Blackboard has a built in rubric creation system which simplifies the process of both creating the rubrics and associating them with items in your course.

This section will cover how to associate rubrics.

You can associate a rubric in the Grade Center by selecting Edit Column Information from the column's contextual menu, or you can do it directly in the item that needs the rubric below:

Part 1.

Assignments

1. Access your assignments by navigating to the module containing it.

2. Hover over the assignment to which you want to associate the rubric and click the gray circle icon that appears beside the title.

3. Then click Edit.

4. Once the Edit Assignment page opens, scroll down to Section 3, Grading.

• This is where you can associate Rubrics.

5. Click Add Rubric and it will give you the option to:

• Select Rubric - Choose from a list of rubrics you have already created.
• Create New Rubric - This will take you to the Rubric Creation window where you can create a new rubric.
• Create From Existing - You can select a previously made rubric and edit it how you see fit.

Blogs

1. Find the blog you wish you add a rubric to in the module containing it and click the title.

2. On the next screen select the click the gray circle icon next to the name of the blog at the top of the page and select "edit".

3. This will open the Edit Blog window where you can edit the information and settings of the blog.

Scroll down to Section 6, Grade Settings. Choose "Grade: Points Possible" and enter a value.
If you choose "No Grading" the extra options will not appear, and you cannot associate a rubric.

4. Click Add Rubric and it will give you the option to:

• Select Rubric - Choose from a list of rubrics you have already created.
• Create New Rubric - This will take you to the Rubric Creation window where you can create a new rubric.
• Create From Existing - You can select a previously made rubric and edit it how you see fit.

Discussions

1. Access your discussions by clicking on the Discussions link in the Course Menu on the left sidebar.

2. Hover over the discussion to which you want to associate the rubric and click the gray circle icon that appears beside the title.

3. Then click Edit.

4. When the Edit Forum window loads, scroll to Section 3, Forum Settings.
Here, you can choose whether you want to grade the Discussion Forum or the Discussion Threads.

• Choose "Grade Discussion Forum: Points Possible ___" to associate the rubric and grade to the Forum.
• Choose "Grade Threads" to associate the rubric and grade to the Forum.  
• If you choose "No Grading in Forum," you cannot associate a rubric.

5. Click Add Rubric and it will give you the option to:

• Select Rubric - Choose from a list of rubrics you have already created.
• Create New Rubric - This will take you to the Rubric Creation window where you can create a new rubric.
• Create From Existing - You can select a previously made rubric and edit it how you see fit.

Part 2.

Once you have associated a rubric to the grade item, it will appear like below. 

• Name - The name of the rubric that you have associated with the grade item.
• Type - Either "Used for Grading" or "Used for Secondary Evaluation." The default is "Used for Grading," which is what it typically should be left as.
• Date Last Edited - The date and time the rubric was last edited. This way you can determine if it needs to be updated.
• Show Rubric to Students - You can choose from No, Yes (With Rubric Scores), Yes(Without Rubric Scores), After Grading.
• The default is set to No, but we typically change this to Yes (With Rubric Scores) so students can see how they will be graded.

Once the rubric has been associated with the item click submit.