Export, Import or Duplicate a rubric/form (Ultra)

This guide shows you how to share rubrics or grading forms in Turnitin with other staff members.

Video guide

Sharing a Turnitin rubric (YouTube, 3m 40s)

Overview

The availability of rubrics/forms is based on who is logged on, not what Blackboard course the Turnitin is accessed from. One option to pass a rubric/form on to another staff member is to export it, email it to the staff member and they can import it into Turnitin.

Another option, if the rubric was initially set up in a spreadsheet, would be to share the spreadsheet the rubric is based on (refer to the Creating a rubric or grading form guide by Turnitin.

Choose from the tabs according to whether you require a:

Standard rubric: the default rubric with scale values for each column and weightings for each criterion row
Qualitative rubric: brief descriptions without numeric values
Custom rubric: the qualitative rubric with an option to add numeric values
Grading form: descriptive and non-measurable feedback; numeric scoring can be added.

For more information, refer to the Types of rubrics and grading forms guide by Turnitin.

Tutor access to rubrics and grading forms in Turnitin

Your tutors will be able to use the rubric you select for marking.

Note: If they edit the assignment rubric you have attached, it will not be available in your list.

Export a rubric created by you

Navigate to the required assignment link.
Click on the assignment title.
Click on the cog button.

Expand Optional settings and click on the Launch Rubric Manager button.

launch rubric manager button

Click on the menu button.
Select the required rubric/form from the drop-down list.

select the required rubric from the drop down

Click on the Export/Import button.
Select Export from the drop-down list.

click export

Click on the OK button.
A .zip file of the rubric will be saved to your Downloads folder.
Click on the Close button.

click close

DO NOT submit the assignment.
Give a copy of the .zip file to your tutors (or the staff member you are sharing your rubric with).

Export a rubric created by someone else

Export a Turnitin rubric that was created by someone else. You will then be able to import their rubric into your Turnitin assignment within Learn.UQ and edit it as necessary.

Access the course you wish to copy the rubric from.
Click on the title of the required Turnitin assignment.
Click on the score for any student from the Grade column.

Click on the rubric button and then the settings cog button.

rubric and settings cog highlighted

Click on the menu button in the top left-hand corner and select Download from the dropdown menu.
Save the rubric file to your computer.

menu and download buttons highlightedf

Import a rubric

Note: It is only possible to import rubrics that have been created in TurnItIn (refer to the Export a Rubric section).

Note: Tutors will need to log in to the course using their own login and password.

Navigate to the required assignment link.
Click on the assignment title.
Click on the cog button.

Expand Optional settings and click on the Launch Rubric Manager button.

launch rubric manager button

Click on the Export/Import button.
Select Import from the drop-down menu.

select import

Click on the Select files button.

Browse to, select the required file (it will be a .rbc file) and click on the Open button.

View the file if necessary. Otherwise, close the window.

Select the rubric from the drop-down list.

Tutors: DO NOT submit the assignment as the correct rubric has already been attached to the assignment by your course coordinator.

Note: If you are importing a rubric that has been shared with, you refer to the instructions on setting up assignments Create a Turnitin Assignment (text based), Create a Turnitin Assignment (non-text based) and Create a Turnitin Assignment (no file submission).

Duplicate a rubric

If a rubric has been deployed to a Turnitin assignment, duplicating it allows you to edit the rubric as required and reattach it. You can duplicate a rubric created by you or by someone else.

Access the rubric you want to duplicate.
Click on the menu button in the top left-hand corner and select Duplicate this rubric from the dropdown menu.

duplicate button

Edit the rubric as required.
Click on the SAVE button to save a copy of the rubric to your Turnitin account.

save rubric button