Grading rubric - lost changes

[mdespard1]

What will it take for Instructure to enable some sort of autosave feature or at least a "are you sure you want to continue without saving?" message when creating a grading rubric attached to an assignment?! Once again, I lost a lot of work on a rubric because I made the (understandable) mistake of wanting to edit some details in the assignment instructions while I was adding the rubric. Surprise! Rubric gone. Please fix this! 

[Chris_Hofer]

Hello there, @mdespard1 ...

Sorry to see that your question has been sitting here unanswered for such a long time without a response.  Also... ugh!  I can relate to losing stuff you've been building in a course all because of a click of the mouse.  So frustrating.  One suggestion I have for you is a Re: Canvancements - Canvas Enhancements from @James called Importing Rubrics from a Spreadsheet.  This is not a part of the "core" Canvas product, but I've used James' directions so many times, and he's literally saved me hours and hours of work these past few years as I've built courses and rubrics for our faculty and adjuncts.  I would encourage you to read through his blog and give it a try.  It's really easy once you get the hang of it a couple times.  Then, once the rubrics are built, you can then attach them to your assignments at any time, and you don't have to (hopefully) worry about making further edits to the rubrics while editing the assignments.

I hope this will be of help to you.  Sing out if you have any other questions about this...thanks!  Take care, stay safe, and be well.

[mdespard1]

Another start to a semester, and yes another lost grading rubric! So frustrating. It's such a simple programming change that the company just refuses to make. An Excel work around is really unnecessary if the programmers just enabled some sort of auto save function. How difficult could this possibly be?!

[Chris_Hofer]

Hello again, @mdespard1 ...

Ugh...sorry to read that you lost another rubric.  While I do not work for Instructure, nor can I speak for them... I do know that they, like any company, have plans for what is on their radar to build, update, etc. based on user stories, feedback, surveys, and other data sources.  So, I'm not exactly sure that saying Instructure refuses to work on something like this is totally accurate.  You can read more about their process at What is the feature development process for Instru... - Canvas Community.  (There's also a couple paragraphs near the bottom explaining why something might not be as simple as you think...as far as implementation is concerned.)   In addition, check out their Roadmap - Canvas Community to see what they are and will be working on in the near future.

I would recommend, if you have not done so already, submitting a Feature Idea here in the Community so that other Community members could comment on it and evaluate it...as it may be something that others want, too.  Idea Conversations - Canvas Community  When submitting a Feature Idea, you'll be able to click on that red "Suggest an idea" button, and you'll be asked to type in a few keywords for your suggestion.  It will then search for existing ideas, and so maybe you'll find something that has already been suggested so you don't need to submit a duplicate.  This Guide may be of help: How do idea conversations work in the Canvas Commu... - Canvas Community

Finally, I know it may not be ideal, but I would still encourage you to take a look at the write-up from @James I had linked to in my previous response.  I do understand the want and the need for an auto-save of rubrics...it would be a nice feature for sure!  But, by using the process James has outlined, you can be more confident that adding a rubric to your assignment will work and you won't (hopefully) be dealing with this issue any more.

Not sure if any of this will be helpful to you, but I at least wanted to reply with some additional thoughts for you.  Take care, and Happy New Year!