Writable's rubrics are completely customizable. We recommend saving time by starting with an existing rubric item in Writable and editing it to suit your needs. You can edit rubric items from My Rubrics or while editing an assignment.
While you cannot replace an entire rubric or rubric item after an assignment has been opened by students, you can use these steps to edit the rubric item details such as wording, skills, and proficiency scores.
From the My Assignments page in Writable click and assignment and then click "Edit".
Scroll down to the assignment sections.
For Extended Responses: Click on the rubric item. Then skip to Step 5.
For Short Response Questions: Click "Edit Section".
Then click "More".
Click the rubric item to view and edit the details.
Edit the Writer and Reviewer Descriptions to reflect the skill the rubric item is assessing.
If you'd like to support students in Spanish, click "Display other languages" in the top right corner and choose a language.
Click "Suggest Translations" to view AI-generated translations based on the descriptions and proficiency levels.
Adjust the proficiency levels and labels to match your scoring needs.
Click "Suggest Proficiency Levels" to generate proficiency levels tailored to help provide accurate, impactful AI-generated feedback. Click the checkmark next to a suggestion to accept it.
If you have not yet assigned to your classes, click "Add Proficiency Level" to add a new scoring option for the rubric item. Click the X next to a level to remove it from the assignment.
Change the percentage associated with any proficiency label by clicking the number to the left of it. Then increase it or decrease it as needed. If you are using points as a scoring option the "Assignment Score" on the right will adjust to reflect the percentage of the total number of possible points. For example, if the rubric item is worth 4 points, 50% will equal 2 points.
❗ In order to customize proficiency level percentages you must uncheck the 'Use default scoring' box in the rubric item details.
10. Scroll to add or adjust comment stems. Stems help reviewers craft actionable feedback for writers. These are especially helpful for students reviewing their peers. You can edit these, leave them as is, delete them using the 'X' icons, or click "Add Stem" to add your own.
11. The settings at the bottom of the edit screen will let you change the reporting details of the rubric item, including the grade level(s), genre, and skill(s) covered by the item. You can also add a Category for the rubric item for reporting purposes.
Tips!
You must include skills in a rubric item to view AI-generated draft scores and suggested comments on the rubric level. Click here for more information when setting up rubrics for AI feedback.
Standards will automatically be applied based on selected skill(s) and cannot be edited directly.
Standards will adapt to the grade level assigned for the class in reporting.
Optional: Click 'Copy to My Rubric Items' button to save this customized rubric item for future use. If you do not see this option, the rubric item has already been saved for you.
When you're done editing a rubric item, click the blue 'Done' button in the lower right corner to save your changes and return to the previous screen.