Creating rubrics

3 min read · Updated July 2026

Build a rubric

The class Rubrics tab lets you define how work gets graded. Pick a grade type — Written feedback, Scored, or Star — choose whether it applies to the whole class or a specific lesson, add your criteria, and create.

1Open your class and go to Rubrics, then New rubric.
2Choose the grade type: Written feedback, Scored, or Star.
3Set what it applies to — the whole class (all lessons) or one lesson.
4Add your criteria and click Create rubric.

Rubric builder with grade types and lesson scope — Pick a grade type, scope it to a lesson or the whole class, add criteria, and create.

A class-wide written-feedback rubric is a good default — add scored rubrics only where you need numbers in the gradebook.

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