Adjusting the Rubric Criteria Location on Canvas

[ColleenTermine]

Hi,

I am a teacher and am inquiring about being able to adjust the location of criteria on a rubric on Canvas.  I have an existing rubric that I want to add to, but I am only able to add criteria to the bottom when I need to add multiple throughout the rubric.  Am I able to make this adjustment without creating a whole new rubric (fingers crossed)? 

Thanks!

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

Hi there, @ColleenTermine ...

So the short answer to this is yes.  But, it requires a method that is not native to Canvas.  Rather, a script was designed by @James Jones a number of years ago which should still work today.  (I used it several times in my past position as a Canvas administrator at a Technical College in Wisconsin.)  James has designed several "Canvancements" (Canvas Enhancements).  The specific "Canvancement" that you'll want to take a look at is Sorting Rubrics Made Easy.  You'll need to use the extension in Google Chrome, but James takes you through all the steps and also includes a video on what to do.

Also, I'm not sure if your school has purchased the DesignPLUS product from Cidi Labs or not, but DesignPLUS has their own way to re-order rubric rows through an option that can be turned on/off.

Finally, I know that there has been some work by Instructure on Rubrics, and I think re-ordering was part of this (though I'm not 100% sure on this).  Check this blog post for more information: Enhanced Rubrics in Canvas: Phase 1 Released and F... - Instructure Community - 612550.

Anyway, I hope this will be of help (especially the info from James).  Sing out if you have any other questions...thanks!

[kendall_hunter]

Hi Chris, do James' scripts still work with the new interface? The Critera Builder interface is so clunky I don't think I can actually create rubrics anymore. Who thought this was a good idea?

[Chris_Hofer]

Hi @kendall_hunter ...

I'm not sure if @James' script works with enhanced rubrics or not.  That would be a question for him.  I know he occasionally chimes in on other threads here in the Community, so maybe he'll see this one as well since I tagged him.

There are a few newer blog posts in the Enhanced Rubrics area here in the Community that outline some of the new things that are coming to rubrics, so you might want to look through these:

• Enhanced Rubrics: Progress and Looking Ahead - Instructure Community - 628143
• Self Assessment Rubrics are here! - Instructure Community - 635463
• Enhanced Rubrics Phase 3 Project Update - Instructure Community - 647525
• Enhanced Rubrics Phase 3 Is Nearly Complete! - Instructure Community - 657414

(I'm not sure if there was a "Phase 2" based on these new links that I shared and the link I shared from my May 14th response.)

If you're not seeing anything related to re-ordering in these Guides (especially the "Phase 3" ones), you might want to post a comment/question there so that you get a response from Instructure.

I hope this helps a bit.

[James]

@Chris_Hofer 

Generally speaking, Canvas' recent changes to Rubrics have broken any work that I did (I believe the ability to sort rubrics when adding them still works as that wasn't touched by Canvas). Some people are turning off the enhancements in their features so that they can continue to use my scripts.

Like you said on May 14, it appears that the ability to reorder criteria within a rubric was something that Canvas added in phase 1 of their enhanced rubrics.

[kendall_hunter]

The ability to roll back to the old style saved my life. Thanks, I didn't know I could do that.