Adding a rubric to an assignment that uses Outcomes

Linda.B.584
Linda.B.584 Posts: 16 🌱
edited December 5 in Higher Ed / Postsecondary

I have added Learning Outcomes to a course and have connected different outcomes to different assignments. Each of the assignments has a rubric however I can't attach the rubric (greyed out). I disabled the Competencies tool as directed in order to use the Learning Outcomes tool, however now I am reading that in order to attach the rubrics I have to enable the Competencies tool. Not sure what to do. Has anyone else had this issue?

Answers

  • Miguel.B.106
    Miguel.B.106 Posts: 36 🤝🏼 image

    Hi @Linda.B.584

    Thank you for reaching out to the Brightspace Community!.

    Based on the scenario, it seems that the rubrics are still tied to Competencies. If Competencies tool is disabled, rubrics cannot be attached to assignments or linked to outcomes.

    You may consider keeping both the Learning Outcomes tool and the Competencies tool enabled. Even if you’re only using Learning Outcomes, the Rubrics tool still has dependencies on Competencies. Disabling Competencies seems to be the cause for the rubric attachment option to be greyed out.

    Competencies doesn’t need to be actively used; it just needs to be enabled for rubrics to function. Therefore, you may consider re-enabling the Competencies tool so you can attach rubrics to assignments.

    Please kindly find below further information regarding setting up Learning Outcomes in the following documentation:

    https://community.d2l.com/brightspace/kb/articles/4328-set-up-learning-outcomes

    Hope this helps!

    Best regards

    Miguel B.

  • Linda.B.584
    Linda.B.584 Posts: 16 🌱

    Thanks, Miguel. I appreciate your response. What was confusing to me is that in the documentation for Learning Outcomes it specifies that you must disable Competencies in order to use the LO. So it was a dilemma. I will try enabling the Competencies and hopefully the LOs will work as expected.