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An enhanced rubric experience in Canvas has been made available for courses in Canvas. This feature preview has been enabled as the default in Canvas as of January 5, 2026. Please note that feature options are still in development and can have unexpected behaviors and changes. If you wish to disable the enhanced rubrics feature preview, you may do so.
The enhanced rubric experience adds the following features:
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The ability to reorder rubric line items
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The ability to import a rubric using a CSV template
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A horizontal and vertical view of the rubric when assessing students, in addition to the traditional view of the rubric
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Clear markings indicate if an outcome associated with a rubric is a course or account/shared outcome.
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Rubric Archiving
See this guide for a summary of the new rubric creation interface.