Adding Rubrics to Harmonize Discussions in Canvas

Harmonize Rubric Information

For additional information on attaching rubrics to Harmonize assignments, visit the Harmonize Rubric Information guide.

Overview

Associating a Canvas rubric with your Harmonize assignment allows instructors to use existing Canvas rubrics when grading student work. Rubrics can be added through the Edit Topic page and displayed during grading in SpeedGrader.

Note: Associating rubrics requires use of the Canvas API and an additional Developer Key with additional permissions. See Configuring Canvas API in Harmonize for more information.

Instructor Setup

After the data sync key has been configured, instructors will have the ability to enable group syncing in their courses.

The following steps are necessary once per unique course:

As an instructor, navigate to an existing discussion or create a new discussion.
Click the Edit button located in the Instructions section of the Harmonize window.
On the Edit Topic page, click the Authorize Canvas Extensions button.
In the new browser tab or window that appears, click the Authorize button.
Once authorized, all rubrics created in the course will sync and be available for selection in Harmonize.

Adding a Rubric to a Harmonize Assignment

Once Group Data Syncing has been authorized, group filtering options will appear in both the Post Settings as well as the main Harmonize discussion view.

Visit the Rubrics section of your Canvas course. Add new rubrics or edit existing rubrics as desired.
Create a new Harmonize Discussion or launch a previously created Harmonize Discussion and click Edit. This will open the Edit Topic view.
In the Rubric row of the Edit Topic view, click the Add Rubric button.
- Note: If a rubric is already associated with the assignment, you will see a Set Rubric option instead. Click this button to change the currently associated rubric.
- Select the desired rubric from the drop-down menu and click Set Rubric.
- The selected rubric is now associated with your Harmonize assignment.
- Click the Save & Close button near the bottom right of the Edit Topic window to return to the main Harmonize discussion page.

Displaying a Rubric During Grading

Once student work is available, instructors can access the associated rubric through SpeedGrader.

When a student has work available to review, click the SpeedGrader button.
In the SpeedGrader window, click the View Rubric button.
The rubric will display along with grading fields for each criterion.
After grading the student's work, click Save.