# How do I manage rubrics in a course?

As an instructor, you can create, edit, and delete rubrics in your course. Rubrics are used as grading criteria for students and can be added to assignments, quizzes, and graded discussions.

[Learn more about rubrics](https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Canvas-Basics-Guide/What-are-Rubrics/ta-p/35).

**Notes:**

<div id="bkmrk-rubrics-cannot-be-ed"><div>- Rubrics cannot be edited once they have been added to more than one assignment.
- When you delete a rubric, Canvas will remove the rubric from all associated assignments in the course and remove any existing scores and assessments given using the rubric.
- If the steps in this lesson do not match what is displayed in your course, learn how to [manage rubrics in the Enhanced Rubrics interface](https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-manage-rubrics-in-a-course-using-Enhanced-Rubrics/ta-p/609341).

</div></div>## Open Rubrics

<div data-step-uuid="f40ea708-5987-4bf3-8add-24c9d02bf1c7" id="bkmrk-"><div data-step-uuid="f40ea708-5987-4bf3-8add-24c9d02bf1c7"><div>![Open Rubrics](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/003/535/845/original/f74dde00-f556-4fa9-bbc1-7c6ed40c7c69.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>In Course Navigation, click the **Rubrics** link.

## View Rubrics

<div data-step-uuid="f856ca60-9fe1-4a32-a804-06595515a423" id="bkmrk--0"><div data-step-uuid="f856ca60-9fe1-4a32-a804-06595515a423"><div>![View Rubrics](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/001/167/134/original/36fe2b7a-c0fb-47b7-bfd6-d0f127c44a1f.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>In the Manage Rubrics page, you can view all existing rubrics in your course.

## Add Rubric

<div data-step-uuid="0c05bdbb-a433-43e9-89be-d41b801b6d76" id="bkmrk--1"><div data-step-uuid="0c05bdbb-a433-43e9-89be-d41b801b6d76"><div>![Add Rubric](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/001/167/133/original/494b8cf0-8fe7-4e4e-843f-bd849d5598c8.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>To [add a rubric](https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-add-a-rubric-in-a-course/ta-p/842), click the **Add Rubric** button.

## View Rubric

<div data-step-uuid="e4c2df34-899d-4464-83fc-e01bfe1ea2b0" id="bkmrk--2"><div data-step-uuid="e4c2df34-899d-4464-83fc-e01bfe1ea2b0"><div>![View Rubric](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/001/167/132/original/9a9882da-ff03-41e3-8fc7-73fe40184c91.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>To view an individual rubric, click the name of the rubric.

## Edit Rubric

<div data-step-uuid="21AF3944-AC9C-4ED7-9F2D-5F36C660C33A" id="bkmrk--3"><div data-step-uuid="21AF3944-AC9C-4ED7-9F2D-5F36C660C33A"><div>[![Edit Rubric](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/099/013/medium/9b845158-2899-4bce-a6cf-c22649b2b231.png)](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/099/013/original/9b845158-2899-4bce-a6cf-c22649b2b231.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>To edit the rubric, click the **Edit Rubric** button.

### View Uneditable Rubric

<div data-step-uuid="21AF3944-AC9C-4ED7-9F2D-5F36C660C33A" id="bkmrk--4"><div data-step-uuid="21AF3944-AC9C-4ED7-9F2D-5F36C660C33A"><div data-step-uuid="417bfd1e-d85c-40ee-a670-3c0086a4ab32"><div>[![View Uneditable Rubric](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/003/861/591/medium/52168a73-74f9-4326-a089-87f4c2436a53.png)](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/003/861/591/original/52168a73-74f9-4326-a089-87f4c2436a53.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div>If a rubric has been used in more than one assignment, the **Edit Rubric** button is not available.

However, you can create a copy of a rubric and make any changes when [adding a rubric to an assignment](https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-add-a-rubric-to-an-assignment/ta-p/1058).

### Edit Rubric Details

<div data-step-uuid="21AF3944-AC9C-4ED7-9F2D-5F36C660C33A" id="bkmrk--5"><div data-step-uuid="21AF3944-AC9C-4ED7-9F2D-5F36C660C33A"><div data-step-uuid="24f24fc2-16c2-42e6-b445-83e484a48e82"><div>![Edit Rubric Details](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/928/777/original/11ce0694-3e75-41fd-b1d8-5f0e091fab02.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div>To rename a rubric, type in the **Title** field \[1\].

To edit a rubric criterion description or long description, click the criterion **Edit** icon \[2\]. You can also edit criterion ratings \[3\], add ratings \[4\], and edit points \[5\].

To delete a criterion from the rubric, click the criterion **Delete** icon \[6\].

You can also add new criterion \[7\] and outcomes \[8\].

To save your edits, click the **Update Rubric** button \[9\]

To remove associated outcome criteria from a rubric, click the **Delete** icon \[10\]. Outcome criteria can only be [edited](https://community.canvaslms.com/t5/Instructor-Guide/How-do-I-edit-or-delete-an-outcome-in-a-course/ta-p/1053) from the Outcomes page.

## Delete Rubric

<div data-step-uuid="3B704391-7E6D-466F-B766-B8A287FABF3B" id="bkmrk--6"><div data-step-uuid="3B704391-7E6D-466F-B766-B8A287FABF3B"><div>[![Delete Rubric](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/099/015/medium/4b976ded-78b8-4810-b283-e123cb86901e.png)](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/099/015/original/4b976ded-78b8-4810-b283-e123cb86901e.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div>If you created a rubric in your course, you can delete the rubric. To delete a rubric, click the **Delete Rubric** button.

Rubrics can be deleted even if they have been used in more than one assignment.

**Note:** If you cannot delete a rubric, the rubric was created at the account level and aligned with an assignment in your course.

<div data-step-uuid="3B704391-7E6D-466F-B766-B8A287FABF3B" id="bkmrk--7"><div data-step-uuid="3B704391-7E6D-466F-B766-B8A287FABF3B"><div><div></div></div><div data-step-uuid="d738427b-4d96-4add-ad37-75138253c4ca"><div>![Confirm Delete Rubric](https://media.screensteps.com/image_assets/assets/002/406/363/original/ea6b61f4-2020-4d89-8c90-17e8c8418042.png)</div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div>Click the **OK** button.

When you delete a rubric, Canvas will remove the rubric from all associated assignments in the course and remove any existing scores and assessments given using the rubric.

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