IRubric Rapid Glossary
This page defines key terms used throughout the iRubric Rapid documentation series.
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iRubric Rapid
A multi-rater assessment workflow in RCampus that allows multiple evaluators to independently score a collection of student submissions using a shared rubric. Results can be aggregated and analyzed for program or institutional assessment purposes.
Assessment Folder
A container in iRubric Rapid that groups a set of student submissions together for a single assessment event. The folder defines the rubric, evaluators, and settings that apply to all items within it. Assessment folders are created by assessment leads.
Child Assessment
An individual assessment item inside an assessment folder. In a multi-rater assessment context, each child assessment typically represents one student submission. The system creates one child assessment per uploaded file.
Facilitator
The person responsible for creating and managing an assessment folder, adding evaluators, and uploading submissions. This role is often held by a faculty assessment lead, department chair, or assessment office staff member.
Evaluator
A user assigned to score submissions within an assessment folder. Also called a rater. Evaluators must have logged into RCampus at least once before they can be added to a folder.
Blind Assessment
An assessment mode in which student-identifying information is hidden from evaluators during scoring. Blind assessment is enabled per folder in Advanced Settings. It supports unbiased evaluation and does not issue grades — this is an assessment, not a grading tool. Remind students not to include their names inside submitted documents when blind assessment is enabled.
Inter-Rater Reliability (IRR)
A statistical measure of how consistently multiple evaluators score the same submissions. IRR analysis is available in iRubric Rapid reports and helps identify scoring agreement across raters. Common measures include Percent Agreement and Krippendorff's Alpha. See also: IRR Alpha Data Quality.
Locked Rubric
A rubric that has been marked as locked in its settings. A locked rubric can be selected and used by any evaluator without creating a separate copy. Locking enables sharing while keeping a single authoritative version of the rubric. The rubric owner can still edit a locked rubric.
Performance Level
A column in a rubric representing a degree of achievement for a given criterion — for example, Exemplary, Proficient, Developing, Beginning. Each cell in the rubric describes what the performance level looks like for that criterion.
Rubric Criterion
A row in a rubric representing a specific skill, outcome, or dimension being assessed — for example, Organization, Use of Evidence, or Critical Thinking.
See Also
Learn More About Rubrics
- Rubrics at a glance
- Rubric terminology
- Rubrics for assessment
- iRubric - Enterprise Edition
- iRubric for LMS
- Etymology
Working with rubrics
- Building a rubric: Options for a new rubric
- iRubric Best Practices
- Rubric editor: Customize a rubric
- Rubric rows: Different types of rubric rows
- Disabling a rubric: How to disable or inactivate unwanted rubrics
Assessing with rubrics
- Assessment with rubrics: How to assess with rubrics
- iRubric Rapid: Multi-rater or juried assessments
Sharing rubrics
- My rubrics: List of your own rubrics
- Printing a rubric: Customizing how a rubric should print
- Rubric search tool: Search for rubrics using keywords
- Sharing a rubric: Print, embed, link & showcase your rubrics
FAQs
- Rubrics FAQ
- Rubrics video tutorials: List of video tutorials related to iRubric
- Copyright and Citations Information
iRubric Public Tools
- iRubric Studio: Online rubric builder is available here
- iRubric Global Gallery: Collection of public rubrics built by our members is available here
