Creating a Scoring Rubric

Overview

Creating a Scoring Rubric in Learn Amp enables structured, fair, and repeatable grading for qualitative assessments. This is especially helpful when evaluating open-ended tasks like written responses or video uploads.

Scoring Rubrics support better consistency across reviewers and give learners clearer insight into how their work will be judged.

Functionality Breakdown

Rubrics are created using a guided builder, where Admins or Content Creators:

• Define what is being assessed

• Set quality levels for performance (e.g. Excellent, Good, Poor)

• Describe each level clearly

• Choose how scoring is calculated (manual or automatic)

• Configure visibility and notifications

There are two main ways to start building a scoring rubric: via the Assess area or the Add New menu.

Pre-requisites

To create a Scoring Rubric, you must:

• Have one of the following roles:

  • Owner – Full access within their company

  • Admin – Administrative access within their company

  • Learning Designer – Can create and manage learning content

  • Curator – Can curate and manage content

Additional permissions:

• Viewing Scoring Rubrics: All roles above, plus Reporter (with Scores feature enabled)

• Deleting Scoring Rubrics: Only Super Admin, Owner, or Admin

Tip: Before creating a rubric, have your criteria and scoring approach ready—this makes the setup much smoother.

Quick Start Guide

1. In the top navigation bar, click the + icon

2. Select Assessment, then choose Scoring Rubric

Step-by-Step Creation Flow

Step 1: Overview

• Add a title/question for your rubric

• Optionally, include a description to provide context

• Click Next: Add Questions

Step 2: Criteria Setup

• For each topic area (i.e. what's being assessed), define:

  • The quality levels (e.g. Excellent, Good, Fair)

  • Descriptions for each level, outlining the performance standard

• Choose whether scoring should be automatic or manual

• Click Settings to continue

Step 3: Settings

• Decide if score descriptions should be shown to learners

• Set up who gets notified when a rubric is completed

• Click Preview to review your rubric

Step 4: Finalise

• Review your rubric in the preview window

• Make any final edits as needed

• When ready, click Submit to publish

You'll receive confirmation once the rubric has been successfully created.

Duplicating a Scoring Rubric

You can duplicate an existing Scoring Rubric to save time when creating similar assessments:

1. Go to Assess > Scoring Rubrics

2. Find the rubric you want to duplicate

3. Click the three dots (⋯) next to the rubric name

4. Select Duplicate

5. A new rubric will be created with the same structure, appended with the current date

6. Edit the duplicated rubric as needed and save

Note: The duplicated rubric will include:

• All topic areas (rows)

• All quality levels (columns) with their point values

• All cell descriptions (labels)

• Notification settings

The duplicate will not include:

• Any existing user submissions or scores

• Links to exercises (you'll need to link the new rubric separately)

FAQs

Q: Can I edit a rubric after it's created?
Yes, if the rubric hasn't been used yet. Once in use, editing may be restricted to avoid data inconsistency.

Q: Can I copy an existing rubric to save time?
Yes! Use the Duplicate option from the rubric's menu to create a copy with all the same criteria and settings. See the "Duplicating a Scoring Rubric" section above.

Q: How do I attach a rubric to an exercise?
See the related article on linking rubrics to exercises for full steps.

Q: Can I create scoring rubrics in any language?
No - scoring rubrics can only be created in UK English at the moment.

Troubleshooting

Related Articles

• Linking a Scoring Rubric to an Exercise

• Choosing Between Automatic and Manual Scoring for Rubrics

• View Scoring Rubric Reports

• Archiving and Unarchiving Scoring Rubrics

Last Reviewed: 26/11/2025