Grading forms allow lecturers to provide free form feedback or scores for a list of criteria. To create a grading form:

  1. Open the relevant Turnitin assignment.

    Created Turnitin assignment to add grading form to


  2. Select Edit settings in the external tool when the assignment has been created or when creating the assignment click Attach Rubric in Select content.
    Edit settings highlighted within a Turnitin assignment
An image of Attach Rubric button

  1. When Attach Rubric is selected the pop-up window to Attach New Rubric appears. Select Create Rubric.
within assignment settings create Rubric is highlighted


  1. Select the Create new rubric section and click next.
    Create new rubric highlighted and next button highlighted


  2. Provide a name for the grading form in rubric title and ensure to click on the Grading form option. Define the number of criterion rows and press next.
    Rubric title field, grading form option and next button highlighted


  3. Define the grading form criterion and subsequent descriptions and click Save.Save button highlighted


  4. In the rubric tab select your created grading form to use on the Turnitin assignment by clicking on the circle beside the grading form title.Attach Rubric popup screen with specific rubric Selected
  5. The selected grading form will now show as attached to the Turnitin Assignment.  Scroll to the bottom and click Save Assignment to save the changes.  
Image showing rubric attached to Turnitin Assignemtn and Save Assignemtn button highlighted to save changes

Articles you may find subsequently useful include: attach a grading form/rubric and grade with a grading form.