Design and Deliver a Rubric

7. Step 7 - Involve students

Rubrics take a lot of work to build and so you want them to be effective tools for both you and the students. How do you get students to read them, understand them, and use them as a tool for learning and improvement?

Here are a few tips to consider:

• Ask students to submit the rubric with their assignment, completed with a self-evaluation.
• Give students a sample of work from previous years or courses and have them practice using the using the rubric to judge work. 
• Provide written feedback before a score on a rubric (see Butler article in resources section).
• Have students contribute to building the rubric.
• Lead a conversation about each criteria and what is meant by the different levels of success.