Posted July 31, 2025 by EdTech Classroom Tech Tips

How to Make a Rubric Using ChatGPT

ChatGPT is a great tool for teachers to use to help you save time.

In my experience, crafting a rubric from scratch can sometimes be time-consuming and challenging. By using AI tools like ChatGPT, creating rubrics has never been faster.

In this blog post, we’ll explore how you can use ChatGPT to create a rubric.

Why Use ChatGPT to Create a Rubric?

ChatGPT can help you save time, streamline your grading process, and ensure clarity in your expectations. AI offers several advantages:

Customization: ChatGPT tailors rubrics to specific projects, assignments, and learning objectives.
Efficiency: It quickly generates well-structured rubrics, which is especially helpful when you’re juggling multiple tasks.
Consistency: The AI ensures that the rubric aligns with educational standards and provides clear, consistent criteria for evaluation.

Step-by-Step Directions: How to Create a Rubric with ChatGPT

Follow these steps to easily create a rubric for any assignment using ChatGPT:

Define Your Assignment Goals: Before you ask ChatGPT to generate a rubric, you will want to clearly define the assignment and the standards you’re assessing.
- What are the learning objectives?
- What skills do I want my students to demonstrate?
- What specific elements will I be assessing (e.g., creativity, adherence to instructions, testing methods)?
Choose Your Grading Scale: You’ll want to make sure you prompt ChatGPT to use your desired grading scale.
- I’ve found it most often uses a scale of 1 – 4): 1 (Beginning), 2 (Developing), 3 (Proficient), 4 (Exemplary).
- If you use a different scale, make sure to tell ChatGPT in your prompt.
Provide Specific Criteria for Evaluation: Specify what you want students to be evaluated on. For example:
- Problem Definition: How clearly did students define the design problem?
- Solution Generation: Did students generate multiple solutions and analyze their feasibility?
- Testing and Improvement: Did students conduct tests, control variables, and analyze failure points?
- Design and Prototyping: How functional and stable is the prototype?
Input Your Assignment and Criteria into ChatGPT: Provide ChatGPT with the necessary details about the assignment and the criteria you want to evaluate. Here’s an example prompt:
- “I am assigning my 5th-grade students an Engineering Design Challenge to build a roller coaster prototype using maker materials. Can you create a rubric to evaluate their work based on these criteria: Problem Definition, Solution Generation, Testing and Improvement, and Design and Prototyping?”
- You might also want to input specific standards that you’re assessing.
Review and Refine the Rubric: Once ChatGPT generates the rubric, take some time to review it.
- Make sure the rubric aligns with your expectations.
- You may want to adjust wording or add specific details based on your students’ needs.
Export: Ask ChatGPT to export your rubric as a document file, sheet, etc.

Example Rubric Made Using ChatGPT

Below is an example of a rubric that ChatGPT generated for me for a 5th-grade Engineering Design Challenge.

This is what I asked ChatGPT to do:

I am a 5th grade STEM teacher. I am looking to create a rubric for an Engineering Design Challenge that my students have been working on.

I have assigned my students the following activity: Please use the maker materials that you have available in our classroom (i.e. cardboard, paper towel tubes, tape, marbles, etc) to create a 3D prototype of a roller coaster.

I am assessing my students on the following standards:

3-5-ETS1-1. Define a simple design problem reflecting a need or a want that includes specified criteria for success and constraints on materials, time, or cost.
3-5-ETS1-2. Generate and compare multiple possible solutions to a problem based on how well each is likely to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.
3-5-ETS1-3. Plan and carry out fair tests in which variables are controlled and failure points are considered to identify aspects of a model or prototype that can be improved.

Can you create a rubric for the assignment above? Please add a grading scale of 1 (Beginning) to 4 (Exemplary).

This rubric evaluates students’ roller coaster prototypes based on the standards I outlined:

Criteria	1 – Beginning	2 – Developing	3 – Proficient	4 – Exemplary
Problem Definition (3-5-ETS1-1)	The design problem is unclear or missing. Criteria and constraints are not specified.	The design problem is somewhat defined. Some criteria and constraints are mentioned but lack clarity.	The design problem is clearly defined with specific criteria and constraints identified.	The design problem is clearly and thoroughly defined with detailed criteria and constraints.
Solution Generation (3-5-ETS1-2)	Only one solution is proposed, with no comparison of alternatives.	Multiple solutions are proposed but not thoroughly compared based on criteria and constraints.	Multiple solutions are proposed and compared based on how well they meet criteria and constraints.	Multiple well-developed solutions are proposed and thoroughly compared with clear analysis of how each meets criteria and constraints.
Testing and Improvement (3-5-ETS1-3)	No tests are carried out or failure points are not considered.	Basic testing is done, but variables are not controlled or failure points are not addressed.	Tests are conducted with some attention to controlling variables and identifying failure points.	Thorough and fair tests are conducted, variables are controlled, and failure points are considered to improve the design.
Design and Prototyping	The roller coaster prototype is incomplete or lacks structural integrity.	The prototype is functional but lacks refinement, with some stability issues.	The prototype is functional, stable, and meets the basic design requirements.	The prototype is well-constructed, stable, and demonstrates thoughtful design and engineering principles.