eRubric assistant: benefits and features
eRubric Assistant has been designed to help teachers use automated electronic marking rubric.
The using automated eRubric marking templates
movie is an
easy overview of the features of the software.
Benefits using it
The main benefits of using eRubric Assistant for the marker are:
- produces professional marking rubrics
- saves time as the standards can be selected by clicking a cell and
pressing a function key
- errors are reduced as the marks are added, rescaled and converted to a
percentage and grade
- standards and marks are highlighted using colours
- marks can be deleted before the marking rubric is returned to the
student
Benefits of using eRubric Assistant marking rubric generator
eRubric assistant allows you to create your own eRubrics with the following
benefits:
- the rubrics are created as Word tables so you don't need to learn
another software package
- you can enter your criteria, criteria weightings, standards, grades,
marks and performance levels to suit your own needs
- you can set the max marks for each standard based on the educational
needs rather than using numbers that add to 100 or are easy to calculate
Features of eRubric Assistant
Using the eRubrics
To highlight the relevant standard for each criteria, click in the cell then
press one of the following function keys:
- F5 - decrease the mark by 1/5 of the mark range e.g. B(--), B(-), B,
B(+), B(+)
- F6 - select or unselect a standard and enter mark or grade into mark
column
- Windows users can also hold down the CONTROL and
ALT key while clicking the cell to highlight it
- F7 - increase the mark by 1/5 of the mark range e.g. B(--), B(-), B,
B(+), B(+)
- F8 - total and rescale the marks and convert the total to a percentage
and a grade
Windows users can also press:
- SHIFT F8 - Record an audio comment to insert into the eRubric
- hold down the CONTROL and ALT key while clicking the cell to highlight
it
Creating eRubrics
The eRubric is created as a Word document so you do not need to learn another
software package and you can easily cut and paste the rubric into any other
document. To create your own automated marking eRubric:
- use "Save As" to save the file with a new name and then edit it to
create your own rubric - this ensures that automated features still work
- you can insert or delete columns to the right of the "Mark" or
"Assessment" column (the 4th column)
- you can change the text and colours of the headings of the standards in
the first row. If no colour is used, green will be used to highlight the
cell
- you can insert a percentage range under each standard if you want the
marks to be totalled and converted to a grade e.g. "50 to 64". If you want a
grade displayed rather than a mark you can add it e.g. "competent" "not
competent"
- you can insert new rows for additional standards below the first two
rows
- the percentage weight for each criteria or the maximum possible mark for
each criterion should be included in the "Max mark or % weight" column. If
the total adds to 100 then it will be a percentage and if not then
it will be a number of marks and the percentage automatically calculated
when the mark is totalled
- The maximum mark for the assignment should be included in the "Max
mark" and "Assignment mark" cell e.g. 30 if the assignment is worth 30 marks
or the assignment is worth 30% of the course.
- you can insert performance standards into each of the cells to clearly
show the required performance level for each standard. You may want to
print the rubric in landscape orientation. If you do not include performance
standards in each cell you can still use the automated features as a
marking sheet
- if you do not want marks totalled you can delete the marks from the
second row and delete the partial rows at the bottom of the table
