So after a long winter's nap, we have started the spring term. Now, when I grade assignments with a rubric, the rubric is HUGE because it is showing the detailed text for each criterion. This is new behavior. Was it part of a recent update?
Is anyone else seeing this? I have tested in both Chrome and Firefox on a Windows machine, and the issue occurs in both browsers.
Thanks!
Hi Dallas E Hulsey...
Could you post a screen shot of what you are seeing? I know there were some updates a while back with rubric point ranges and also with the way that rubric criterion rows were built, but I'm not sure if either of those would have had any affect on what you're possibly seeing.
Hey, Chris Hofer! How was your Christmas? Anyway, here is the full rubric as it appears outside of speedgrader:
Here is what I see when I edit a criterion:
Here is what I see in the speedgrader:
Each criterion is taking up a huge amount of space: Basically, the speedgrader only used to show the description, but it is now also showing the long description. Formerly, a user had to click to see the long description. I am hoping this is not intended. Otherwise, I will have to go back and revise all of my rubrics that have some detail for students in the long description
Hi Dallas E Hulsey...
Christmas was good! I went to AZ and was able to get away from all this cold weather in WI for a while.
To answer your question, I *think* that some changes were made back on October 28th on how rubrics are created. This is what I found in the Production Release Notes: https://community.canvaslms.com/docs/DOC-13179#jive_content_id_Ratings_Rubric_Descriptions. I wonder if Erin Hallmark might be able to confirm this more for you, however?
Hi, Dallas,
Welcome to spring term! Yup, we've made a few rubrics changes in late 2017:
Enjoy!
Erin
I panicked and just checked my courses. I am not seeing this behavior in my Grading Rubrics, and a review of the releases Erin mentioned, did not show this as a possibility.
Ticket time?
Kelley
Hi, Kelley,
I misunderstood that the problem is specifically noted in SpeedGrader. I'm looking into it. I know the outcomes team has been making some changes and one may have inadvertently gotten into SpeedGrader's view.
Thanks,
Erin
Hi Erin:
I checked my rubrics in Speedgrader, but that don't mean that Dallas isn't seeing something different. Let's hope he just has a little bug on his instance!
Thanks for staying on top of this one!
kelley
Hi, Kelley,
The link for viewing the long description optionally in rubrics seems to be missing (though outcomes are fine), which is why the entire description is showing. I've asked our product manager to investigate, as he doesn't remember us making that change intentionally.
Erin
Thanks, Erin Hallmark! I appreciate it, and I will be glad to file a ticket if I necessary. I will also ask my local tech support if they can duplicate what I am seeing.
Hey, Dallas,
Sounds like not having a link for the long description in rubrics is intended (and I apologize for wherever we didn't explain that change; I'm checking that out right now). From what I can tell, nobody else has reported the change as being a problem in SpeedGrader, but the use case is sad, so our product team just decided to create a ticket for you to help you out. The ticket will make SpeedGrader show a link to expand the long criterion description, like Outcomes do, instead of showing the long description by default. They also noted this discussion thread in the ticket, so I'll circle back and let you know when it's been picked up.
In the meantime, I'm sorry that you have to see all the long descriptions in SpeedGrader for a little while longer, but thanks for letting us know!
Erin
As always, Erin, you rock! Your response goes above and beyond, and I appreciate your time and effort on this issue.
Thanks for the heads up Renee Carney! This will make my life much easier.
on Jan 20, 2018
Dallas E Hulsey
Canvas Production Release Notes (2018-02-17) - specifically SpeedGrader: Long Description Display