Asking students to perform authentic, complex tasks can provoke higher-level learning, but how can we assess a complicated assignment when it has no “correct” answer? Using rubrics also help clarify and communicate your expectations to your students and make for a simpler, faster, and fair grading process. In this introductory-level workshop, we’ll present different types of rubric, review rubric design best practices, and guide participants through the process of beginning to create a rubric to use in their courses. We will also discuss un-rubrics, which are designed to promote student self-assessment and meta-learning. This workshop counts towards the completion of the Achievement in Pedagogy Badge.

As a result of completing this workshop, you will be able to:

• Define a rubric and identify its components
• Recognize when it might be appropriate to use a rubric
• Describe types of rubrics, including un-rubrics
• Describe best practices in rubric creation
• Explain how rubrics and un-rubrics can be used as instructional tools
• Begin to create a rubric or un-rubric which demonstrates alignment to a learning objective, clear performance criteria, and distinct levels of performance

This workshop may be counted toward the Educational Technology concentration of the Achievement in Pedagogy badge, offered through the Graduate Student Teaching Initiative. For more information, visit the Achievement in Pedagogy Badge or contact tahelp@pitt.edu.