TABLE OF CONTENTS

• About the Rubrics
• Video Walkthrough
• Assess Students Using the Expressive Therapies Rubric
  • Gradebook List View 
  • Gradebook Grid View 

About the Rubrics

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

Please note that you must open the rubric and click on the appropriate score in order for the scores to be recorded in the assessment report. Manually entered scores will not be recorded in the assessment report.

For instructions, please view the Video Walkthrough or the detailed step-by-step instructions below.

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, email [email protected] to request the rubric. 

Video Walkthrough

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

Assess Students Using the Expressive Therapies Rubric

To assess your students using the Expressive Therapies Rubrics, locate the assessment(s) in the Gradebook.

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

Gradebook List View 

If you are using the List view of the Gradebook, select the Key Assignment Rubric item from the list.
The "ACATE" label is used only as a reporting identifier and does not denote specialization. 

Next, select the first student you wish to assess. 

You will then be prompted to enter the attempt information. In the Create Attempt box, enter the current date or the date that you assessed the student.

Once you have entered the date and time, click Save. You will be brought into the offline submission. Click on the Open Grading Rubric button to begin assessing your student.

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

Please note that you must open the rubric and click on the level to record your score. Manually entered scores will not be recorded in the assessment report.

Repeat these steps for each student. 

Once you have finished assessing your students, click Post 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.  

 This will bring you into the student's grade area. From here, select the Key Assignment.
The "ACATE" label is used only as a reporting identifier and does not denote specialization.

You will then be prompted to enter the attempt information. In the Create Attempt box, enter the current date or the date that you assessed the student.

Once you have entered the date and time, click Save. You will be brought into the offline submission. Click on the Open Grading Rubric button to begin assessing your student.

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

Please note that you must open the rubric and click on the level to record your score. Manually entered scores will not be recorded in the assessment report.

Repeat these steps for each student. 

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