Purple helps you develop assignment rubrics aligned with best practices in higher education, including backward design, transparent assignment design (TILT), and AAC&U VALUE rubrics. By analyzing your assignment goals, Purple generates clear, criteria-based rubrics with transparent expectations for students.

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Step 1: Clarify assignment goals

Click the plus icon, attach your assignment outline, and prompt Purple:

"Analyze this assignment and confirm what the goals are."

Purple will provide a detailed analysis of your assignment's core purpose and learning objectives, helping ensure the rubric aligns with what you're actually assessing.

Step 2: Review and refine

Read through Purple's analysis to confirm accuracy. Provide additional context or corrections until Purple's understanding matches your vision for the assignment.

Step 3: Generate the rubric

Once the analysis is aligned, request rubric creation:

"Reference best practices in higher education to craft a rubric for this assignment."

Purple will generate a complete rubric with:

• Clear criteria aligned to learning goals
• Performance levels (Exemplary, Proficient, Developing, Inadequate)
• Point values for each criterion
• Descriptors for each performance level

For example, a criterion might look like:

Criterion	Exemplary (18-20 pts)	Proficient (14-17 pts)	Developing (10-13 pts)	Inadequate (0-9 pts)
Research Summary & Accuracy	Clearly and concisely explains background, research question(s), methods, findings, and interpretations	Covers all required elements with minor omissions or lack of clarity	Key components are missing or unclear	Summary is inaccurate or incomplete

Purple generates a complete rubric with detailed criteria for each performance level.

Step 4: Adjust weighting and priorities

Customize the rubric to match your assessment priorities:

"Let's switch the order and value of criteria 4 and 6. While engagement matters, I'm primarily focused on the presenting student's preparedness."

Purple will revise the rubric with updated point values and reordered criteria.

Step 5: Format for your needs

Request final formatting adjustments:

"Now create a single table that includes the entire rubric."

Purple will consolidate everything into a clean, LMS-ready format you can copy directly into Canvas, your syllabus, or other course materials.

Purple can also:

• Convert rubrics for Canvas or Blackboard import
• Add letter grade descriptors (A/A-/B+, etc.)
• Create student-facing checklists aligned to rubric criteria
• Adapt rubrics for graduate versus undergraduate courses