Working with an instructor to redevelop some of their assessments, I came across this neat tool for developing rubrics: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/index.php. It allows you to create or adapt rubrics that you then use in your courses for the purposes of grading or assessment. The rubrics are straightforward and prompt you to set out categories and levels of proficiency for making your assessments. You can search for boilerplate versions in several subject areas or you can create your own from scratch. As an instructor you could use these to create your own rubrics or guide students through their creation so that they can contribute to some of the assessment criteria.
Rubistar is part of the 4Teachers website (http://www.4teachers.org), which appears to be a branch of a group called ALTEC, Advanced Learning Technologies from the University of Kansas. The focus appears to be on the K-12 side but a tool like this one can be used for any level.
Dave
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I'm a big fan of rubistar and also the research of Heidi Goodrich Andrade who has a quick summary of the value of using rubrics here: http://learnweb.harvard.edu/ALPS/thinking/docs/rubricar.htm
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