D2L Brightspace: Create a Holistic Rubric

Question

How do I create a Holistic Rubric?

Overview

1. Click the Assessments menu in the navbar.
2. Click Rubrics.
3. Click New Rubric.
4. Enter a Name for your rubric.
5. From the Type menu select Holistic rubric.

• Holistic: Holistic, single criterion rubrics (one-dimensional) are used to assess participants' overall achievement on an activity or item based on overall description of achievement levels.

6. Choose the Scoring option. Points is the default option.

• No Score: Levels are indicated by text only (e.g., "Exceeds", "Meets", "Does Not Yet Meet", etc.). No numerical values are associated with levels. 
• Percentage: Levels use percentage values (e.g., "Exceeds (100%)", "Meets (75%)", etc).

7. By default, there will be 4 Levels (rows):

• To add Rubric levels, click the + Add new level before button or + Add new levels after button
• To delete Rubric levels, click the trash can icon next to the level

8. Add a description of each criterion Level.
9. Click to expand Options, and customize the following:

• Rubric Visibility
• Score Visibility
• Description
• Advanced Availability

10. In the top right corner, assure the auto-save status displays Saved and the rubric status is Published.

11. Click Close to finish creating your rubric.