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Select how you would like to create the rubric.

As you edit your rubric, it will automatically save. Select 

 to exit the editing view and see what your rubric will look like to students.

Now you'll be able to select this rubric to use in an assignment and preview the assignment to play around with the AI feedback based on your rubric criteria. 

Learn more about how to write criteria for your rubric

Control how the AI gives feedback with a checklist or table rubric.

How do I create a rubric?

While Class Companion offers a variety of assignment rubrics out of the box - both provided by Class Companion and shared by other teachers - the best way to cater the AI feedback to your liking is with your own custom rubric.

Here are some suggestions for how to approach writing your custom rubric to help the AI understand your requirements.

Break down complex criteria into simple criteria

Each criterion should assess a single aspect or quality of the student's response. This will help the AI more effectively assess the student's work based on the criteria and select the appropriate score level. 

Be as specific and precise as possible with your definitions. This will help the AI grade more consistently and better align the AI's grading with your expectations. 

Examples are a great way to demonstrate to the AI exactly what you mean in your scoring definitions, especially if the definitions are more sophisticated or higher in complexity. If you feel like giving an example would help a human grader use your rubric, then it will almost definitely help the AI as well.

The AI will see each of your point descriptions as the phrase: "

X points are awarded if: [your score definition]

". Phrase your score definitions with this context in mind to help the AI understand them better. If you choose to include a description of the criterion, it will be shown as additional context to the AI when it is selecting a score for the student's response.

While the paragraph input is very open-ended, try to be specific. For example, give the AI a list of that you want the student's answer to meet in order for it to be considered correct. 

Avoid criteria that involve counting large numbers

While the AI is able to count small amounts of items well, such as the number of documents referenced in an essay, it struggles with counting large quantities. For example, we do not recommend having a criteria for word count - this won't work very reliably since a student's essay is usually at least several hundred words.

Suggestions and best practices for creating a custom rubric

How do I write criteria for my custom rubric?

Yes, indeed! It is possible to add your own criteria and tune the weights for each criterion by using custom rubrics. You can even set the number of points for each score to your preference.

Class Companion's most active teachers tend to use custom rubrics and we encourage you to give them a try. Here's how to to get started:

Yes, teachers can set custom criteria and scores

Can I adjust the scoring on rubrics?

You can share a rubric with teachers or students. Here's how:

 on the right side of the rubric row you'd like to share

depending on who you'd like to share it with

If you'd like other teachers to be able to use your rubric, you can select 

How do I share a rubric?

You can share your assignment with teachers or students.

Once you add your students to Class Companion, they will automatically receive an email about the assignment when you 

 on the right side of the assignment row you'd like to share

How do I share an assignment?

The primary reasons why you may not see a previously created custom rubric include:

Rubrics are tied to the problem format (e.g. short answer or essay) and do not show in the rubric library for other format types. When you first create a rubric we record whether it was made for a short answer or essay.

Deleting all assignments that use a custom rubric also deletes that custom rubric. However, closing an assignment does not delete the custom rubric for that assignment.