Enhanced Rubrics • General Timeline

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Last updated: 2024.08.12

Enhanced Rubrics Phase 3 Timeline

Big improvements are coming to rubrics this fall! Here's a quick timeline of what to expect and when

Updated August 2025

September 2025

• Rubric Setting Retention
  Outcome alignments, scoring flags, and hidden points persist when copying.

• Stable Point Values During Edits
  Custom points won't reset when switching between criteria.

• Smarter Edit Warnings
  Edit alerts only appear after actual changes are saved.

• Auto-Adjust Rating Ranges
  Ratings rescale automatically when top point value is changed.

• Rubric Deletion Confirmation
  Choose to delete the rubric entirely or just unlink it from an assignment.

• Hide All Points from Students
  Option to hide both overall and criteria-level points from student view.

• Persistent Rubric Layout
  Your rubric layout and collapse settings now stick across sessions.

• Minor Edits After Attachment
  Make small tweaks to rubrics even after attaching or using them for grading.

• Visible Decimal Values
  No more cutoff—decimals now show fully in point entry boxes.

• Updated SpeedGrader Layout
  More compact design reduces scrolling while grading.

• Total Points in SpeedGrader
  Final rubric score is displayed at the bottom of the rubric.

• Show Actual Point Values
  Toggle between descriptive levels and real point values.

• Missing Criteria Warning
  Get alerted if any rubric criteria are skipped before submitting.

• Clickable Outcome Pills 
  Click to view full outcome details right from the rubric.

Early November 2025

• Scheduled Feedback Release 
  Control exactly when students can see their scores and comments

Early 2026

• Multiple Rubrics (could be earlier)
  Attach more than one rubric to the same assessment.

[bec_plumbe]

Hi Ravi, looks like this page is still being created! I came looking for the Rubric Redesign timeline so I could see if the option to hide a rubric from students, as described in this Idea, is part of the redesign. This is important if teachers wish to use the rubric as a marking guide / answer key.

[wschilling]

Import and Export Rubrics is really a high priority feature, as the UI is very, very convoluted to create a more complex rubric right now.

[james_whalley]

Instructors need to be able to enter decimals in the Points area. I can past a decimal value in but cannot type it in. That is not ideal.

[DrewClausing]

When editing rubrics, the fact you have to click an "edit pencil" for every individual edit is something Blackboard would do and be satisfied with; it's not something I'd expect Canvas to be satisfied with releasing.  Each individual part of the rubric should be dynamically editable.  So I should be able to click on the description of box 3C and edit it straight away.  I could then click the title in box 4E and the title is editable.  Think about it... without being dynamic, you are literally doubling the clicks necessary to make an edit and the wait time between loads makes it even worse.

[brooke_suyal]

Being able to align more than one outcomes to a rubric is a critical feature for data analysis.

[mbmacdonald]

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