Grading open-ended responses can be challenging, especially when teaching an interdisciplinary subject like robotics.

That’s why we’ve created a tool to make grading Learn Robotics assignments a little bit easier.

Learn Robotics Rubric Tool

The Learn Robotics tool consists of a self-assessment, a 5-point grading scale with guidelines, and a tracking tool. While you may have a preferred way to grade assignments, we recommend spending at least a few minutes within the rubric tool to get a feel for the assessments and schedule.

You do not have to use the Learn Robotics rubric tool if you don’t want to. Your school or organization may have different guidelines or requirements for grading, and that’s perfectly fine.

We wanted to provide some guidance for instructors who may not know how to grade a lab-based technical activity and to make it easier to keep track of student progress.

Templates:

• Level 1 Rubrics (Excel/Sheets)
• Level 1 Capstone Project Rubric (Excel/Sheets)

How to use the Learn Robotics Rubric Tool

Open the Learn Robotics Rubric Tool using Excel or another spreadsheet editor.

The workbook is split into 3 different sheets:

1. Self-Assessment
2. Rubric Guidelines
3. Tracker

Let’s look at each of these in more detail.

1. Self-Assessment Sheet

This spreadsheet is designed for students to grade and assess their own work. It’s a good way to let students take control of their learning while gaining independence and pride in their work.

We recommend issuing a copy of this self-assessment table to each student and having them fill it out at least once a week.

Students can submit their self-assessment sheets to the Instructor as part of a participation grade at the end of the course.

2. Rubric Guidelines

This is a 5-point grading scale for activities, open-ended responses, discussions, and lab activities. You can use the description to figure out what grade a student has earned based on their submission and participation.

3. Tracker

The tracker is a mini log book or grade book for this Learn Robotics course. Feel free to record grades for each student to keep track of all of the modules.

The tracker also automatically calculates the average, median, minimum, and maximum grades for each student as well as for the class as a whole.

We’ve built an estimated Final Grade into the tracker which is based on a weighted average of the activities, discussions, and lab assignments.

Considerations for Grading

You may adjust this tool to best suit your teaching and grading needs. We just provide this as a general guideline.