Understand your grade.
Know what to work on.
Human accountability
A human is responsible for your grade.
Consistent treatment
When staff change a rubric decision after one regrade, matching work is checked for the same credit.
Conceptual feedback
See what your work demonstrated, the specific idea that is missing, and what to work on next.
A reason for the credit. A next step.
In this example, the cash-flow setup and discounting of annual savings earn credit. The missing step is to discount the final payment, too: money received eight years from now cannot be added directly to money today.
| Problem | Score |
|---|---|
| P1 · Simple vs. compound interest | 20 / 20 |
| P2 · Equivalent uniform annual cost | 16 / 20 |
| P3 · Internal rate of return | 25 / 25 |
| P4 · Present-worth comparison | 8 / 10 |
| P5 · Benefit–cost & sensitivity | 14 / 25 |
- The $12,000 arrives in year 8. Bring it to year 0 using 12,000 ÷ 1.08⁸ before adding it to the other present values.
- Course reference: time value of money — single future payment.
A calculation slip and a missing idea are different.
The rubric identifies the concepts assessed by each question. Arithmetic and execution errors are treated under your course’s stated policy. An equivalent correct method should earn the same conceptual credit, unless the assignment specifically asks you to demonstrate a particular method.
You can question the decision.
AI can misread work or apply a rubric incorrectly. Your work and the applied criteria stay together so you and your teaching team can examine what happened. Use your course’s regrade process if the feedback does not match what you submitted. Point to the rubric item and the part of your work you want the teaching team to review.