This Rubric template outlines the assessment criteria and provides a custom scoring guide for different steps in achieving each criterion. You can select which part of the scale a student’s work equates to for each criterion. Generic feedback is provided to the student depending on their performance in meeting each criterion. The overall mark is calculated by the feedback fields you select on the Rubric. This Rubric is suitable for use where each of your criterion has a different weighting and can be used for both Moodle and Turnitin assignments.
| Criterion | Excellent | Good | Average | Poor | Not attempted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge of the concepts | Clear exploration and explanation of the key concepts and related knowledge (20%) | Exploration and explanation of the key concepts and related knowledge but at times this lacked clarity (15%) | Exploration and explanation of some the key concepts and related knowledge but some were missing (10%) | Limited exploration and explanation of key concepts and related knowledge (5%) | No reference to the key concepts or related knowledge (0%) |
| Application of theory / Literature | Critical discussion throughout with appropriate application of theory/literature (40%) | Critical discussion across most of the essay with appropriate application of theory/literature (30%) | Evidence of critical discussion across the essay with some application of theory / literature (20%) | Limited evidence of critical discussion with reference to limited theory / literature (10%) | No evidence of critical discussion and no application of theory / literature (0%) |
| Application to practice | Clear and explicit application of theory to practice (20%) | Some explicit application of theory to practice (15%) | Application of theory to practice but the relevance lacks clarity (10%) | Brief reference to applying theory to practice (5%) | No application of theory to practice (0%) |
| Reflection on personal learning | Clear reflection on personal learning and future implications (10%) | Clear reflection on personal learning with a brief reference to future implications (7.5%) | Reflection on personal learning but no reference to future implications (5%) | Brief reference only to personal learning (2.5%) | No reflection on personal learning (0%) |
| Presentation and Referencing | Clear, concise and logical development of the work with good use of English and grammar and accurate referencing using a recognised referencing system (10%) | Clear, concise and logical development of the work with accurate use of English and grammar and a recognised referencing system used but small errors in its use (7.5%) | Clear and concise with some logical development of the work some small errors in the use of English and grammar and with a recognised referencing system used but small errors in its use (5%) | Clear but needed to be more concise and be more logical in development with some of the English and grammar needs attention and a recognised referencing system used but many errors in its use (2.5%) | Poorly structured lacking clarity and the use of English is poor with a range of grammar errors and referencing is incomplete and does not use a recognised system (0%) |
This template is available as a quantitative Rubric for marking Turnitin Feedback Studio. Follow the instructions below to access, modify and use the template.
If the criterion, scales and feedback only require some minor amendments, download the Rubric we have developed in Feedback Studio and make minor amendments to this within your Rubric Manager after upload.
You can reuse this Rubric on as many different assignments as it is relevant to as long as you don’t need to change any information in the form. If you do need to change information, then you can:
Remember to modify the name of the Rubric so differences in forms is obvious when you are reviewing these in the Rubric Manager.
We have full guidance on marking using rubrics in our online guidance.
This templated rubric outlines the assessment criteria and provides a scoring range for different steps in achieving the criteria. You can select the scoring range a student’s work equates to for each criterion and the associated feedback for this scoring range. The overall mark is not calculated by the feedback fields you select on the Rubric. You will need to manually input the student's overall grade. This rubric can be used with Turnitin assignments only where marking and feedback is completed using Feedback Studio.
| Criterion |
First 80%+ Outstanding |
First 70%-79% Excellent |
2.1 60-69% Very good |
2.2 50-59% Satisfactory |
Third 40-49% |
Fail 39%- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answers the question; provides analysis |
*Exceptional analysis to a level equivalent of publishable scholarship. *Originality of analysis |
*Comprehensive and effective answer to the question supported by evidence. *High-level synthesis of material. Evaluates evidence and sources; identifies relationships between ideas. *Contains some creative or original thinking |
*Contains a clear answer to the question supported by evidence * Evaluation and synthesis of ideas |
*Covers most aspects of the question *Demonstrates understanding of evidence and sources, but these may not always be synthesised or evaluated *May contain errors of emphasis |
*Addresses question, but may contain gaps *Demonstrates understanding of material but describes rather than evaluates content. *May contain errors of fact or emphasis. |
*Failure to address important aspects of the question *Demonstrates limited understanding *Sources are not evaluated *May contain serious errors and/or omission |
| Research | *Exceptional use of a wide range of literature at a level equivalent to publishable scholarship *Comprehensiveness of research |
*Demonstrates extensive research and reading *Refers to a wide range of sources |
*Demonstrates thorough research and reading *Refers to a range of sources |
*Demonstrates researching and reading *Refers to sources |
*Demonstrates limited research or reading *Typical weaknesses: over-reliant on one or two authorities |
*Contains very little use of evidence *May be heavily reliant on lecture notes |
| Referencing & formatting | *Exceptional use of Harvard referencing and formatting to standards of publishable scholarship |
*Strict adherence to Harvard style of referencing. *Presented according to the style guide |
*Adherence to the Harvard style of referencing *Presented according to the style guide |
*Mostly adheres to the Harvard style of referencing *Mostly presented according to the style guide |
* Some issues or errors in Harvard referencing. *May be issues with presentation |
*Harvard referencing of a standard which does not permit easy access to sources |
| Writing | * Exceptional writing and presentation, to the level of publishable scholarship. |
*Excellent writing style. *Almost flawless grammar, spelling and punctuation *Sentences flow logically |
*Mainly accurate grammar, spelling and punctuation *Sentences are largely logical in their flow |
*Generally clear writing style *Acceptable grammar, spelling and punctuation *Sentences tend to flow |
*English needs more work * Erratic grammar, spelling and punctuation *There may be jumps between sentences |
*Meaning obscured by poor style, grammar, punctuation or spelling *Lack of logical flow between subsequent sentences |
We have developed this template into a qualitative rubric for marking Turnitin assignments in Feedback Studio. This means that you can use the rubric to provide consistent feedback against each criterion but the rubric will not calculate the score. The marker will have to input the final grade in Feedback Studio.
Follow the instructions below to reuse or to edit and reuse this qualitative rubric with Turnitin Feedback Studio.
If the criterion and scales feedback only require some minor amendments you can download the Rubric we have developed and make minor amendments to this within your Rubric Manager after upload.
You can reuse this Rubric on different assignments if it matches the assessment criteria and marking scheme.
If you need to change any of the information on the Rubric to match your assessment criteria, you can either:
Remember to modify the name of the Rubric so differences between forms are obvious when you are reviewing these in the Rubric Manager.
We have full guidance on marking using rubrics in our online guidance.
If you need to make major changes to the Turnitin Rubric it is recommended that you download the Excel template from Turnitin and create your Rubric in Excel and then import it into Rubric Manager. It can be challenging to create a complex Rubric within the Rubric Manager and users have reported getting timed out of the system and losing work on Rubrics.
You select standardised feedback for each student based on the standard that they reach for each of the criterion. The grade is automatically calculated for the student assignment. This Rubric will help to standardise grading and feedback when working with a group of markers.
The disadvantage of this type of marking template is that you are limited within a range of marks.
Standardised feedback is provided to each student based on the standard that they reach for each criterion. The marker has to calculate the final grade.
The disadvantage of this type of marking template is that students may find it challenging to understand why they receive a different mark to their peers when they receive the same feedback per criterion.
