Create a Rubric

1. Open a Turnitin writing activity.

2. Click Settings.

3. Click Optional Settings.

4. Click Attach a rubric.

5. Click Launch Rubric Manager.

6. Click › Create new rubric.

7. Type a title in Enter rubric name here.

8. Specify the assessment criteria and rating scale.

   To do this	Do this
   Define criteria	Click a Criterion label and enter activity criteria or objectives. To give more information, click below the label and enter descriptions.
   Define the assessment scale	Click a Scale label and enter the rating or assessment scale. To explain expectations for criteria at different levels of the assessment scale, click rubric cells and enter descriptions.
   Add criteria or scale values	Click .
   Delete criteria or scale values	Mouse over the header and click .

9. Select a Rubric Scoring option.

   Standard rubric scoring

   Weight each criterion by its percentage of the activity score and assign a point value to each level on the assessment scale.

   The maximum score is the highest value on the scale.

   Custom rubric scoring

   Assign a point value to each criterion at each level of the assessment scale.

   The maximum score is the sum of the highest values for each criterion.

   Unscored rubric

   Provide guidance and feedback with the rubric, but do not use it to score activities.

10. Click Save.

Attach your rubric to a Turnitin activity.