District Rubrics Overview
In the District Rubrics tab, administrators can:
Create, copy, or edit rubrics
Change sharing rules to meet the needs of your department
Add tags to help organize your collection
View usage information, such as how many questions it is attached to and when it was last used.
In the Teacher Rubrics tab, administrators will see all rubrics that teachers in your organization have created, whether or not they have been shared with you.
Think of Global Rubrics as the rubrics marketplace. These are free for anyone to copy and use. Consider if you want to copy a rubric and use it as a District Rubric to save teachers a step.
As an administrator, you can create and share rubrics with specific or all teachers in your organization.
Create and share a District Rubric
Go to the Rubrics tab > District Rubrics
To create a new rubric, click Create Rubric
Give your rubric a name, then add more details. These details include:
Criteria: the variables you will measure in a given assessment using this rubric. Provide the name of a criterion, then add a description of what it entails.
Rating: the description and point value for a student's response under a given criterion. Provide a name for each rating and then add a description so your students can understand where their responses fall for each criterion. Use the plus to add more values for a given criterion.
Once you've added your desired criteria and ratings, click Save or Save & Share.
Shared rubrics will appear in the rubric drop-down menu for teachers to select while creating or editing an assessment. Assessments you share with instructors that have rubrics attached will retain the attached rubric(s), even if the rubric has not been shared with that specific instructor; however, that rubric will not appear in the drop-down menu for that instructor.
Rubric Considerations
Rubrics can be attached at the question level, which is great for combined assessments that require different rubrics. Questions can use different rubrics, the same rubric, or no rubric at all. The assessment score is the sum of the scores from all graded questions.
Rubrics can also be attached at the assessment level to grade a student's overall performance using a single rubric. The assessment score is based on the single rubric score, regardless of the number of questions.
FAQ
Q: If we revise rubrics, what is the best way to make the change in Extempore?
Create new district rubrics. It would be helpful if you added a year to the end of the rubric name. Then, archive the previous rubrics.
It is recommended that you do not edit rubrics used for grading, as any changes will alter grades and reports.
If you need any help, please contact us.
Q: Can I control who can share assessments within my organization?
A: Yes, you can choose to allow all educators to share assessments or restrict this capability to administrators only. Contact your Extempore account manager to set up or modify these permissions.