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!

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Instead, we are going to put a twist on a post from earlier this year, "I love Google Classroom Rubrics" .

As teachers we are fans of using rubrics for efficient grading and feedback. However, we can sometimes cringe at the thought of developing them.  

What if I told you that not every rubric had to be 5 columns by 5 rows? 

Google Classroom Rubrics can be one-liners! Quickly assess the "little" things while staying consistent with point values.   By adapting this one-liner rubric, you will save time "counting errors" and quickly communicate to the student if he/she is on the right track.  You will also have more time for the real-specific, personalized feedback that they need.

Check out this rubric I made for some quick "I can" checks in Google Classroom! 

It is 5 option multiple choice that quickly lets me assign the grade of  "0" "60" "B" "A" or "100%"

Make a copy of the one-liner rubric HERE.  Make your changes in Google Sheets, then add the rubric to a new or existsing Google Classroom Assignment. + Rubric > Import from Sheets

Have you heard about the single-column rubric? 

This is a great place to start for assignments that are multi-step or have several elements that need evaluated separately. Click HERE for a template that you can edit to get started. 

Or, for all of you go-getters, click HERE for a customizeable 5x5 rubric in Google Sheets.  Remember that your rows and columns do not have to have the same quantity of descriptors, nor do they have to have the same point values. (E.g. Content can be worth way more than design or spelling.) Simply delete cells that you aren't using.

This is now my 5th post to the TechSpot about rubrics.  If you don't see what you are looking for in this post, check out the archives.  Included in these posts is a link to roobrix, a tool to help you give numerical grade values to your rubrics.

Join the Google Classroom Rubric trend with others from our #GoDutch family!

Need help with your first one? - Send me your criteria and I will get you up and running to see if you like it! 

Keep it techie!

Jen

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.

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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

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To Weigh Categories & Auto-Calculate Scores

Rubric Tab

Resources:

Teacher Tech:  Epic Rubric on Google Sheets

Make a Copy of the Template 

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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. 

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! 

Grading Gone Digital

Grading & Giving Feedback has come a long way from EZ graders &  Red Pens...

Come and See the Tools, Techniques & Expertise I have compiled for my presentation

"Grading Gone Digital"

for the Pennsylvania Educational Technology Expo & Conference in Hershey, PA Feb 10-13.

I have curated resources for teachers into a Google Site.   I hope that my #GoDutch colleagues will find it of use and can send me any feedback on it before I share it with educators from across the state.

In the website you will find resources on: 

• Auto-Graded Assignments
• Grading on Google Classroom
• Digital Rubrics

and more! 

I would love if you are able to take a moment to check out a portion of the site that speaks to you and what you do in your classroom.   

Send me some feedback in a comment below and/or add to the discussion on the last tab of the site! 

Prefer a video?  I created some "dry run" videos talking out each section of the site.  They are a bit lengthy, (note to self, need to be more concise when going live) but definitely of value if you see a digital grading or feedback strategy that sparks your interest. 

Thank you so much for inspiring me to find such a variety of methods to create feedback dialogues & conversations with our students!