Utilising the Rubric Templates on Turnitin
This helpsheet explains how you to customise the rubric templates on Turnitin to match your module handbook criteria.
PRE-REQUISITE:
- Create a Turnitin submission point
ACCESSING THE RUBRIC TEMPLATE:
- Go to your module site
- Click the chevron next the Turnitin content item and click ‘Edit’
- Click ‘Optional settings’
- Scroll down to the bottom of the page
- Click ‘Launch Rubric/Form Manager’
- Click ‘View Available Rubric and Rubric Options’ in the top left-hand corner (blue square icon)
- Select one of the ‘TO MODIFY’ rubrics from the drop-down.
- One is a 17-point scale for UG modules whereby you can grade each student using one of these scales for each Learning Outcome element
- The scale for each LO goes 0,18 30,38,42,45,48,52,55,58,62,65,68,72,78,87,100
- Another is a near-identical one but for PG modules (reflecting the differences in names for the grade boundaries)
- And another is a non-calculating rubric that is just a visual representation of the rubric in the module handbook
- This has the categories 0-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80+.
- Click again the ‘View Available Rubric and Rubric Options’ in the top left-hand corner (blue square icon)
- Click ‘Duplicate this rubric’
- One is a 17-point scale for UG modules whereby you can grade each student using one of these scales for each Learning Outcome element
CUSTOMISING THE RUBRIC:
- Rename the rubric to an appropriate name (e.g. TOU2122M-2021 Assessment 1)
- Click ‘Save’
- If needed, increase the number of Learning Outcomes using the ‘+’ icon next to the Criteria (top right)
- If needed, reduce the number of Learning Outcomes using the ‘Trash Can’ icon (this can be seen by hovering your mouse over the criteria)
- Replace the ‘PASTE IN LO DESCRIPTION TEXT FROM MODULE HANDBOOK’ text with the Learning Outcome descriptions from your module handbook.
- Click ‘Save’
- Replace all the ‘PASTE IN DESCRIPTION TEXT FROM MODULE HANDBOOK’ with text from your module handbook.
- If using the UG or PG rubric template, there is a need to replicate some descriptions from your criteria several times
- g. description for 40-49 in your assessment criteria is represented by three points on the Turnitin rubric – 42, 45, 48 – and the description of 40-49 from your module handbook should be replicated for all of these.
- Click ‘Save’ and ‘Close’
ASSOCIATING THE RUBRIC WITH THE SUBMISSION POINT:
- From the drop-down next to ‘Launch Rubric/Form Manager’, choose your rubric (which should show using the name you gave it in Step 10.
- Click ‘Submit’.