Table of Contents
What is a Rubric?
Components of a Rubric
Camu’s Rigorous Rubric
Types of Rubrics
Analytic Rubric
Developmental Rubric
Holistic Rubric
Checklists
Faculty View
Student View
Purpose and Benefits of Using Rubrics
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What is a Rubric?
You must have heard the term “Rubric” being used time and again by educational stakeholders—from students to professors to administrators. It is, after all, a fairly common piece of jargon in the academic lexicon.
But what does this swank-sounding word actually mean? And how has Camu earned agency over this terminology?
A rubric is a scoring tool used to assess student performance based on a specific set of criteria. It is a collection of grading standards designed to establish examination best practices, promoting greater objectivity. Think of it as a grading system that evaluates the quality of learners’ constructed responses.
Components of a Rubric
A rubric consists of three components:
Criteria – The characteristics of the performance.
Levels of Performance – The degree to which a student is expected to meet the given criteria.
Descriptors – Specific explanations linked to each criterion and performance level.
Rubrics can be used for a variety of purposes such as assignments, oral presentations, group projects, and more.
Camu’s Rigorous Rubric
Camu is compatible with and supports all features of an assessment rubric.
Our comprehensive scoring guide/framework offers institutions a realistic and logical evaluation of where their students stand.
How?
By aiding academicians with Formative Assessments—a type of assessment that monitors student learning to provide ongoing feedback. These insights help instructors improve teaching and assist students in enhancing their learning.
Types of Rubrics
Camu’s system is regarded for its flexibility and choice, providing access to four types of rubrics:
Analytic Rubric
An analytic rubric is a grid format with criteria listed in the leftmost column and levels of performance across the top row. It often uses numbers or descriptive tags. A key benefit is that criteria can be weighted to reflect their relative importance.
Developmental Rubric
A subset of analytic rubrics, developmental rubrics evaluate the extent to which students are developing skills and attributes rather than just their final performance.
Holistic Rubric
This rubric uses a single scale, grouping all criteria for an overall impression of student work. The rater assigns a single score based on this holistic evaluation, focusing on what the learner can demonstrate rather than what they cannot.
Checklists
Checklists offer only two performance levels (e.g., yes/no, present/absent, pass/fail). Each performance facet becomes its own criterion, making decisions binary.
Faculty View
Camu’s rubrics are specific, focused, and tailor-made to each faculty member, project, and evaluation set.
Faculty can input multiple parameters to gauge student performance, and set evaluative sub-criteria under each parameter.
To create a rubric, faculty define criteria as either a Range or a specific Mark, add descriptions, and update.
Each criterion should be observable, measurable, and distinct from others. The Rating Scale is vital—establishing Rating Score, Rating Title, and Rating Explanation.
Once created, rubrics can be mapped to specific assessments using the Find a Rubric option for easy selection and attachment.
During grading, faculty can navigate to the Grade Book, view submitted assignments, and rate learners based on rubric criteria.
Student View
Rubrics clarify goals, set clear expectations, and inspire better performance.
They provide students with a reliable and efficient framework to increase self-awareness by identifying areas for improvement, growth, and focus.
Students can view rubrics for each course/assignment along with their grades and teacher feedback—making the entire process seamless and transparent.
Purpose and Benefits of Using Rubrics
Before using a rubric, consider the goal:
Are you grading assignments, providing constructive feedback, or both?
Is the rubric for a simple task or a complex project?
Camu rubrics make scoring simple, speedy, accurate, unbiased, and consistent.
They help make learning hyper-focused and results-oriented.
Our expert tool saves time and increases reliability.
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