Rubrics for assessments are a best practice for any course modality. They help set clear expectations for students and can facilitate faster grading.
Visit Instructional Development’s website for their Grading and Rubrics guide for a fuller explanation, examples, and ideas. As they note:
Rubrics should be customized for each assignment to ensure that instructors are measuring the learning objectives associated with the assignment. They typically contain three essential components:
- A list of criteria that will be graded
- Descriptions of how students demonstrate those criteria on the assignment.
- An evaluative scale that shows how many points each criterion is worth or what level of proficiency the student has attained.
Sites like iRubric can help you get started. They have public gallery rubrics; you can build your own here too.
Rubrics take time to build but can be reused. Rubrics can be added for your assignments in Canvas, Google Assignments, and Gradescope. Visit Comparison Chart of Canvas Rubrics, Google Assignment Rubrics, and Gradescope Rubrics to learn the differences.