I love Google Classroom Rubrics!

Normally in Google Classroom or eSD your students see this:

46/50

But, what does that actually mean?  Where is the feedback?  Teachers have been solving this problem for years with rubrics, and now Google Classroom has joined in!

Imagine if your student now saw this descriptive rubric instead!

Google Classroom Rubrics Feature: 

• Customizable Criterion
• Customizable Point Values - Per Criterion!
• Easy Click & Assess
• Points Automatically Add Up
• Ability to Duplicate Criterion & Reuse Rubrics

STUDENT SIDE OF RUBRICS

TEACHER SIDE OF RUBRICS

Check it out, and let me know if I can help you create your first rubric!

Already tried it?  Share the love in a comment below!

Thankful for Rubrics

More in more in my teaching I have been finding the need to communicate detailed feedback to my students.  Simply marking items wrong on a test is not the only way I want to communicate to my students how they are growing.   I would love to turn the grading game into one of "leveling up" rather than "knocking down".

For this very reason many of us are incorporating performance assessments into our evaluation strategy toolbox. Rubric scoring can give more of a sense of achievement in its nature to see one acquiring skills rather than being knocked down by missed test questions.

For years I knew that rubrics were the tool I wanted to use to assess my students, but there was always some part of their development or employment that left a bad taste in my mouth.   Sometimes they just took too long to make, but premade rubrics were too vague.   I would get frustrated as well when the math just did not work out in the student's favor.  In addition they would often establish a "ceiling" to some of our best students.

As I continue to design, implement and revise the rubrics I use in my classroom, I wanted to open up the discussion about how you all battle with fairly evaluating student work.  Additionally I will use this Tech Tuesday to share out some of the resources I have found while taking courses, through blogs and during the ACTFL conference this weekend.   Please use the comments to share other things you have found and work for you in your classrooms.

-----------------------------------------------

For Quick Rubric Design & Personalized Feedback: 

The Single-Column Rubric

Resources:

Edutopia: 6 Reasons to Try a Single-Point Rubric

Cult of Pedagogy: The Single Point Rubric

-----------------------------------------------

To Weigh Categories & Auto-Calculate Scores

Rubric Tab

Resources:

Teacher Tech:  Epic Rubric on Google Sheets

Make a Copy of the Template 

-----------------------------------------------

To Calculate Fair Numerical Grades from your Traditional Rubric

Roobrix

Resources:

Roobrix Score Calculator*

Common Errors with Rubric Scoring

Turning a 4-Point Score into a Letter Grade

*Change your settings so that the "1" has your desired value (e.g. 50%, 60%, 70%).

There are certainly more tools and ideas out there such as Google Forms & Orange Slice.  

Google Classroom is even coming up with their own rubric feature that is currently in beta testing, so be looking forward to that feature as well! 

Comment below with your tips & techniques for rubric scoring. 

As always reach out if you would like me to come and work with you on your next rubric. 

I have a worksheet, Now What?

I am teaching a new novel in 7th grade Spanish, so every day is a new adventure with new instruction & assessments.

For a formative assessment I found a quiz already made on a Google Doc by another Spanish teacher!  Woot!  Woot!   Although, I would like to put it on Google Classroom.

In today's post.  We are going to take a look at this worksheet/quiz and see the various ways that I can push it out to students digitally, assess and give feedback.

First thing first!  If it is a Word document, add it to your Google Drive and convert it to a Google Doc so there are more options for creating a digital assignment.

Level 1:  Print and Pass Out

Pros:  easy peasy   

Cons: one heavy schoolbag & feedback no earlier than 48 hours (every other day classes)


Level 2: Google Classroom - Copy for Each S - ADD BOXES

Note:  If you are having a student answer questions digitally do not use the underscore to create a line that they cannot write on!  Use a 1x1 table instead!

Pros:  no carrying around papers, no lost papers, can grade them as they come in, by adding tables formatting remains intact, only prep is adding in tables

Cons: time consuming to review & assess

Level 3 Option 1: Google Form 

Pros: answers populate in a Google Sheet for quick review, options to auto grade 

- Add answer key to form, have it look for key words or exact match answers

- Format answer spreadsheet to have cells change colors when words are matched 

Cons: more work upfront with form settings (the first time), need to copy and paste questions into the form, hard to give personal feedback 

Level 3 Option 2:  Pull Table by Alice Keeler

This option takes the boxes you made for your worksheet on Level 2.  Then, it pulls the answers into a spreadsheet much like a Google Form.   WAIT... there's more!  It also offers a FEEDBACK column where you can write comments on how they can improve their work!! Great for mid-project reviews!  You can pull the table at ANY time! Feedback that you write in the spreadsheet is now placed on top of the document!!! 

You type feedback in the spreadsheet for each student ... then Voilà it appears on their worksheet!!!!

Pros: no need to retype document, quick review of answers, option to format the spreadsheet, quick and easy feedback that goes straight to the doc

Cons: as with all of our feedback, you need to give the students a reason to read it and act on it 

Interested on how to get them to read your feedback?  

Check out this post by Kristy Louden "Delay the Grade" 

Last thing last!!  Don't try to do it all at once.  See where you are, and do 1 step at a time.  

Personalized learning & Personalized goals.

Weighted Rubrics in Google Sheets

I have shared this one before, and I will share it again!

Google Sheets Rubrics!!! 

Here is the quick scoop: 

1. Make a Copy of Alice Keeler's Rubric Template by clicking HERE.

2. Go to PowerSchool > Backpack > Highlight the Roster > Copy

3. Paste the roster to the first column on the spreadsheet

4. Put their smdutch email (OR.. just copy your email) in the 2nd column.

5. Adjust the rubric to meet your criteria & ......................

you can "weigh" the criteria!!!!! 

You care about spelling, but not enough to make it worth a quarter of the score.

So make it 10% instead! 

               

6. Run the "Rubric Tab" add on & watch a rubric be automatically created for each student!

7.  Give a value (1-4) for each criterion and POOF!!! -  A magical score is calculated based on the weight of each criterion!!!! 

8. Add comments in the comment box

9.  Print or email to students. 

10. Feel awesome that you were able to make demonstration of learning the most valuable score!

Here is a video I made last week while grading using the Google Sheets Rubric.  Check it out! 

It is hard to feel "good" about grading, but this is one of the tools that I am proud of.  Students have a clear understanding of their score as well as understanding of where they need to grow versus what they have mastered! 

Don't forget, if at all possible, show the students the targets before they start the assignment!! 

Need help setting a Google Sheets Rubric for the fist time???  Let me know!