Why use a rubric?

Rubrics are increasingly being embraced in legal education as a way to

provide transparency for students in how they will be assessed;
ensure consistency across graders (especially in courses using multiple graders);
ensure consistency between student submissions in the way each is graded (thereby reducing grade appeals or student confusion and increasing fairness); and
reduce time and effort on the grader's part by offering significant feedback to students, without requiring substantive, individualized feedback on each submission.

For detailed instructions on how to create a rubric within Canvas, see the following Canvas Guides:

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