are highlighted.

NOTE: You'll receive an error message if you try to save your rubric table without defined descriptions. Click OK to escape the error message and define your new rubric table descriptions.

Error message is shown: please enter all descriptions.

TIP: Click Add Table if you want to add an additional rubric table.

The Add Table button is the third button from the left below the rubric table.

IMPORTANT: Clicking Reset will erase all text entries from all tables as well as delete any additional tables that you've added. The title of the rubric table is maintained.

The Rest button is the fourth button below the rubric table.

  1. Click Save to save your new rubric table.

The Save button is the first button below the rubric table.

  1. Your new rubric table is displayed as an available rubric table and is ready to be applied to an external activity (check out Apply a rubric table). The name, total points, and creation time stamp are visible.

The new rubric table is shown listed on the Rubric Table Editor page in the table with the title, points, and modified date time stamp.

NOTE: Child classes of the class that you used to create a rubric table will inherit the available rubric tables. If you create a rubric table in your parent class after the child class has already been created, the child class will still inherit the newly-created rubric table.

Rubric table controls

Use the following controls to edit your rubric table:

Control

Description

The delete icon is a grey X in a blue box.

Delete icon:

  • Deletes a row if clicked from a category row
  • Deletes a column if clicked from a weight column

NOTE: If the delete icon is clicked in the Category/Weight cell (upper left corner of the rubric table), the entire rubric table is deleted.

The delete icon in the Category/Weight header cell is shown.

The add icon is a grey addition symbol in a blue box.

Add icon:

  • Inserts a row if clicked from a category row
  • Inserts a column if clicked from a weight column
The move row up icon is a grey upwards arrow in a blue box.

Move row up icon:

  • Shifts category up one row in the rubric
The move row down icon is a grey downwards arrow in a blue box.

Move row down icon:

  • Shifts category down one row in the rubric
The move column left icon is a grey arrow pointing left in a blue box.

Move column left icon:

  • Shifts weight to the left by one column in the rubric
The move column right icon is a grey arrow pointing right in a blue box.

Move column right icon:

  • Shifts weight to the right by one column in the rubric
The resize icon is shown as a tab on the bottom right corner of each rubric table description cell.

Resize icon:

  • Click-and-drag to resize a text box in the rubric

What's next?

Now that you've created a rubric table, you're ready for:

 

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