[Rubrics] Different Rubric Value from Point Total

[joshua_johnson1]

This idea has been developed and is On Canvas Beta •  How do I access the Canvas beta environment?

For more information, please read through the Canvas Deploy Notes (2025-09-24) 

---

Problem statement:

Currently a rubric used to score an assignment has to match the total points awarded for the assignment. If they don't (e.g. if you have a rubric of 5 criterion with 4 points each assigned to an assignment that you want to be worth only 5 points it will warn you that you could score 500% on the assignment.

Proposed solution:

Give teachers an option to have the points prorated or scaled. Scoring a 19 on the rubric in question (20 point rubric on 5 point assignment) should result in an overall score of 4.75. This way they can have much more finely tuned rubrics and not have to manually calculate the actual score and then enter it separately.

User role(s):

instructor

[KristinL]

  Comments from Instructure

This feature is available in Beta. For more information, please read through the Canvas Deploy Notes (2025-09-24) 

How do I access the Canvas beta environment as an instructor?