[New] Creating a rubric or grading form – Turnitin Guides

This feature is relevant to our new grading and feedback experience. If you are using our classic grading and feedback workflow, you can view our classic experience guidance for more information, or learn more about switching to the new experience from our resource center.

You can create a rubric during or after assignment creation.

If creating a rubric for a new assignment:

Set up the assignment as usual and ensure you have completed filling out the assignment details.

If creating a rubric for an existing assignment:

Select the assignment you would like to create a rubric for. Then, select the green Edit button at the top right.

Continue the creation process:

Select the Rubric tab from the top of the screen.
Select the Create Rubric button at the top right.
Select the Create New Rubric tile and then select Next at the bottom right.

If you would like to import an existing rubric instead, see our guidance for Managing rubrics and grading forms.

Enter a title for your rubric or grading form. You can use a maximum of 25 characters.
Choose the rubric type from the available options. See our Types of rubrics and grading forms guide for more information about how each type differs.
Depending on the type of rubric selected, you can set optional additional Rubric Options or Rubric Scoring settings.
1. For weighted rubrics, you can set a custom number of criterion rows and scale columns up to 50. You can also choose to enable ranged scoring and/or equal criterion weights.
2. For qualitative and custom rubrics, you can set a custom number of criterion rows and scale columns up to 50.
3. For grading forms, you can set a number of criterion rows up to 50.

During the creation process, you can manually add extra criterion rows and scale columns. These settings make it easier to begin the process with a custom number of rows and/or columns.

Weighted

To edit the title, weight, or description value of a criterion, directly select the relevant cell. Select the Save button to save your changes.

The criteria weight percentages combined must equal 100% as each criterion represents a percentage of the student’s overall grade. You will be able to see the total at the bottom right of the rubric.

Optionally, you can use the icons to the right of each criterion row to reposition the row, add additional rows, or delete the row.
1. To reorder a criterion row, select the arrows icon. From the modal that appears, select Move up or Move down.
2. To add an additional criterion row, select the + icon. Then, select Add row above or Add row below.
3. To delete a criterion row, select the red trash can icon.
To enter the scale title or value, select a scale title cell. Select the Save button to save your changes.

If you have chosen to enable ranged scoring when creating the weighted rubric, you will see slightly different options:
Optionally, you can use the icons above each scale title to reposition the entire column, add additional columns, or delete the column.
1. To reorder a scale column, select the arrows icon. From the modal that appears, select Move left or Move right.
2. To add extra scale columns, select the + icon. Then, select Add column to the left or Add column to the right.
3. To delete a scale column, select the trash can icon.
To enter a scale description, select a scale description cell. Select the Save button to save your changes.
Once the entire rubric is complete, select the Save button at the bottom right. A toast message will appear at the bottom left of the page to let you know whether or not the action was successful.

Qualitative

To edit the title, weight, or description value of a criterion, directly select the relevant cell. Select the Save button to save your changes.
Optionally, you can use the icons to the right of each criterion row to reposition the row, add additional rows, or delete the row.
1. To reorder a criterion row, select the arrows icon. From the modal that appears, select Move up or Move down.
2. To add an additional criterion row, select the + icon. Then, select Add row above or Add row below.
3. To delete a criterion row, select the red trash can icon.
To enter the scale title, select the scale title cell. Select the Save button to save your changes.
Optionally, you can use the icons above each scale title to reposition the entire column, add additional columns, or delete the column.
1. To reorder a scale column, select the arrows icon. From the modal that appears, select Move left or Move right.
2. To add extra scale columns select the + icon. Then, select Add column to the left or Add column to the right.
3. To delete a scale column, select the trash can icon.
To enter a scale description, select a scale description cell. Select the Save button to save your changes.
Once the entire rubric is complete, select the Save button at the bottom right. A toast message will appear at the bottom left of the page to let you know whether or not the action was successful.

Custom

To edit the title or description of a criterion, directly select the relevant cell. Select the Save button to save your changes.
Optionally, you can use the icons to the right of each criterion row to reposition the row, add additional rows, or delete the row.
1. To reorder a criterion row, select the arrows icon. Then from the modal that appears, select Move up or Move down.
2. To add an additional criterion row, select the + icon. Then, select Add row above or Add row below.
3. To delete a criterion row, select the red trash can icon.
To enter the scale title, select the scale title cell. Select the Save button to save your changes.
Optionally, you can use the icons above each scale title to reposition the entire column, add additional columns, or delete the column.
1. To reorder a scale column, select the arrows icon. From the modal that appears, select Move left or Move right.
2. To add extra scale columns select the + icon. Then, select Add column to the left or Add column to the right.
3. To delete a scale column, select the trash can icon.
To enter a scale description and points, select a scale description cell. Select the Save button to save your changes.
Once the entire rubric is complete, select the Save button at the bottom right. A toast message will appear at the bottom left of the page to let you know whether or not the action was successful.

Grading form

To edit the title of a criterion, directly select the relevant field. Select the Save button to save your changes.
Optionally, you can use the icons to the right of each criterion row to reposition the row, add additional rows, or delete the row.
1. To reorder a criterion row, select the arrows icon. From the modal that appears, select Move up or Move down.
2. To add additional criterion rows, select the + icon. Then, select Add row above or Add row below.
3. To delete a criterion row, select the red trash can icon.
To enter a description for a criterion, select a criterion description cell. Select the Save button to save your changes.
Once the entire grading form is complete, select the Save button at the bottom right. A toast message will appear at the bottom left of the page to let you know whether or not the action was successful.