Add Rubric to Assignment or Discussion

1. Introduction Rubrics are powerful tools for assessing students based on predefined criteria. In Brightspace, you can attach rubrics to Assignments and Discussions to ensure consistent and transparent evaluation. This guide provides step-by-step instructions on how to attach a rubric to both Assignments and Discussions within your course. 2. Attaching a Rubric to an Assignment

Receiving discussion updates

This article explains how to determine which discussion updates you want to receive. This guide consists of three subsections: 1. How to Subscribe/Unsubscribe to a Topic To access the Discussions homepage, go to Tools in the navigation bar and select ‘Discussions’. Here you can see an overview of the Topics and Forums for each specific

Attach a grade item to a discussion topic

In this article, you can read how you can attach a grade item to a discussion topic. If you want to assess a discussion, you can use a grade item. By attaching a grade item to a discussion topic, Brightspace will automatically include the assessment of the discussion topic in the final grade.  The following

How do I grade a Discussion?

Discussions can be graded in several ways in Brightspace. This article explains how to use each of the possibilities. These possibilities are only available when the Assessment tool is enabled. For more information on Discussions and how to enable the Assessment tool, please refer to: How do I make a Discussion Forum and Topic? This

How do I change the general settings of Discussions?

In the settings you can decide in what way topics and posts are shown, the standard setting for assessing posts and if you want to automatically follow your own threads. These settings influence mainly your own view of the Discussions.  Click on ‘Settings’ on the Discussions page. Under Personal Settings, you can customize how you

How do I make a Discussion Forum and Topic?

Manual Making a Discussion Forum and Topic Table of Contents A discussion forum allows students to discuss online and, in this article, you can learn how to make a discussion forum as well as create a topic for the forum. 1. How does a Discussion Forum work? Just like a course can contain many forums,

How do I use the Discussion Tool?

Discussions is a useful tool to…: How do discussions work? Discussion homepage You can see an overview of the Discussions here. Discussion List If you click on the arrow next to the title of the topic, you will see this menu: Note: you can also click on the title of the topic to view the