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ou You can use rubrics to grade most major many items in Scholar . You must first Ultra Courses. To Do so, you must first create the rubrics, and and attach them to to an assignment or test question. Assignments, Journals, Blogs, and Discussions allow you to access the rubrics through the Inline Grading features You can access the rubrics for test questions through the Grade Test function.
Grading with Inline Grading
To grade Assignments, Journals, Blogs or Discussions using a rubric, navigate to the Grade Center, click on the dropdown next to the Needs Grading symbol (
On the right side of the screen, you’ll see Grade. Click on the downward arrow.
Then, click on the name of the rubric.
The rubric will then appear. You can click Show Descriptions for detailed descriptions of each category, and Show Feedback to be able to enter feedback for each area of evaluation. The points will automatically calculate for you. When you’re done, click Save Rubric.
To add a rubric to an assignment, first enter the item via the Course Content feed, and click on the Assignment settings button on the far right hand side.
A sidebar will open with a list of settings options for the assignment. Scroll down to the section labeled "Additional Tools", and select "Add grading rubric".
A list of available rubrics will replace the sidebar. If the rubric you wish to use already exists, select "add" next to the rubric in question. 
You are also provided with the option to create a new rubric by clicking "Create New Rubric." If you click this button, a new window will open with a sample rubric template.
The default rubric contains four rows and four columns, with the columns containing labels ranging from "Excellent" to "Poor". You are also provided with a dropdown to select the type of rubric you will be editing:
- Points allows you to assign a single point value based on which column is selected for each row.
- Points Range also uses points, but adds flexibility by making each column cover a range of possible point values rather than assigning a single point value.
- Percentages present the score in each column as a percentage.
- Percentage Range also uses percentages, but covers a range of possible percentages for each column.
Every cell in the rubric is Editable, up to and including entire rows and columns. Hovering a cell will make the editing tools appear for the cell (if editing a single cell) or the entire row or column (if editing a row or column header) There are several important things to note about editing:
- Row headers contain a field where the criteria for that row is named, as well as the weight of that row. If editing the weight of a row, you will not be able to save until the collective weights of all existing rows adds up to 100%.
- If using Percentage or Percentage Range, this rule will not hold true for individual cells. However, it is recommended that you use discrection in editing these cells, so that the top value in each row gives students to potentially receive the top possible score in that row's criteria.
- When hovering over a Row or Column header, it is possible to delete the entire row or column using the Delete button. However, it is not possible to add rows or columns to a rubric in the tool's current state.
- When editing individual cells, it is also recommended that you provide a description of what level of performance merits the score given in that cell.
After all changes have been made, click Save at the bottom of the page to save your rubric. The rubric will then be attached to the assignment, as well as made available for any future assignments.
Students will also be able to see the rubric when they enter the assignment, allowing them to see in advance the criteria by which the assignment will be graded. 
