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# Lesson 5: Adding Rubrics to Scribo

In [Lesson 3](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TSNPzY9ZDs9RRvqVy6dycHppuY2FioL4iXtWVkTBID4/edit?usp=sharing), you assigned a Scribo Activity to students and saw briefly what you might do once the texts were analysed by Scribo. This fifth lesson takes that “creating an activity” one step further by showing you how easy it is to use your own rubrics.

**Background:** Rubrics are one of the most powerful tools for helping students develop their writing skills. Used before writing takes place, rubrics provide a roadmap to guide students along defined criteria. Used for self-evaluation before students submit their work, rubrics engage students in reflecting on their strengths and where they can improve, thus encouraging ownership of their capabilities. Finally, when teachers use rubrics to assess students, feedback is clear, defined and usually shows where further growth can occur. Using rubrics in Scribo is easy, streamlined and effective.

### Using Another’s Rubric

You might be using Scribo where another teacher has shared a rubric or one is available from a library (e.g., the NAPLAN library). In this case, all you have to do is choose a rubric while in the Activity Setup screen.

### **How to Add an Existing Rubric to your Activity**

1. Simply scroll to the lower section of the Activity Setup screen and choose a rubric from the list. For a rubric to appear in the list, you must either load it or it is available for the community (see below).
2. Use the Preview icon to see the rubric’s criteria and descriptors.

Here is an animation showing this:

![](https://770445871-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2Fscribo%2F-LzoXggdRqV2cyYIVTcH%2F-LzoXyQVa5RY2VqsN9dz%2F0.gif?generation=1580355807934801\&alt=media)

Here’s a [link to the animation](http://recordit.co/eQgnQaDyGB).

Note – If the Rubric selection option doesn’t appear, you don’t have any rubrics loaded (see the next section to learn how!).

The best rubric is the exact rubric *you want to use*.

### **How to Upload a Rubric**

1. Find or create a rubric in either a table or spreadsheet. Notice that two heading rows are needed. One for descriptor and one for value.
2. Copy the rubric by dragging across / highlighting each section, then choose copy from the menu, mouse or keyboard commands.
3. Navigate to the Rubric screen: Scribo main, Rubrics (left menu), then look for the down arrow in the green “Add Rubric” button. Click this arrow.
4. A Pop-up window will appear. Simply “Paste” the copied rubric and watch it magically appear in the pop-up window.
5. Name the Rubric.
6. Notice the important message that opens. This is letting you know that you should make sure your criteria either align with pre-selected criteria or you should choose your own. This “mapping” is very helpful because it groups similar criteria together so that, for instance, if three people use slightly different headings for paragraphs (e.g., “paragraph,” “paragraphing,” “paragraphs”) instead of three separate categories for the same thing, you only have one. This is very useful when tracking growth across the criteria.
7. Finally, add values so that Scribo can automatically generate a score from your feedback based on your rubric.

Here’s an animation that shows this full process.

![](https://770445871-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2Fscribo%2F-LzoXggdRqV2cyYIVTcH%2F-LzoXyQW_at9ZGsXcP-j%2F1.gif?generation=1580355808092687\&alt=media)

Play the [animation as a video](http://recordit.co/yvegIzL9c6)

### Sharing a Rubric Across your Community

By importing your rubric as above, you can now use it with your students. Rubrics are even more powerful when they are shared. This means people are saving time, which is great of course, but by sharing rubrics, you and your colleagues are also working more systemically. Thus the criteria you set can be used across year levels, stages or subject areas. By doing this, students are encouraged to work to consistent standards that are supported across the school, not just one teacher.

### **How to Share a Rubric**

1. From the main Rubric screen, you may likely see only the new rubric you’ve just uploaded. Notice there are no rubrics in the Community tab.
2. If you try to share your rubric, you get a message asking you to add a year and subject.
3. After doing this, you can now share the rubric. It is immediately available to any teachers in your community.

![](https://770445871-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2Fscribo%2F-LzoXggdRqV2cyYIVTcH%2F-LzoXyQXtShZXvBBKmPa%2F2.gif?generation=1580355807927533\&alt=media)

Play the brief [animation as a video](http://recordit.co/bXOWLQIUL2).

### Getting the Most from Using Rubrics

### **Student Self-evaluation**

As the work of John Hattie highlights, [student self-evaluation](https://visible-learning.org/glossary/#1_Student_Self-Reported_Grades) has a high correlation with their achievement. Perhaps this is because when students know their strengths and limits, they are ready for the next step. They are also building a foundation of knowledge, skills and understandings rather than just “doing activities” or “turning things in.”

Thus, you are encouraged to use a simple tick box in the Activity Setup screen that then triggers students to reflect on their writing, using the rubric you choose.

![](https://770445871-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2Fscribo%2F-LzoXggdRqV2cyYIVTcH%2F-LzoXyQY1REe51nLY3KL%2F3.gif?generation=1580355807905562\&alt=media)

### **Input as You Give Feedback**

When you have students self-evaluate using the rubric, you get to see how they scored themselves.

Click on a student’s name to see their work in the Feedback screen.

You will be greeted by yellow bands on the levels students have scored themselves.

When you agree with the student’s self-evaluation, you will see a smiley face.

![](https://770445871-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2Fscribo%2F-LzoXggdRqV2cyYIVTcH%2F-LzoXyQZUycQzU6eHUK8%2F4.gif?generation=1580355807989778\&alt=media)

See the [animation as a video](http://recordit.co/5Dr4DQ9qou).

We hope you enjoy using rubrics in Scribo!