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We're not gonna lie, creating effective rubrics is tough -- whether you do it the old fashioned way with pen and paper, or with SmartRubric. SmartRubric is designed with assessment best practice in mind to help you create rubrics that are effective for both and your students. Before you create a Smart Rubric, you should have a look through the slideshow. It will help you prepare your assessment materials. Once you have done that, check out the video to see how to turn your prepared assessment materials into a Smart Rubric. Step 1: Prepare your rubric Preparing a rubric from MissLesniak Step 2: Create your Smart Rubric

We have a lot of great features planned for SmartRubric. We will be updating continuously to ensure that you get the best possible service. Every now and then we will publish a list of what we have added as well as what we have in the pipeline, so check this feed! The Beta is launching with a fully featured marking engine. You can create custom rubrics and use them to assess your students. For those of you who have tried out the alpha version, here are the beta features we are most excited about. Top new features: Batch upload students to your classes (we have a disambiguation process to prevent duplicates!) Import and export rubric files so you can share them with your colleagues The ability to branch rubrics, so if you want to create two similar rubrics you can just copy one and modify the copy.  Search functionality An improved teacher administrator workflow Significant enhancements to the account registration and administration process Coming soon: Student accou