Adding an Interactive Grading Rubric to a Grade Center Column

This tutorial shows you how to add an interactive rubric to a grade center column. This is for manually created grade center columns that are not linked to a Blackboard activity, such as those used for labs, participation, and other campus-based classroom activities. If you would like to add an interactive rubric to a Blackboard assignment or discussion, see:

Adding an Interactive Rubric to a Grade Center Column

Go to the full grade center in the course.
Select the column you want to add the rubric to and click on the options menu (chevron icon) that appears in the column header.

Select “Edit Column Information”

Scroll down to the “Associated Rubrics” area and click on “Add Rubric”.

You can select from three options:

Select Rubric: Use this option if the rubric already has been created.

Create New Rubric: Use this option to create a new rubric.

Create From Existing: Use this option to use an existing rubric as a template to create a new rubric.

Once the rubric is associated with the assignment you can choose the rubric type “Used for Grading” or “Used for Secondary Evaluation”. Students are only able to see grading rubrics.

You can only use one primary grading rubric. When you fill it out, it will automatically populate the student's score. You then have the option to manually alter that score afterwards for things such as extra credit or late submission deductions.

You can also select to show the graded rubric to students with their scores, without their scores (they only see an ungraded version for informational purposes), or only after grading is complete. If you choose “No” here, students will not be able to see the rubric at all. It is recommended that you select “Yes, with rubric scores”.