Introduction

The Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) uses rubrics to assess students' mastery of competencies that are essential for social work practice. These competencies are based on the CSWE's Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS). This document shows instructors how to complete the CSWE Rubric in Blackboard ULTRA.

Locating the CSWE Rubric

The CSWE Rubrics can be found in the Full Grade Center, using Columns that start with CSWE that will be added to your course by the IDEA Team. The column will be associated with a rubric using the Blackboard Rubrics tool, and entering scores will be done using that tool, via the Full Grade Center. 

Scroll to the right - to the end and locate the CSWE column(s) we have added to your course. 

NOTE: If you have scrolled left and right in the Full Grade Center and do not see the CSWE rubric column, chances are that either your course doesn't report these or that this column was lost or overwritten in the course copy process of copying in materials from a past semester. In the latter case,  email ideateam@ssw.umaryland.edu to have us re-add the column to your course. 

Note that these are added so that they are NOT visible to students.

CSWE Rubric Process (Ultra)

Step 1: Navigate to the "Gradebook"

Filling out your rubrics is a simple process that allows us to collect data for the school as a whole. If it’s your first time and you want some help please email ideateam@ssw.umaryland.edu and we would be happy to assist.