This course will inform you about the purpose of rubrics and will provide you with the techniques to develop rubrics as an assessment tool for student performance, processes and products. This course will explore types of rubrics, the role rubrics play in assessment, as well as the use of rubrics in evaluating elements of your online course to ensure your course is truly student-centered.

Module 1: Purposes and Roles of Rubrics

• Define and explain a rubric.
• Discuss the role of feedback in online instruction.
• Identify the types of rubrics.
• Examine the advantages of using rubrics.
• Examine the disadvantages of using rubrics.

Module 2: Issues When Using Rubrics

• Examine common mistakes designing and using rubrics.
• Explain the importance in planning for the assessment.
• Identify differences in assessing performance, process, or product.
• Examine learner-centered assessment and feedback.
• Recognize the role of rubrics in self- and peer-assessment.

Module 3: Building and Testing the Rubric

• Identify rubric terminology.
• Recognize the parts of a rubric.
• Build a rubric from scratch.
• Identify tools to assist in building rubrics.
• Evaluate an effective rubric.

Module 4: Evaluating Rubrics

• Examine rubric reliability.
• Identify the use of student-generated rubrics.
• Discuss the importance of rich feedback.
• Recognize the importance of using metarubrics.
• Recognize the importance of reviewing and revising rubrics.