Rubric Generator

Set the title, the levels, and the criteria

The table opens as an essay rubric you can overwrite. The assignment title sits above the grid. Four performance levels run across the top: 4 Excellent, 3 Good, 2 Fair, and 1 Needs work. Click the number or the label to change either one. Add level puts a new column on the right, one number below your current lowest, named New level, with blank cells. The trash icon on a column removes that level. The grid keeps at least two levels and will not go past six.

Each row is one criterion. The essay starter uses Thesis, Evidence, Organization, and Conventions. Change a name in the first column, then write what that criterion looks like at every level. Add criterion appends a row. The trash icon on a row removes it, and the last row stays so the table is never empty. Twelve rows is the most the grid will hold.

This rubric creator is filled in by you. Unlike an AI rubric generator, it is an editable template you write yourself, not a chatbot that drafts one from a prompt.

Write descriptors a student can use

A useful cell is one or two sentences about the work, short enough to read while you are marking. "Specific evidence, explained so it supports the claim" tells a student what to aim for. "Good job" does not. Describe the piece of work, and leave the student out of the sentence.

Neighbouring cells have to be easy to tell apart. If Excellent and Good could both describe the same paragraph, the score will drift depending on who is marking. Drop one concrete detail as you move down the scale: explained evidence, then some explanation, then evidence that is only listed, then little or none.

You do not have to fill every cell before you print. An empty cell prints blank, which is handy when a criterion only needs the top and the bottom described and the middle can wait.

Turn on points and read the total

Show points is on when the page loads, and the numbers in the column headers are the points for those levels. A student lands in one cell per row, so the total possible is the highest number multiplied by the number of rows. The essay starter is 4 criteria times 4, which is 16. The line above the table shows that product, and it updates as soon as you change a number or add a row.

Change the scale if 4, 3, 2, 1 is not how you mark. A 10, 7, 4, 0 lab rubric totals 10 times the number of rows. Clear a number and that level drops out of the maximum. If none of the levels has a number, the total waits until you type one.

Turn Show points off for a qualitative rubric. The numbers hide, the total hides, and the printed sheet keeps the labels only. Turn it back on and the numbers are still there.

Load a rubric template, then edit it

Four starters sit above the table. Essay scores a claim, the evidence for it, the order of ideas, and sentence-level errors. Presentation scores what was said, the shape of the talk, how it was delivered, and the slides or props. Science lab scores the question and hypothesis, the procedure, the data, and the conclusion. Group project scores the share of work, how the student worked with others, the quality of their part, and whether roles and deadlines were clear.

Loading a rubric template replaces the title, the levels, and every cell currently on the page. If you have edited the rubric, the page asks before replacing it. It always restores the four standard columns, even if you had added or deleted one. After it loads, edit anything. The wording is a starting point. The button stays highlighted until you edit the rubric.

Print a copy or paste the text

Print opens a plain sheet in a new window: the title, a name line, a date line, and the grid. When points are showing, each column includes its number and the sheet ends with the total and a blank score line. The buttons, the template row, and the rest of this page stay off that sheet. If the window does not open, allow pop-ups for the site and press Print again. In the print dialog, choose Save as PDF if you want a file instead of paper.

Copy text puts the same rubric on the clipboard as plain text, one criterion at a time, so you can paste it into a document, an email, or a class post. On a narrow screen the grid scrolls sideways and the criterion names stay pinned, so you can read a level without losing the row. Nothing on this page is saved. Refreshing or closing the tab clears the grid, so print or copy before you leave.