How do I manage rubrics in a course?
As an instructor, you can create, edit, and delete rubrics in your course. Rubrics are used as grading criteria for students and can be added to assignments, quizzes, and graded discussions.
Notes:
- Rubrics cannot be edited once they have been added to more than one assignment.
- When you delete a rubric, Canvas will remove the rubric from all associated assignments in the course and remove any existing scores and assessments given using the rubric.
- If the steps in this lesson do not match what is displayed in your course, learn how to manage rubrics in the Enhanced Rubrics interface.
Open Rubrics
![Open Rubrics](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/003/535/845/original/f74dde00-f556-4fa9-bbc1-7c6ed40c7c69.png)
In Course Navigation, click the Rubrics link.
View Rubrics
![View Rubrics](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/001/167/134/original/36fe2b7a-c0fb-47b7-bfd6-d0f127c44a1f.png)
In the Manage Rubrics page, you can view all existing rubrics in your course.
View Rubric
![View Rubric](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/001/167/132/original/9a9882da-ff03-41e3-8fc7-73fe40184c91.png)
To view an individual rubric, click the name of the rubric.
Edit Rubric
To edit the rubric, click the Edit Rubric button.
View Uneditable Rubric
If a rubric has been used in more than one assignment, the Edit Rubric button is not available.
However, you can create a copy of a rubric and make any changes when adding a rubric to an assignment.
Edit Rubric Details
![Edit Rubric Details](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/928/777/original/11ce0694-3e75-41fd-b1d8-5f0e091fab02.png)
To rename a rubric, type in the Title field [1].
To edit a rubric criterion description or long description, click the criterion Edit icon [2]. You can also edit criterion ratings [3], add ratings [4], and edit points [5].
To delete a criterion from the rubric, click the criterion Delete icon [6].
You can also add new criterion [7] and outcomes [8].
To save your edits, click the Update Rubric button [9]
To remove associated outcome criteria from a rubric, click the Delete icon [10]. Outcome criteria can only be edited from the Outcomes page.
Delete Rubric
If you created a rubric in your course, you can delete the rubric. To delete a rubric, click the Delete Rubric button.
Rubrics can be deleted even if they have been used in more than one assignment.
Note: If you cannot delete a rubric, the rubric was created at the account level and aligned with an assignment in your course.
![Confirm Delete Rubric](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/406/363/original/ea6b61f4-2020-4d89-8c90-17e8c8418042.png)
Click the OK button.
When you delete a rubric, Canvas will remove the rubric from all associated assignments in the course and remove any existing scores and assessments given using the rubric.