[Rubrics] Editing Capabilities for Rubrics

[Chris_Hofer]

This idea has been developed and deployed to Canvas LMS

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I would like to see some additional options for Rubrics.  Specifically, it would be nice to be able to:

• Insert a new rubric row anywhere within an existing rubric.
• Drag and drop an existing rubric row to another location in the same rubric.

Use case: I was building a rubric with 40+ rows for an instructor.  After about the 40th row of the rubric, I realized I had forgotten to add a criterion around row 20.  So, I had to delete rows 21 and beyond...insert the row I missed, and then re-add the rows I had initially added.  I soon learned you have to be really careful when building rubrics with lots of rows.

[KristinL]

Comments from Instructure

For more information, please read through the Canvas Release Notes (2024-07-20) 

[MicheleLambert]

Problem statement:

When I create a rubric, particularly for an essay, I cannot move the individual elements around to reorder them. Ex. One element in my rubric was "intro paragraph." I then wanted to add: thesis and hook. I couldn't add it after the intro. I had to add it at the bottom of the rubric.

Proposed solution:

It's possible in the New Quizzes to shuffle questions and answers; couldn't that same technology be applied to rubrics? My "why" is wanting to add elements in a certain order; I can't go back and do that, so the rubric is disorganized.

User role(s):

instructor

[KristinL]

@MicheleLambert - Your request was merged with an existing thread, but the request has recently been added to Canvas LMS. The editing capabilities for rubrics is located under a Feature Option, so if you don't see it in your course, please contact your Canvas administrator. They'll be able to help you!