Get Your Students Hired
Since I teach standardized online classes, it is important that a rubic for each assignment is available. Otherwise, students can get very different grades based on which instructor is doing the grading.
Hi Ann - Thanks for your post to the forum. It's a great idea to have faculty share and/or work together to create rubrics. Best wishes - Susan
Hi Laurie- Thanks for your post to the forum. I am in complete agreement with you about using rubrics. They also help students to know what is expected and ends the "I didn't know what she wanted!" defense. Best wishes for continued success in your teaching career. Susan
After writing a zillion papers during my masters degree, I have started using a rubric for many of the assignments I hand out. It is nice to have a clear understanding of where points are being deducted. Also, as you mentioned, it reassures you as an instructor that you are being fair and not hastily grading based on the student or the overall appearance of the assignment.
I agree a good rubric is quite time consuming and often a result of several"not quite it" attempts.However, I do believe they are really worth the extra time. At our campus we try to share some of the different ones we have used for different classes and modify them to fit our specific needs.
Hi, Laurie. That is true. A Rubric does "spell things out." It can be especially helpful for an instructor new to the profession as an aid for fair grading. You are right in saying that it is very time consuming. Therefore, a combination of stated assignment expectations provided up front, along with grading experience, can also achieve an equitable outcome.