Assessing Students with the ACATE Rubrics (Blackboard Ultra)

Modified on Thu, 28 Sep 2023 at 09:22 AM

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About the Rubrics

Note: These instructions will walk you through assessing your students using the ACATE rubrics in a Blackboard Ultra course. If you are in a Blackboard Original course, instructions may be found here: Assessing Students with the ACATE Rubrics (Blackboard Original).



Beginning in Fall 2023 the University will begin using rubrics built into the myLesley/Blackboard courses to collect assessment data for the Expressive Therapies program and for accreditation purposes. 

 

The core courses that require key assignment assessments will have a rubric added into their Blackboard courses.  This rubric is not visible to the students and does not contribute to their course grade.  


If your course was not copied from the development shell or a previous course containing the rubric, you may need to add the rubrics to your course. If the rubrics are not already in your course, use the Adding the ACATE Rubrics to your myLesley Course instructions to add the rubrics and Grade Center columns.



Video Walkthrough

The following video tutorial will walk you through the process of assessing your students using the ACATE Rubric in a Blackboard Ultra course. Please note that this video is not narrated.





Assess Students Using the ACATE Rubric

Click on Gradebook in the top navigation bar. This will bring you directly into your Gradebook. 

 

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Gradebook List View 

If you are using the List view of the Gradebook, first select the Key Assignment. 

 

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Then select the first student you wish to grade. 

 

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 In the Create Attempt box, enter the current date or the date the student submitted the assignment.

 

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Click Save and you will be brought into the offline submission. Click on the Open Grading Rubric button to begin assessing your student. 

 

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Select Show Description to view the descriptions for the assessment criteria. Select the appropriate level for the student. 

 

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Repeat these steps for each student. 


Once you have finished grading, click Post all grades. Please note that since this grade column is hidden from students they will not see the grade.

 

 

 

Gradebook Grid View 

If you are using the Grid View in the Gradebook, first select the student you wish to grade.  

 

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Next, select the Key Assignment. 

 

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In the Create Attempt box, enter the current date or the date the student submitted the assignment. 

 

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Click Save and you will be brought into the offline submission. Click on the Open Grading Rubric button to begin assessing your student. 

 

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Select Show Description to view the descriptions for the assessment criteria. Select the appropriate level for the student.

 

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Repeat these steps for each student. 

 

Once you have finished grading, click Post all grades on the left panel. Please note that since this grade column is hidden from students they will not see the grade.



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